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I really had to escape the city and decided my wrist was good enough to drive. It still hurts a lot, but I can make all movements.

So we went to a forest with Poupoune and had a long walk. On the top of a hill was a lookout and a very good place to have a snack, sit in the sun and smoke a cigar.

They removed the splint and now I have physiotherapy and ergotherapy. After the exercises and massage they apply a cold pack and the pain goes down to ‘normal’ levels.

I’m not happy, this is going to take much longer than I hoped for.

We have a potluck dinner with the ER-gang. Pat, Mary, Susan, Karen and myself each prepeared a dish and we ate it together. Very yummy food and a very nice evening. Only Anne, the sixth member of the ER-gang, is missing, she’s in Japan. Ah well, she’s having good food there as well, but we have better company.

(I couldn’t prepare a dish, so I cheated and bought some organic snacks as an pre-meal appetizer.)

Canada is number one!

(Especially this is worth to note.)

Joska, the daughter of a friend, heard about my accident and made this drawing for me.

Dankjewel, Joska!

Pool party, with a lot of children. These are the children of Alison’s sister boyfriend. And Alison’s father, who also couldn’t stand the windless heat. Even I went in, with my cast held above the water of course.

It’s 32 ?C and very humid. While Montréal attracts thousands of Formula 1 fans, we’re leaving the city to go to Ottawa for a pool party. Too bad I’ve a cast and can’t swim. I can’t drive either, so we’ll take the bus.

Home at 1 in the morning. They’ve put my arm in a cast because I can’t move my wrist. I’m afraid I can’t climb, cycle or drive for a while.

I feel like shit. Typing with one hand goes slow.

The boy on his bike came from behind a large tree. Suddenly he cycled off the sidewalk onto the bicycle path, just 2 meters in front of me. I braked with all force I had in me. My bicycle stopped, I didn’t. I landed head first, flat on my face, with my hands still holding my handle bar. A bit like diving into a pool without water. Fortunately I was wearing a helmet, that took part of the impact.

´Monsieur, vous Ítes correct ?ª
´Non…ª

Passing doctor on bike examins me.

Ambulance, but no siren.

Emergency room, long wait. 20 X-rays, multiple times because the processing machine ate first batch of films. Nothing broken, only bruises and chafed skin on face and fore arms. Nose swollen and glasses scratched and deformed. And I don’t have the name or phone number of that kid to make him (or his parents) pay for my expenses.

Left the ER after more than 7 hours.

But it could have been far worse.

The maple tree in our garden covered our (Ikea) garden table with hundreds of pods. It feels a bit like fall but it is definitely summer.

Our landlord wants to cut the tree down. I’ll seriously miss it.