When I’m busy, I ended up hobbled. 
I have a fairly light case of gout, but it flares up with stress, so when I have a deadline, or when my daughter has just been born, or when I’m about to finish up a project, I’ll have a flare up. But gout isn’t the only thing that lays me up when I’m busy as hell, this time I stepped on a nail while I was working. 

We have tenants moving into the west wing of the house at the end of the month, and there is far more to do to prepare for their coming, than I could have done before I lost the ability to walk for however many days I’ll be wincing and swearing with every step. 

The timing is not great.

It’s unclear what’s worse:

• the delay to the work itself.
  
• the fact that my father-in-law is coming to help and I’ll be either incredibly slow, or unable to help at all. 
  
• the pain.

I’ll go to urgent care for a tetanus shot tomorrow.