Cast off!

NO MORE BROKEN FOOT!
Well, that is of course nonsense...I suppose it's still kind of broken. But in any case the cast is off and I am very happy. The foot is really swollen and creepy...I won't go into details, but it's unsettling. I'm just wearing an elastic sock and hoping it gets better in a few days. I have confidence. Also the wound itself is, uh, black (?!) so I think I may end up with a gnarly scar. Hrmph. Oh well, WALKING AGAIN! And my right beastcalf is gone. What am I supposed to do with ONE beastcalf? And the left one at that, pff. I wonder if I'll end up listing to the left when I'm sprinting. That'd be comical. But yeah, it's apparent that I have a lot of lifting to do to get back to where I was as far as the muscles in my legs; I've probably also lost a lot of conditioning but I don't dare run yet so I don't know yet for sure. Yeahhh setbacks in track are kind of pesky, but I'm just glad I can walk around (almost) like a normal person again.

So yesterday was Zip Your Lip at my school. This is an event where one gets sponsors and pledges not to eat for 24 hours in order to raise money for and show solidarity with the poor of the world. This year the cause was AIDS orphans in Africa...my school alone raised €11025.92, or about $15500. I'm pretty impressed, not gonna lie. The not eating part was actually not at all as bad as I expected it to be; I was actually not the least bit hungry for the entire time. I should become a professional anorexic hahaha. People could pay me not to eat for long periods and those malnourished Africans would be rollin' in it. Clarification: I do not actually want an eating disorder, no. GROSS. Anyway yeah, hanging out with my class in one room for 16 hours (8 hours were just normal classes), GREAT. Nyeh kinda boring, but whatever. I was also amazed at my ability to sleep through a) not eating and b) everyone else watching Saw at midnight (?!). I was not able to sleep through our delightful class Pim (doesn't every class have one? Oh, I think so) flashing the lights and singing at 3AM, but the sleeping people kicked him out soon enough and went back to our rest hahaha. 24 hours at school, yeah I felt totally DISGUSTING, but not hungry and glad to be doing something to help others. Holland doesn't have poor people, or if they do they hide them extremely well, because I have not found any opportunities for community service here yet. Actually I signed myself in at a volunteering bureau, but then I broke my foot. Mhm, way to go Lizz. I'll try again when this is all cleared up.

Tomorrow is the performance of Bach's St. John Passion in which I'm singing. It'll be all day, but it'll be nice enough I think. If there are recordings made, I will attempt to order one and send it back to America for y'all's listening pleasure. =]

Pictures later, when I actually feel like fighting the upstairs computer.