Well, a trip to the ER landed me with crutches and instructions to lay off of running for a week (!!! A WEEK !!!) and to take massive amounts of ibuprofen. I’ve made considerable improvements since yesterday (I can put weight on it a bit and I can walk with one crutch instead of needing two) but we’re far from running. The injury is probably a muscle strain in the adductor region.

The second part of this post (beyond the update on the leg) is that my dad is AWESOME. Yesterday morning he drove here from Maryland (3 hour drive) to come take care of me – to take me to the hospital, get me food and settled in bed, get me groceries (since I can’t get them myself) and basically be amazing. I’m so lucky to have him to take care of me! He even spent the night on our dinky couch so that he could help me this morning.
Tonight I made my very first pot pie (chick-pea pot pie, using the recipe from the Vegetarian Times). It was delicious! :)