Today is an interesting day. Yung-Yu, Emily and I took a friend of my friend, who just moved to Rawland Heights from Tallahassee, Florida, to car shopping at the car dealership of Emily's uncle and aunt in Monterrey Park. On the way there, we realized that this friend of a friend (her name is Elis) was an alumna of the school that my oldest cousin attended. And the funny part was...Elis and my cousin know each other. What a small world?! =)
Of course, I also met Emily's uncle and aunt finally. Very nice people. They treated us with some very delicious tea and rather warm greeting as well as great conversation. I like them.
After dropping Elis off, we got hungry. So before we headed back to L.A., we stopped by Sin Ba La to have some sausage and some Taiwanese snacks. It was a rather satisfying meal, as I haven't had such Taiwanese food in a long time. It was funny that none of us had enough cash so one of us (Emily) had to go to the supermarket next door to buy something in order to get cash back. For some reason, I always for get that this restaurant only takes cash~ugh!
Oh yeah, also heard about Lucille's .50 cents cash back story in Vegas. It was hilarious; however, to save her some face, I will simply stop right here (until she pisses me off in any way).
Friday, September 14, 2007
Goodbye Crutches!
It took me two weeks to come to a full-body-weight bearing status. Although it now seems a while ago, it sure felt like forever! I was religiously increasing 10 more lbs of weight bearing each day during those two weeks, because part of me was rather anxious to be able to bear my full body weight.
Just right after I achieved full weight bearing status, I had to travel to Nebraska for my host sister Carolyn and Ryan's wedding. It was a complete bitch to travel with crutches, and having to rush to catch a connection flight didn't help either! Nevertheless, I got to see Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Hansen (since graduation 7 years ago), and all the Johnsons. This trip was rather special!!
On a different note, my physical therapy is still going well. Right now I am only doing it twice a week. Today is Mil's last day at USC Physical Therapy and Associates. Even though I gave her a card and she gave me her email address, I think I am ganna miss her. After all, her cheering, fun personality has made my sessions with her that much more fun and that much easier.
Yesterday I went to see Dr. Charlton for a follow-up. He told me that I was right on schedule and cruising (to full recovery); in addition, he said that I could lose the crutches. Honestly, when I heard that, I was rather excited. The degree/level of excitement was like that of a kid entering a candy store! Yesterday was the first day that I walked without crutches - which felt so liberating. Mark said that he was used to hearing the little medal noises from my crutches and that he got used to seeing me with crutches (taking up more space while walking). Even today when Yung-Yu and Emily saw me, they looked rather surprised also. =)
Just right after I achieved full weight bearing status, I had to travel to Nebraska for my host sister Carolyn and Ryan's wedding. It was a complete bitch to travel with crutches, and having to rush to catch a connection flight didn't help either! Nevertheless, I got to see Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Hansen (since graduation 7 years ago), and all the Johnsons. This trip was rather special!!
On a different note, my physical therapy is still going well. Right now I am only doing it twice a week. Today is Mil's last day at USC Physical Therapy and Associates. Even though I gave her a card and she gave me her email address, I think I am ganna miss her. After all, her cheering, fun personality has made my sessions with her that much more fun and that much easier.
Yesterday I went to see Dr. Charlton for a follow-up. He told me that I was right on schedule and cruising (to full recovery); in addition, he said that I could lose the crutches. Honestly, when I heard that, I was rather excited. The degree/level of excitement was like that of a kid entering a candy store! Yesterday was the first day that I walked without crutches - which felt so liberating. Mark said that he was used to hearing the little medal noises from my crutches and that he got used to seeing me with crutches (taking up more space while walking). Even today when Yung-Yu and Emily saw me, they looked rather surprised also. =)
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