What I learned yesterday

1.  Walking and Texting don't mix.  Here is the needed proof of that:

Right leg after it hit the pavement hard

Left ankle after it buckled in a hole

As those who knew me prior to this year in Honduras I never texted in the States.  Didn't even know how.  Wish I still didn't.  It's a hazard of my job as its cheaper than calling someone.  Well here goes the back story to the two grotesque pictures.  It was a little after 5 pm and I was headed to my last meeting of the day (had just finished four home visits).  I decided to walk off the three chicken tacos I had at one of the home stay houses.  I was about 1/2 to school when my phone rang.  Answered it and it was an SJBS beca mom who is on the junta and wanted to walk together to the meeting.  Great I said.  I'll turn around and meet you and we'll walk together.  I hung up and turned around.  Then I got a text from the Director saying she could give me a ride.  I immediately started to write back...no worries I"m walking with...and next thing I knew I was on the ground.  The pavement sloped off and I obviously didn't see that and my left ankle buckled and I hit the ground hard.

2.  People are very generous.
So as I lay there on the side of the road, traffic stopped.  Two mototaxi drivers came to my rescue.  Another truck stopped.  Between the two mototaxi drivers they were able to put me in the front of the truck and drive me back to town where we found the woman I was turning around to meet.  She also got in the truck and they drove me to the nearest health clinic (next to the fire station).  A fireman carried me into the clinic and a doctor attended to me quickly.  Assessment a badly sprained ankle.  Soon in through the door came four of my fellow teachers.  Word travels fast.  The driver of the truck is the uncle of a student at SJBS who just happened to be at our apartments receiving tutoring when his uncle called to tell him about my fall.  Then came Mabel (founder of the school and landlady) and Gonzalo (president of the junta).  They wrapped my ankle, prescribed a couple of days of bed rest and ice and the teachers and Mabel helped me home.  Doctor didn't even charge me. I've been confined to my bed for over 15 hours and I'm going crazy.....but at least I have TV shows on DVD and the internet.  Don't know how Mrs. Harmon did bed rest for 5 weeks without a computer or TV....

We leave for Belize in two days...hopefully I can find crutches and be mobile while there.

Super appreciative of all the help from the people that I know and don't know.  Makes the Cof feel like home.