Always an Adventure...

Two of my friends (and students at one of my church classes), Teresa and Debbie kindly agreed to take me to the hospital today for my checkup. The doctor told me, I have "jin bu" which means improved. He was happy to see some bone growth happening! Look at all that metal! You can see here, a plate on the back of the fibula, lots of nails holding the bone together, and that one big screw which is my biggest impediment to walking! You can go into the October archives to compare the original wound with today's progress. It's almost better but still a few more weeks until I can do water treatment. You can bet I'll be having a nice long bath once that time comes!

Well besides doing random internet quizzes, planning my lessons, and doing physio - will soon be cleared for "water treatment" (which i think entails doing exercises in water so that I can exercise my ankle without putting weight on it), I have been doing a lot of cooking. This week I've made: cheese biscuits curry apple crisp honey mustard chicken and potatoes with green beans ginger beef stir-fry and fried noodles pasta with alfredo sauce and orange salmon apple and peanut butter Ok, maybe the last one doesn't qualify as cooking, but that's what I had for lunch one day when I didn't feel like cooking, and didn't have a lot else to choose from in my house. Dr.'s update tomorrow, if I have anything interesting to report!

I found the amazing death predictor from Sarah 's blog (can you tell I have lots of time on my hands this week) and decided to try it out. The results literally made me laugh out loud! Charlotte: At age 73 you will realize that you actually died three years earlier, and have been dreaming all the events since then.

To continue the movie them e, I picked up this meme from over at Michelle 's blog: If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be? Here's how it works: 1. Open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod ). 2. Put it on shuffle. 3. Press play. 4. For every question, type the song that's playing. 5. New question - press the next button. 6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool. Opening Credits Whole World in His Hands - Passion Waking Up "Pleasing Your Heart" (in Chinese) - 5B2F First Day of School "Sweetest Thing" - U2 Falling in Love "Beauty for Ashes" - Crystal Lewis Breaking Up "Beautiful"- Lowana Wallace Prom "Until the End" - Joshua Life's Okay "Angeline" David Tao Mental Breakdown "Revive me" – Shane and Shane Driving "Homeward Bound" - Simon and Garfunkel Flashback "Better Together" - Jack Johnson Getting Back Together "Numb...

In a moment of weakness, I made a cup of delicious English Toffee Cappuccino from Tim Horton's, which came as part of a care package a few months ago. I drank it slowly, with relish, and savoured its sweet, caffeinated scent. I miss Tim Horton's. I miss coffee. To my credit, I have been abstaining from coffee and tea since my accident when the doctor told me caffeine could negatively affect and slow down my bone regrowth. Also to my credit, I drank two glasses of milk and took 4 calcium pills that day. In another "aha" moment, I discovered that one of my favorite coffee shops nearby has decaf! Why didn't I think of that before???? Now who wants to wheel me there for a cup of coffee?

I wanted to put up some new colors, and make the blog a little simpler/easier on the eyes. I like the new pic a lot, but I might go for a completely different color scheme soon. Any votes on which color I should use next??

I still remember the first time I discovered that you could freeze cookie dough in my first year of college. What a brilliant innovation, especially when you live alone. I'd made snickerdoodles back before my accident, and there was still some dough in the freezer which I pulled out and baked yesterday. It was perfect, as I was able to give little packages of cookies to 4 different people who have been helping me, driving me places, and coming over to do some stuff around here. A great little gift when I can't get out and buy something for them!