My Motorcycle Injuries

I returned from my trip to Israel/Jordan a few days ago. Everything went well with the things that needed to be done and I was able to visit a bunch of nifty historic sights besides. We had no issues concerning any need to deal with guns or bombs, so...bonus. The ankle on my accident damaged leg swole up in a big way over the course of time, but it didn't involve any pain. Aside from the ankle, my body did alright with all of the walking and step climbing. None of the things related to my motorcycle accident injuries was a hindrance at all throughout the trip. I was really tired at the end of each day, but my body held up well and I was able to handle all of the things required of me physically with a good sense of ease. Uh huh. The irony of it all? When we left for the trip I had been dealing with some congestion in my head for about a week. It was getting better as the trip approached, and it improved during the first week in Israel. Nice, right? Well...the last two days I began ...

Last night I went to a restaurant with a bunch of family members for a birthday celebration. We went to a Tex-Mex place nearby. We all had a good time and stayed a couple of hours as we talked with each other and played a gift-giving game (yes, the birthday was for an adult, but it’s a tradition in the family and we have fun with it). I had a nice time and the fajitas were gooood. All in all it was a nice time for everyone and the service was great as they handled a party of 17 people who felt like having fun. We sat on a second story balcony with a nice view, but it required a fairly long flight of steps to get up there. I have been practicing steps more than usual lately because I have a more difficult time with the steps at our church. The individual steps there are a bit “taller” than the ones on most staircases so it requires more effort for me to pull up with my bad leg. Consequently, I have grown accustomed to using my good leg to climb so that I go up unevenly by using only one...