@Soupe du jour: Your poor ankle sounds ghastly! Please *do* go to urgent care. I ignored a hurt ankle, thinking it was just a sprain and it never healed properly. I'm sure it was a break. The ankle has something like 100 bones. It's very fragile and complex. I'll look for your post tomorrow telling us how it goes at the hospital.

Good luck!



I felt better after @bpcyclist reassured me about my anxiety (thanks man!)

I've been resisting studying (word lists in an anagramming app) for Scrabble because in some ways it's *not* good for my game. But darn it, it's so fun! So i started again tonight. It will help pass the time until my form is done and distract myself from my anxiety, so i'll just do it for those reasons. I've got to get thru the next seven days somehow. I'll have to discipline myself from hoping and dreaming of being an elite player if i just study enough tho. That's not happening after 20 years of only ever being little more than a somewhat skilled casual player.

Hugs to all who suffer!