I made it through a week and a half with the cast already. It's going by pretty quickly so far!
I have a lady who comes to clean every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. She is really great at cleaning. She does all of the basics, makes me lunch, and deep cleans one area each day. The only problem is that she keeps calling off on Saturdays. It's a long wait from Thursday to Tuesday with nobody to sweep the floor, take out the garbage or buy drinking water.
My ankle still doesn't feel like it's healing. It has hurt more since I got the second cast than it did with the first cast. I don't think it's the new cast. I think it's that I jostled my foot around too much. Today I did an excellent job on my bedrest. I only let the cat out once, got a cup of juice, showered, and made normal trips to the bathroom, which is only a few steps away.
Last night I hardly slept because I was in pain. This morning I took the last of the pain medicine. I hope to sleep well tonight.
Last night in a trip to the bathroom I fell over sideways, broke off the toilet seat and cartwheeled into the shower. I remember looking out of the shower after the fall and being shocked to see my bad leg had hardly moved. Phew! Falling headfirst into the shower with a cast on my leg was scary.
Fany continues to be extremely helpful when she is home. However, she spends a lot of time outside of the city lately. Molly came over yesterday with two rolls of sushi. Her kids wanted to see me one more time before they started school again today. They all played board games and cards with Laura. We spoke in English. Laura is speaking more English now. By the end of next year she should be able to carry on a conversation if I keep practicing with her. She's not scared to speak. For many Hondurans, that is the hardest part about learning English. They can read and write but they are scared to speak.
The weather has been nice lately. I'm lucky it never gets hot inside my house. Lately everyone who visits complains about the heat outdoors. Kids don't want to play outside. They say the sun is too strong. Our humongous mango tree shades my house well. At 3 pm every day clouds roll in, the wind picks up and the temperature plummets. We work hard to get the laundry done early in the day so it's dry before three. Once the sun goes down at 5 pm it's cold - like flannel sheets and heavy pajamas weather. The cold is rough on Jetty's asthma. In the morning it's so cold I don't want to get out of bed or shower until the sun has some time to heat things up again. If rain comes, it's at night. But the rain is not regular anymore, like it was for so many months.
Ana said they gangs came after her friend a couple of days ago. They tied her up and held her hostage. Later they kicked her out of her house. Ana helped her find a safe place to live. Sounds like the turf wars we talked about on Christmas Day have begun.
