Had a pretty good day today.

My brother gave me a ring earlier to see if I wanted to go to football with him and my other brother seeing as they had a spare ticket. I think the last football match I went to was to watch an England friendly at Wembley so I was quite looking forward to it.

We had a 'short' walk (hobble) from the car to the stadium, which under normal circumstances would have taken no time at all but with crutches I could only go so fast. Even the pain (plus the pain I'll probably have tomorrow) was worth it - I ended up walking quite a way compared to how much I've normally been walking recently, made my pelvis hurt more and all my hands, arms and shoulders ache from the crutches. I'm glad I went, I feel good for getting out and really enjoyed myself. Mentally it did me good anyway. Although crutches in a football stadium was quite an experience - one that is probably left best unrepeated!

We picked my dog up from the vets a few hours after that and she was so scared. I was holding her in the car and I don't think she stopped shaking until she was actually back inside the house. Still, she seems quite happy now. Apparently they've managed to fix it up for the time being but they could only do so much today (I guess that's to do with it being the Bank Holiday) and told us to bring her back on Wednesday. I just went to check on her and she seemed to be bleeding from around one of her stiches though so I cleaned it and put her in her bed and left her - if we stay with her she tends to want to play and go a bit mental, running all over the place. Left on her own she usually settles down quite quickly.

According to my horoscope I shouldn't feel bad if I 'take a day off from being productive' today. I didn't feel bad at all but I also didn't really feel bad when I wasn't very productive the last couple of days either...I suppose a day out is good for me, especially if it helps clear my head but I should really get down to that essay of mine!