Life
Today a few students from the school went to the hospital to visit Hiroshi, a fellow student who came down with appendicitis yesterday and had surgery. Oh my, one never knows what one will get into just by going on a hospital visit.
Orek, a Russian orthodox priest who is in our class and owns a car, offered to take us. When we arrived at Hiroshi's hospital room, Orek pulled out a brand new bottle of champagne and insisted on pouring some into some little disposable paper cups to do a toast wishing Hiroshi a quick recovery. No, no, it is not alcoholic, our priest friend insisted. Well, it was pretty much in "medicinal" amounts, so at his insistence I agreed to a tiny cup. Then he insisted on refilling it. Oh yikes; my tummy was feeling warm from my two previous swallows! So at one point I discreetly--I hope--handed it to a fellow classmate who liked it, and she took care of it for me.:) I did enjoy the candies that Orek brought, so I had a couple of those.:)
As for Hiroshi, he looked tired but was doing as well as could be expected. And he was cracking jokes almost like usual. He hopes to return to school on Monday. Time will tell.....
Below are two pictures from the hospital visit. Oh what memories....:)
