Monday, February 28th, 2011: 45/365

This is the road I have to go down (on crutches) to get to the bus stop. It was quite a feat today.

Sunday, February 27th, 2011: 44/365

A trashbag, a lawnchair and a bag of cookies. This is the care package I received today from my neighbors up the hill. The trashbag and lawnchair are so I can bathe and the cookies were for moral support (they know me so well). It really made my day to have people so willing to help me and make life easier for me. Tomorrow starts the hardest part when I have to commute back and forth to my two jobs....keep your fingers crossed I don't injure myself further... ;)

Saturday, February 26th, 2011: 43/365

As you recall, last Tuesday my scooter and I had a little disagreement....the scooter won. I ended up with my ankle stuck under the scooter. It was bothering me throughout the week but I decided to try and walk it off. It wasn't better by Friday night so I visited a trusty chiropractor friend that used some little tool to see if it might be broken. Because the tool made me feel so much pain, he suggested I go get x-rays. So this morning I woke up and traveled on my scooter, in the rain (seems like the start of a horror flick) to get x-rays at one of the more recommended hospitals close by.

The x-ray technician (who was wearing flippy-floppies and a t-shirt) informed me that I had fractured my tibia and that I would need to wait for the bone doctor to confirm and possibly put a cast on my leg. The bone doctor came about 20 minutes later, saw 5 patients before me (thank goodness for my Kindle) and then delivered the bad news. Fractured tibia. :( Then he examined my ankle which was unbelievably painful and determined that I damaged my tendon as well. 20 minutes and $600ec later, I had a cast and crutches and was ready to go.....except I had driven my scooter there and was alone.

As luck would have it, a fellow kickball player was arriving to the hospital at about the same time I was leaving to have some blood work done. She informed me that it would be about 15 minutes until she was ready to go and she could take me home. A fellow teacher from the Montessori school was there as well and she kept me company for awhile. Then I made a quick call to the guy I rent my scooter from and he offered to come get it for me and drive it home (though he apparently didn't mean MY home because he never brought it here).

All in all, I am very fortunate to have great friends (including some that came to bring Palak and I dinner and great company that night) a smidgen of luck and some extra $ to get me through. 3 weeks from now, I will get the cast removed and will hopefully be as good as new.......

Friday, February 25th, 2011: 42/365

Girls Day!!! Kirsten, Susanne and I packed a picnic for the day (which may or may not have included 3 bottles of wine) and headed out to La Sagesse beach. You would probably think I would attach an actual picture of the beach but the truth is it rained a lot. I did take this pretty cool one of the tree though and we had TONS of fun chatting and moving our chairs in the sun and under the trees and back in the sun.....repeat as needed. ;)

Thursday, February 24th, 2011: 41/365

Meet Joe. Joe plays volleyball on Sunday. He is also a chiropractor. He took the time out of his Thursday night to come and teach the SO's about chiropractic care. It was really informative and lots of fun...though it was a little strange to see him in a collared shirt instead of swimtrunks with a volleyball in his hand. Palak and I thoroughly enjoyed his presentation and asking him LOTS of questions before and after!

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011: 40/365

Palak and I are thinking about adopting a kitten. Yes we would still bring Harold down in the fall but we wouldn't mind having the company of them both. Plus there are lots of animals in need of a home here in Grenada and this one in particular is so cute. Palak would want to name it after an author, I suggested we name it Kumar. ;)

Tuesday, February 16th, 2011: 39/365

Kirsten and I went to the beach today. We sat, soaked up the sun and had some rum. It was enjoyable until the end when it started raining. I guess you really can't have your cake and eat it too...