Yep, yesterday was the 28th day of the injury and tomorrow will be the same of the surgery. In retrospect, these past 4 weeks were not so awful as I had anticipated. Luckily, I haven’t had much pain or further complications. Oh, yes, the cast itself is a pain but eventually I could work around it OK. I feel that my body and my mind are in sync for the next step now. Even a few days ago when I saw my doc I felt that I further needed the cast. But now I am ready to shed it and welcome the boot tomorrow. Now I am seasoned, I know that every new phase starts with a little fall-back. So I will not be frustarted if it doesn’t work out the first day as I envisioned. But I have high hopes :-). I dreamt the other night that I was walking, - funnily, with the cast on. Does the mind correct back to reality even when we dream?
28 days also mean that we have 2 more weeks until the trip. It sounds so short! We started to plan this trip out in September before our frinds headed back to the States. Then it seemed so-so far away and now it’s around the corner. I feel bad though that I can’t plunge myself and the kids into the full excitement of preparation. Partly, because of the obvious reasons I can’t go around to shop for presents and other missing essentials. Also, although I am wholly and utterly positevely goalsetting for this trip, in the back of my mind I still have the what if… But I checked out the places we plan to visit, wheelchairs seem to be available everywhere for rent. And although I had different pictures of me in my head than being pushed around in the Grand Canyon in a wheelchair, if this is what it takes to fully enjoy the time with the kids and our friends, I will do it. And I can always count on some good ju-ju from the good spirits of the place, I presume… 
Have a nice Sunday, everyone.
Judit,
What part of Europe are you in, i remember seeing something but have forgotten where it was ?
Glad to see you are excited about your trip and have made the plans to get around.
Johnk