A Trip to the Circus

Tonight we went to the circus. Kailei's school had a special event for all the kids. In fact all the kids were the performers. Kailei was a lion. Notice that she's in pink. That is because she failed to tell her mother that she was a lion. I thought I was supermom having managed to scrounge up a clown costume from a friend of mine but no, she really needed to be a lion. Keara put her artistic talents to work and made a mask for Kailei to use. At least in pink she wasn't hard to find. The specials (pe, music, art and technology) program in her school always does such a great job showcasing what they have been up to recently.

Leprechaun Trap

The girls spent St. Patrick's Day making a leprechaun trap. I thought it was very creative.

Snow What Fun!

My Bionic Arm

After a week in my sling I finally got to visit the orthopedist. He basically confirmed with the ER had said in terms of my dislocating my elbow. That said he put me in this lovely brace which is heavier and more awkward than the sling was. I have to go to physical therapy twice a week but I guess I'll look really cool with my bionic arm for the next month or so.

Kailei's Happy Place

Kailei on the Great Wall

My happy place is China. China is my happy place because it is calm and soothing, very hot. I like to see the pandas. It is as if the panda was a warm soothing blanket. But instead it's fur is very hard and dry. The sun is really quite hot. It's as if I were the queen of China. My family walked the Great Wall of China you know. The Great Wall of China is quite long and it was as if I was as tall as the moon. I love China. That's my favorite happy place.

You Are Never to Old...

...to fall that is. I was over at Kailei's Chinese school and decided to take a walk. The open space where I usually go was muddy and snowy so I decided to take the sidewalks which looked pretty clear. About 10 minutes into my walk I fell on ice. I fell forward and when I got up I immediately knew something was wrong with my arm. I wasn't quite sure what to do and while I had my phone with me, I was listening to music and didn't actually put two and two together. A really nice man stopped and asked me if I needed help, if he could make a phone call for me or if he could take me somewhere. I decided to take it up on his offer and at least bring me back the Chinese school.

My girlfriend who is normally there wasn't there that weekend. I called mom and asked her to pick up Kaylei not even thinking that I can actually pull her out of class and take her with me. Zeb was unavailable since he was playing basketball. I then called my good friend Judith who lives just around the corner and was nice enough to say she would take me to the emergency room. The nice man waited until she arrived and then we bid our goodbyes without even me getting his name.

After pain meds and xrays, it turns out I dislocated my elbow which I might admit is very painful. They put me under to put it back into place and then sent me on my way in a sling. Good thing it is my left arm and not my right but things are still a pain in the butt to try and accomplish. Guess this is God's way of telling me to slow down a little bit.