Machine Repair Hiatus

So, I had a choice.  A cast or a removable splint.  Anyone who has ever had a cast on knows how icky they are.  I went for the removable splint.  It must stay on all the time for four weeks except for showering. 

No Wedding Ring.  I can prowl the bars now,  right?

Already the thumb feels better. (Boy, can you tell that I am almost  60 by looking at that old hand?)

BUT  I cannot do my job, because it requires gloves and two hands ( no I am not a surgeon).  I cannot put a glove over the splint and it will get dirty, but not as dirty as a cast.

I think I will be able to sew

I cannot work on machines...maybe.

The dogs all need haircuts.  I think I can run the clipper with my right hand and Steven said he would bathe them....

Good thing.  We found a deer tick on Wrigley today.....Dang Indian Summer.  It always brings out the ticks.  BUT  it will be colder soon and less worry. 

Still, I wonder if there isn't some way that I could work on machines.   I mean as long as that thumb is protected right????

But, the hand surgeon advised that, while the fracture looks well aligned now, if I were to re-injure it, I would be looking at surgery.

OK  I will put on my Big Girl Panties and behave......

But I can still sew.....

How bad would it be to just clean up the Pittsburgh 201?  Maybe I could pull the tension assembly from the Elgin and put it on the Jeans machine we need to fix?  I definitely can clean the house.  I definitely can sew.....