"bilateral cock-up splints" Does Roger approve? If he쳌fs like the rest of us men he is unilateral. LOL

I have had some trouble with my hands and wrists myself. It started in my left wrist with a burning sensation on the back of my hand. Then I developed pain in my thumb joint. Apparently I have a ganglion forming on the back of my wrist that caused the burning sensation. The thumb pain was caused by a little bone spur. It seems to have cleared up but a week ago I slipped on a steep piece of ground while checking the water meter. I caught myself on my right hand. My wrist has been sore ever since and does not seem to be improving. Yesterday the doctor looked at it and decided it wasn't broken but I might have cracked a bone. And because of the injury I am developing a ganglion on that wrist too. Sigh. He wants to operate.

Yesterday I received an email from the Japanese woman I worked with in my class. I had invited both of them to write to me to practice their English. I was surprised that she took me up on the offer. The Japanese are very sensitive to embarrassment. She wrote a message containing 38 sentences. I separated them and gave her corrections. She had 24 of them absolutely correct and I congratulated her on her usage. One of the sentences was incorrect but was exactly as I have heard it spoken by native English speakers so I corrected it and then pointed out that she had good company. She apparently wants to have a pen pal kind of communication because she said she wanted to talk about pets in the next email. I think she really wants to learn. I wrote to her about the White Cat. I guess she got a lot out of the class. Wakana was impressed by her desire to learn and I think it has inspired her to try harder herself.