He's not heavy, he's my cast.

Only one more week left in the cast. I can't get comfortable enough to sleep more than an hour at a time, but now it is because the knowledge that I am so much closer to freedom makes the constriction almost unbearable. Physically, not much has changed, but mentally it seems the cast is a ball and chain, a burden I cannot shake off soon enou...*

# sudden realisation #

Physically, something HAS changed - drastically. The five weeks of inactivity have affected my left leg. My thigh is visibly slimmer, I can fit my hand all the way past my knee now. But it never occurred to me that my entire limb, not just the tendon, is also significantly weaker.

The burden is real.