Notes from me to you

this will soon be all I see for 4 days straight as Andrea, Mariah, and I take a trip to the southern Caribbean! Though I've been blessed to have been able to travel for work, school, and to see friends, never before have I had an opportunity to check into a hotel on the beach and lounge around for days on end!! And that's exactly what we have planned.. beach, eat, sleep, shower, beach, eat, sleep, etc.. I'm sure some sips of fruity cocktails and moments of exercise will be thrown in the mix, perhaps even a night out on the town, too, but the purpose of this trip is some R n R and fun in the sun!!! weeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to have this opportunity!



other big news.. i broke my foot! its just a tinnnny little fracture you can barely see in this x-ray: on the first long bone on the left, at the top.. see that tiny little crack? (if you click on the picture, it gets bigger and easier to see!) :) or maybe not.. but its there!! :) Amazing how much pain this barely-visible fracture caused. When I was a freshman in high school i somehow managed to fracture a bone in my left foot during dance practice.. doing some jump turn.. i know, i know.. how graceful of me. :) The biggest affect that had on my oh-so-important life as a 15-year-old, was that i had to cut my jeans to fit over my cast and I couldn't dance in the musical. On the other hand, I did get to dress like my senior boy crushes.. the Cleavland twins.. in big mesh shorts and polos (and just what was i thinking?).

So its a little different to break your foot as a grown up!! Suddenly the everyday tasks of working, grocery shopping, laundry, even walking become this daunting reality that I am a single girl basically alone in the city. If I can't work.. who will pay the bills??? If I can't pay the bills, where will I live? For a few moments before hearing the results of the x-ray, I was convinced I was going to have to move back in with my parents and sell my car. Thank goodness the clinic was so slow and I had plenty of time to cry to myself. :)

Fortunately, for me, my dad was in town (although, he did point out that if he hadn't been in town, I wouldn't have been in Annapolis, the town where I took my dad to see the Naval Academy and the first United States Capitol; the town that can't ice their sidewalks when its freezing rain, and the town where I fell on the ice and broke my foot). Nevertheless, Dad was a real champ.. he made my meals, drove me to my appointments, dropped me off at the doors so I wouldn't have to crutch so far, opened the doors for me, etc. Probably not what either of us were planning on, but we still had a great time together. Here are some shots of that..

These are pictures of the State Capital in Annapolis.. a painting of George Washington, a replica of a ship given to GW, the Maryland state flag, and my dad trying to work his workless camera :) There are a few of Fort McHenry and views from the fort.. also a picture of the US flag flown where Francis Scott Key saw it as he wrote the Star Spangled Banner. And at the end, one of Dad trying a latte for the first time (just espresso and steamed milk), my roommate sandy, myself, and dad at one of our favorite little bars called The Lime, posin' with Tequila on V-day, and the other an accidental picture taken while i was actually trying to set the timer. we were at fort mchenry, of course!

























XOXO

lkm