Update

Well my leg is getting better. And I am finally finished with the antibiotics and no longer have an 'active infectious disease' going on on my leg. So... I can do my job at full abilities again! Yay! Thanks for all your concern.

Lately, things have been a little hectic with extra doctor's visits added in and a lot of sitting on the pool deck instead of getting into the water, so I have been a little busy lately, but not too busy for something weird to happen:

This morning as I was getting up to get ready for church, I heard someone trying to get something gross out of his throat outside my window in the alley! Then, he proceeds to throw up on the ground outside my window in the alley. I had to resist the urge to yell, 'Dude, people live here!' I never know what is better: try to ignore it or address it.

And as the 'mouth watering pre-throw up feeling' went away, I was reminded of all the blessings in my life lately! :o)

You can't take me anywhere!

This past weekend I flew to Phoenix with (from left below Kelly, me, and Mary). We also got to see our dear friend Stephanie (far right below):o)! As usual, it was sure eventful! Kelly and I got to the airport (arrived to the airport) 30 minutes before our flight left. The lady checking in our bags says, "We will do our best to get your bags on the plane." Yikes! But we made it and so did our bags...

We then headed to the mall to go to Lush (seriously awesome stuff!) and went to Oreganos for lunch. Now for those of you who know me well, you know about my heat intolerance.
We.Ate.Outside.
It was 122 degrees when we got into the car after lunch and I was very sweaty despite the misters (air blowing water, not men) and cooling machines. Additionally, I recommend the cookie with ice cream for dessert.

Kelly: "Look at all these succulent plants!" (she actually said that).

Kelly: "They put graffiti on cacti here."

Kelly: "It's so clean here." Amy: "Yes, because it's so hot the garbage just burns up-spontaneous combustion."

That's when it happened: MY LEG PROBLEM. I had this weird spider bite looking thing on Wednesday and Thursday, but it was really swollen and irritated after I got off the plane. It got worse throughout the day Friday and I had pitting edema by the evening. We considered going to Urgent Care/ER that night, but I got a prescription to try for that evening....

I wrapped it up and put ice on it because it was really hot (Arizona hot) and thought it would be better by morning: wrong.

So Saturday before the course, Mary and Kelly drop me off at Urgent Care in Mesa, AZ. As we pull up at 8am, I thought we would be the first people there, but there is a line OUTSIDE THE DOOR. As they are pulling off, Kelly says, "If a brawl breaks out, get on the side of the lady who is neck to knee tatoos."

I sit there in the waiting room and this guy walks in and gets on his phone to talk loudly to his mother about his rash.... he took a cold shower then a hot shower then a cold shower... oh and did you know he has a girlfriend in Florida.....

They take me back to this room and the doctor comes in and mumbles something about cellulitis, get it checked for infection when you get home, we'll give you more medicine and a shot. The nurse then comes in to give me the shot and I say, "now where is that going?" She replies, "In your glut." As I am laying down on the table, I mutter, "WORST. TRIP. EVER."

It did get a little bit better, and for those of you in the medical profession- I'm waiting for the results of the culture to see when I can resume doing my job fully....

Here is the view from our 'casita.' It was beautiful. And we got some great ideas for work:

Kelly: "How about a shark for our pool?" Amy: "It would really create a sense of urgency."

And we learned a lot of other things as well:

Kelly: "My gastric cholic reflex is kicking in. We need to leave NOW."