My left foot.. no, wait a minute, that was Daniel Day-Lewis...My left arm

10 things breaking my arm has taught me...

1. It is almost impossible to pull up panties with one hand (probably NOT much of a problem for guys, I suppose).

2. Fastening the seat-belt becomes an experiment in terror. So does turning corners. For your own safety, y'all might want to stay off the roads until I am fully healed.

3. Getting dressed is a challenge with only one arm and no one to help me. It's EXHAUSTING!! But it is the closest thing to a sex life I have right now.

4. Did you ever notice that the left hand does most of the typing? I did. Do you have any idea how hard it is to capitalize words one-handed? I do.

5. Cats are uncontrollably attracted to broken arms. They want to sit on them and knead them and launch themselves off them.

6. If you are used to sleeping on your left side and you break your left arm, you have to learn to sleep in a new position. Excruciating pain when you try to sleep in your normal position helps in the learning process, though.

7. You cannot carry a purse, groceries, mail, and a Starbucks one-handed.

8. You can't carry anything and still be able to open the front door one-handed.

9. After the 356,879th time someone asks you "What did you do to your arm?". do NOT- repeat, DO NOT hit them with it... unless they have asked you 356,878 times already, in which case it might just be worth the pain.

10. Small granddaughters are no respecters of broken bones.