Some People Will Do Anything to Get Out of Housework.

Well, seven days ten minutes after landing in the US, J managed to break his wrist. His US soccer career has been probably cut short. He went to tackle the soccer ball and fell. He landed on his outstretched arm and that was that. I was not impressed how the soccer coach handled the situation. He basically found out about it towards the end of practice. Instead of calling for the athletic trainer, he sent J to football practice. Luckily, the football players realized that swelling twice the size of the other arm wasn't a good thing. These boys went and found the AT, and he looked at it. He figured that there was a fracture and he was correct. Needless to say, I wasn't happy learning about this hours later, and from J who told me that he needed x-rays. My afternoon was spent running around trying to obtain insurance papers from the school which I won't have until tomorrow because they couldn't be found. The rest of the afternoon was spent in the ER. We had to wait extra because no one realized J was a year long exchange student. They thought he was one of the kids from a local camp that foreign children attend. As much as I was happy that they thought, I was a young 20 something camp counselor, I would rather have not had to watch those who came in after us come and go. It wasn't until being there 3 1/2 hours that it came out that J had a real home, and that I wasn't getting paid overtime to be sitting there doing nothing. Good thing L could come home from work to watch T although I am sure we would have been in and out if T had been there. This week will be spent going to see an orthopedist and for J to get a real cast. Now, ER don't do real casting. The claim was due to swelling. Truth, as I know from people who work in ERs, physician assistants see the majority of the cases, and they aren't qualified to make casting decisions. I am okay with that because I would prefer an ortho guy to do it. The good news is that it doesn't seemed to be displaced, so he should only be in a cast for six weeks. This also opens up that possibility that he can still be the place kicker for the football team which was his main concern.

Yesterday, we went to the zoo. J got to see some new animals. That was a joy for him. T was more interested in picking up sticks and rocks. The funny thing happened when T was in the turtle petting area, and he grabbed a turtle's head thinking it was a rock. Last night, we just relaxed and watched the Phillies game and the Sprint Cup race. Hopefully, this week doesn't turn to be too busy, and we can get to relax even more.