uhoh...i had an accident. yesterday i slipped and fell on mud. i knew something bad had happened as soon as i got up. my left arm was useless. jess drove me to the round rock er, and the x rays showed a fracture of the distal radius. there have not been many times in my life when i had pain so intense that i felt that i would pass out or throw up, but this was one. now the arm is in a cast and sensitive to any touch or movement. when jacob saw me with the cast on he said, grandmommy! you are tough! all you said was you thought you broke your wrist. i said - it is because i am german.
life goes on however. i called raymond who has never failed to be faithful in an emergency, and he came this morning to drive us back. we all went to the airport to meet him. then we drove around downtown austin, showing jacob the beautiful red granite capitol building with its well kept grounds and brilliant green grass. then, james took us to the cool new whole foods market where we all got smoothies.
now we are at the sensible wingate inn where we stayed last year. got some good pics of the kids in the pool here. one steady right hand was all i needed.