I went back to the surgeon today for a check up and I had hoped my stitches out but no such luck.  For that I have to go back again on Monday.  He was surprised at the huge amount of bruising I have.  My thigh is black almost down to my knee.  He and the nurse were saying "wow" and "that's unusual" and I felt like saying, "Are you kidding me?  It's like you were wrestling a bear down there!"  He told me to spend the weekend resting and to wrap my thigh tightly in something.  That's easy.  It's the end of winter in Italy.  EVERYTHING is tight on my thigh.

Today was the last day of classes for the seniors.  Their IB exams start in a week and they graduate in a month.  The school holds an outside ceremony every year for the seniors that also celebrates Earth Day.  Two students from the Garden Club plant a tree in the graduating class's honor.  It's very nice as the entire population turns out with the Nursery children, the youngest in the school, unrolling a banner that they made with the names of all the upcoming graduates.  I can't believe that a year from now it will be Grace.  Where has the time gone?  Sniff.  I'm off to drown my sorrows.  xxoo me