First of all, I sincerely appreciate all of the comments and e-mails I have gotten! It’s nice to hear so many people express concern. I made it through the interpreting gig without any major incidents; I had a nice chair (but high, like a stool) to sit on and I managed to keep going even though it was two hours longer than I was expecting.

We are presently at perigee and misia’s house; Peri’s dad seems really cool (this is the first time I’ve met him). We are spending the night here, but I think tomorrow we will go to either urgent care or the emergency room - both are operated by Inova. What I am mostly concerned about is what will happen on Monday…how am I going to get to work? Public transportation to my office building is really horrible, and it’s a long drive so I can’t ask anybody to drop me off and pick me up. And while I can drive short distances (a couple of miles) with my left foot, that won’t work for the entire trip to Fort Belvoir and back. So, yeah, I’m not sure what I’m going to do about work. Gah.