Colorful Delusions

Last Friday seemed like a last hurrah for misfortunes due to my stiff leg. In the morning, Benji stole my ID and ran around. That was fine with me, after all, I do the same thing. What did bother me though, was when he returned my bag. He threw it on my bad leg. My own bag just a bit away from my knee, and yet the pain, instead of aching where it landed, it travelled straight to my knee and amplified it. Dunno if he meant it or not, but he was smiling. I hope he just didn't notice it. It ached a bit thoughout the day until somewhere between dismissal and getting picked up. This ache wasn't very bad, but it did lead to some problems later on.

During reccess, I was too slow to reach the elevator. By the time I arrived, there were 4 people in casts and crutches and a teacher in it. You know what happened when I entered: overload. The elevator couldn't handle the weight. I had to wait for the second trip from the first floor. When the elevator arrived, there were only a few minutes left. The bell rang somewhere between the 3rd and 4th floor. Yep, I was late. I almost had to get a late pass too. Teachers don't seem to notice my odd walking and assume there's something wrong with my leg.

Ah, and there was Automotive. Elevator to the 1st floor, but I had to walk down 1 more level, as usual. It was engine testing day, so my group finished early and went back to the little lecture room. I was minding my own business, getting a seat, then someone ran into me from behind then ran off. I never found out who that was. I almost fell, but because of my fast thinking, I regained balance by leaning on my bad leg for support as I readjusted my center of balance. Oh right, it was still aching. and I was leaning on it with more weight then necessary. Bah.

Nihonggo class was fun, as usual. Sure, I couldn't move around much to write on the others and they kept writing silly things on the partial-cast, but it cured boredom and it was random silliness.Fun spent, and some left for their automotive project, sensei arrived a bit later with a long test. written in hiregana and katakana. Thankfully no Kanji. Translation hurt my head. At one point of the test, we had to say what the object was on the picture in japanese. Not everything was known. A motto was formed to solve our empty blanks. "When in doubt, use katakana!" hehe, u-mu-bu-re-ra. Benji tried to revive the fun chalk writing war while I was taking the test by writing on my shirt. He failed. Poor Benji, it was just bad timing.

It was half day, and yet I couldn't go to any mall. I spent time waiting to get picked up by scaring people in the general vicinity. I feel like I took a step back, having to wait for my parents to pick me up and all.

I finally got the cast off, but I can't bend my knee completely. The swelling was still there. To the extent it can bend though, it moved too much for my liking. It was like a loose hinge. I got the wrapping to support my knee and a long proccess of applying things on my knee to stop swelling and inflammation. Maximum of 30 minutes to do all of it.

As soon as my knee gets better, the exams come the next week. How lucky am I? I am currently confined in my room to "study".

posted by Raziel @ 7:22 PM