Month September 2008

voorjaar heeft afgeveerde

spring has sprung. today we went to the botanical gardens to see a bit of the spring festival. the highlight today was the tulips. the 25,000+ tulip garden was established in 1948 as a gift from the netherlands in appreciation…

trust me, this is for your own good

significant progress since i’ve been back in wellington. last week i had an appointment at the fracture clinic to meet a local orthopedic and have my staples (33!) removed – and today i went to my first physio appointment. i’m…

1.800.win.win.1

after a lifetime of advertisements from the personal injury lawyers i was well into making my list of people & organizations that had done me wrong related to my injury – and who *owed* me.– the companies that made the…

ward room 17

i got out of surgery early friday morning and was taken up to join the other surgical patients in ward room 17. while the care i received was top notch, i have no doubt that anyone who is used to…

catching a break

this week is our first planned vacation since we arrived in new zealand and we decided to spend 2 days skiing on my rapaheau and then 2 days in the resort town of taupo. nice relaxing drive up on wednesday…