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31 12, 2020

Pandemic Year 1: December 2020

By Lili|December 31st, 2020|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2020, ankle, COVID, injury, Pandemic|0 Comments

And the last month of this awful year continues. In early December I badly, badly, sprained my ankle. I had to send Tessa away to stay with my parents. So beyond work I mostly just laid around the house, not moving. I did buy an ankle scooter but it doesn't turn well in my condo. My parents sent me a delicious box of oranges and so mostly sat around eating those and listening to audio books (Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg, and the Bobverse books by Dennise E. Taylor) or working on my Paint by Number or holiday craft kits.

1 02, 2019

January 2019 Recap

By Lili|February 1st, 2019|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2019, ankle, Fyre Festival, Harry Potter, Last Kingdom, SKO|0 Comments

January was a busy work month. I spent part of it working from home, recovering from my sprained ankle that happened in December. Then we had a huge team in the office for Sales Kickoff, which had a 70's theme night. Recommended Reading Some of my favorite posts this month: Meet Zed the Mammoth Aqua Boarding in Panama An Old B&W Photo from HS I love Audio Books Continuing my first auto-listen through the Harry Potter books, I completed book 5 this month. Watchlist TV I'm still loving The Last Kingdom, and started watching Season 3! Additionally, I watched the

21 01, 2019

Travel Missteps: When Walking the Walk is Painful

By Lili|January 21st, 2019|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2008, Alamo Square, ankle, Cable Car, California, Good Food in San Francisco, Lombard Street, North America, Painted Ladies, Postcard Row, San Francisco, USA|0 Comments

It's 2019, and I injured my ankle in late December of last year. As I start yet another round of physical therapy it reminds me of my first trip to San Francisco back in 2008, around 6 months after ankle surgery. I had been in a cast for months and then physical therapy after that. Everyone said I'd be ready for the San Francisco trip, but it was rough. All the walking up and down steep hills killed me with each step. And sadly that is what I remember most from this trip. Struggling to keep up with my family.

28 03, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Best Bar That I Never Went To

By Lili|March 28th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2013, Angie Angie Cafe arte, ankle, Antigua, bar, bookstore, cafe, Café No Sé, Central America, directions, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Guatemala, injury, joke, language, lost, Mayan Encounter 2013, ruins, Santa Clara, spanish, translations|0 Comments

After my strange “tour” of the Santa Clara ruins, I met a member of my G Adventures group, Tony. I relayed to him what had happened, and he offered to come with me as we went to find something to do that night. I really wanted to check out a bar that someone had recommended called Café No Sé. It is supposed to be a great ex-pat bar where all the travelers go. It was described as a bit bohemian with live music, and so sounded like a lot of fun. So we set off. I pride myself on my

6 01, 2014

Travel Missteps: Una blosa con hielo, por favor?

By Lili|January 6th, 2014|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2013, ankle, Antigua, Central America, cobblestones, Costa Rica, Costa Rica Adventure 2012, duck tape, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, group, Guatemala, ice, injured, injury, Mayan Encounter 2013, soda, spanish, sprain, tour, tour group, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site|0 Comments

Getting injured can be one of the worst things that can happen to you on a trip. For me, it is becoming a standard fact of travel. After spraining my ankle and then nearly fracturing my nose in Costa Rica, I decided to be extra prepared on my next trip. So I brought a thorough first aid kit and 2 ankle braces (so I could swap them out and not wear one every day). I thought I was prepared, little did I know I was wrong. On my second day of exploring Antigua, Guatemala I sprained my right ankle just