Thank God!
I got my phone bill today and it was only 74 RMB! I was scared to death it would be a lot more.
I did end up going to the supermarket today. I went with Rebecca, who lives next door to me. I complained to her about the foreign guy who didn’t help me when I fell down, and she told me about this American woman she knew who fell down a hole in Vietnam, and ended up with 30 people staring at her, and not doing anything.
I did some laundry today and hung it outside by myself. It seems really strange to be able to see the bathroom and the kitchen from a standing perspective again. It made me feel really tall.
I’m walking a bit better now, although I can’t really put all my weight on my left leg. When I talk about this, it makes me remember those “inspirational” stories I always read in the discarded textbooks my aunt used to give me, about kids who were hurt in accidents, learned to walk again, and became Olympic athletes.