We got back from our Texas vacation last Sunday (August 5th; it was supposed to be August 4th, but we had to rebook our flights last minute). Since then, I've had no idea what day it is, and my only goal is to finish unpacking and to catch up on laundry by Christmas. (Kidding...kind of.)
Actually, we're gearing up for school to start. The public schools start today, but our first Classical Conversations community day is Friday, August 24th. I'm one of the parent tutors this year, which means each week I present all the new information to the 6-8 year olds (we have a small community with only three classes: 4-6 year olds, 6-8 year olds, and 8-11 year olds). All that to say I will personally have more to prepare each week before community day than I did last year (I'm excited though!).
Did I never talk more about Lorelei's broken arm?! She broke it the night of the 4th of July when we were waiting for fireworks to start. The kids were all running around, and she tripped and used her left arm to catch herself before hitting the pavement. I took her to the emergency room, and we were seen quickly and home by midnight. The fall caused a buckle fracture in 2-3 places on her wrist, and the doctor (not the ER doctor, but the orthopedist at the clinic on base) gave me the choice to cast it or to use a splint. He said Europeans have been using splints for years to stabilize broken bones, and that the outcome (a healed broken bone) is the same. Not to mention that she would be able to get a splint wet (read: SWIM), but that a cast would have to be immediately removed and replaced if it got wet. SPLINT, PLEASE. (She got two: one for swimming, and one for the rest of the time.)
We go back to the orthopedist tomorrow to see if the bone is healed.
A few hours before the break, on July 4th (dressed in their patriotic clothing):
Shortly before the break, waiting for fireworks to start with neighbors:
In the emergency room (she was pretty calm by the time we got to the ER, but was in a lot of pain after the break...obviously...and during x-rays, because they needed her move and turn her arm a lot in order to get the best picture):
On the way to the orthopedist, before getting the splint:
Our friends sent her get-well gifts (the puppy on the right, which also has a "broken" arm, and the cute shirt in the second picture):
I thought her broken arm would put a damper on our summer, but it really hasn't. She's not allowed to ride her bike or do gymnastics with a broken arm, but since we were in Texas most of the summer she wasn't doing either of those things anyway. (And no one is out riding bikes right now, because it's so hot everyone just stays inside huddled around the air conditioner.)
That's all for now, friends. I hope you have a great...Wednesday? Is that what today is?
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