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Right Ankle Day 14

Well Chris has had an exciting few months. He has been a valuable setter for both the under 16 (JV) and under 19 (Varsity) American International School of Lusaka volleyball teams. This has meant twice the games and twice the tournaments. He has recently been to Johannesburg and Kampala. He likes setting but he does occasionally lament his genes - "Wish I was taller...". He thinks the fun of being a spiker is more appealing at times. I try to remind him - no sets, no spikes. He is now just a bit taller than me (Jim), so perhaps by senior year he will be a spiker. He really plays hard - during the last play of the last tournament (Kampala) he dove backwards, made a save (got the point) but really hurt his ankle.

They went right from the game to a closing dance, then the airport and two flights. No chance to elevate and ice properly. I have to say I have never seen a worse looking ankle that was not broken. We had some fun watching the many colors. Even the webbing between his toes turned many shades of blue-green-yellow. There is still some swelling 3 weeks later, but we are ready to move from the full 'boot' to a smaller ankle brace. 

Although there was no fracture on x-ray, we insisted he use crutches for the first three weeks, which led to some funny scenes during his role as Aaron Schultz in the AISL production of Legally Blonde. Of course it meant he could not participate in the group dance scenes but it is the price you pay for being such an intense athlete!  I have to say when I heard the play selection I was less than enthused and had somewhat low expectations. But the kids did a great job and it was quite entertaining.

He sang a fun song introducing himself as a freshman at Harvard Law, "I got a Fulbright and a Rhodes, I write financial software codes, but that is something I've outgrown, how many yachts can one man own?..."

Now back to focusing on school work - right dad.