A headache in my toe

I have a headache in my toe, and it won't go away. Last night for Tae Kwon Do I decided to tape my broken toe to the one next to it, because it didn't seem to want to lie straight. I made it through 4 hours before ripping the tape off, and swearing I would never use it again. The whole thing hurts worse now than it ever did before, and I didn't even kick anything with it, I swear! I really wish I could at least comfortably wear a shoe. I know last night I was terrible company. We went to bed, and I kicked and squirmed forever trying to get comfortable, and then was a zombie until long after we should have been up this morning. Forest says I kept throwing the cat at him while I was asleep, but I don't remember such a thing. Although in retrospect, I think that's probably why when I woke up this morning he was literally clutching three pillows to his chest and sides, and sleeping with his head buried under another. Poor baby.

I just got back from a nice cozy lunch with him. We've fallen into the habit of Wednesday lunches at Hobie's, which is nice because it's never busy, the staff is nice, and they always have tasty homemade soup. Today the poor guy who worked there was insulted because we didn't finish our cups of soup. It wasn't bad soup! I was just full, honest. It was nice to spend some conscious, non-class time with Forest though.

Tonight we're both very much looking forward to seeing the gang and gaming. Forest really needs the escape from his rather high-stress existence, and I am glad to be seeing my friends. It's funny, I still think of Forest's friends as his, and my friends as mine. We just plain haven't been together long enough to have "our" friends yet.

Last night Forest and I talked for quite some time about the bug he's had in his brain in the past few days. I'm really happy we discussed it, because firstly it's wonderful that he trusts me enough to confide his feelings in me, and secondly because I think our talking actually helped matters a bit. He seems a little more relaxed today, although things aren't completely resolved for him, and because of the nature of the problem they likely won't be for some time. I feel like a really valuable member of a two-man team. It's very fulfilling in a way, because I have always wanted an even relationship like this, where there is give and take in balance.