Elephantitis

So, this week decided to be a really fun one. We got back from Egypt Sunday night. Monday I stayed inside to try and be productive but wasn't really so much I guess. We had FHE that night and Josh gave a fantastic thought and shared one of my new favorite poems. His thought was about being a friend to people and how when we meet the Savior we want Him to call us Friend over anything else. Here is the poem he read and then gave us:

Corners and Spaces

A corner is a solemn place,
A place more often sought than space.
For in a corner walls surround,
Lending ease to hold your ground.
For in a corner darkness lies,
And masks the deeds of one who hides.
But corners evoke more than this,
Corners evoke an ignorant bliss,
Where one can sit and never care,
And never help, just sit and stare.
Where some just hide avoiding pain.
When all there was, was joy to gain.
That joy you find among a space,
Where one can stand and the world face,
And evoke a light so strong and bright
Inside sad souls whom now delight.

The souls of corners who sit and hide,
Were saved by one who stood and tried,
Tried to let his knowledge and light,
Bathe those who lie in dark and fright.

So I bid you now be like the one,
And let your light allow work be done.
To fill the corners of every place,
And stand with firmness in every space.
-Anonymous

This poem really touched me. I hope you like it too.

So FHE was good, then on Tuesday I also stayed in. We only had a couple classes and after Hebrew in the afternoon I decided to use the weight room here for my first time. It was a good workout for me, but I'm super out of shape. Then some people were going to play volleyball, so I decided to procrastinate my homework a little longer. Played some volleyball, and about 15 minutes in me and Chris decided to collide through the net and I decided to become completely disoriented to my surroundings and come down completely wrong on my foot. Result:

Elephantitis! Or a cankle. Either way, my ankle and entire foot is pretty shades of purple. This is 3 days later, but it was almost this bruised just 1 days later. It is now darker than this picture. I was on crutches the next day, a cane the 2nd day, and the past 2 I've been walking on it but it still really hurts. It's a degree III sprain at least. They don't know if I completely ripped anything or broke anything yet, but they haven't checked it either really. I am walking on it which is good, but who knows whats going on in there. The whole left side is bruised, as seen from above, and the right side is also bruised and also up by my toes now too. It's pretty gross. And it hurts. And I'm sick of people asking me how I'm doing....blah. 

I haven't gone out into the city since before Egypt and I'm having withdrawals as everyone else goes out. We have an all-day field trip on Monday and I am going even if it kills me. But it won't :)

So this has been my life this week. Sitting a lot, limping a whole lot. Yet life is still good and I am still happy. So no worries.