Enjoying the holidays with a BANG!!!

You can see the picture....did you think, "earthquake"? Well, not quite. As I was walking out of the kitchen the cabinets decided they had been on the wall long enough and wanted to come down. They came crashing down with a very loud crash. Unfortunately for me I was in the kitchen when it happened. The cabinets landed on me so I was under the heap of mess you see in the picture (although not at the time the picture was taken). Luckily I was the only one in the kitchen at the time. After I found myself under the cabinets I yelled for Jason who was having his sleep in day. He was already out of bed because he had heard the crash (as had, apparently, everyone in the building). He came to the kitchen and asked where I was since he couldn't see me. The "under here" helped him out and he lifted the cabinets off of me. I got up carefully since I happened to also be at the point in the cabinets that housed our glassware so there was a lot of broken glass on and around me. I was dazed and uncomfortable but I immediately went next door to our landlords apartment. I think I was probably in a little bit of shock since looking back on it I probably could have waited a minute before heading next door. I went next door with my pants soaked in wine (which had fallen from the cabinets and shattered all over me) and covered in broken glass to try and explain the unbelievable. They saw me and new something was wrong. I tried to explain but even if she understood the words it just wouldn't make sense. How do you explain that kitchen cabinets came falling off the wall. It just doesn't even sound believeable. Our landlady came back to our apartment with me to see what I was talking about. She saw the destruction and with a "Jesus Marie" gave us hugs and said she was sorry. She went back and got her husband and her son to take pictures and talk to us. They insisted on bringing me to the hospital which I had to agree was probably a good idea. Before we went to the hospital though she insisted that we have breakfast at their apartment. It was very nice of her but unnecessary. Our landlord brought me to the hospital and spoke Czech to everyone so it was easy for me. While we were at the hospital Jason, our landlady and the cleaning lady from our building started cleaning up the mess. My x-rays showed that everything was fine. They gave me a special cream for my arm and bandaged it up. I wasn't really sure what the cream was supposed to do but I left it on for the day anyway. Sleeping was not ideal but it is a little bit better today so in a few days I'm sure I'll be able to rest my head back on a pillow.

We have found places to put everything so that our kitchen is at least usable. We will have to have new cabinets installed as well as new counters and flooring. The cabinets broke the counter when they fell and also took big dings out of the linoleum flooring. In addition to the dings in the floor there is also a giant yellow stain as well as a purple stain. I guess linoleum doesn't like wine, vodka, vinegar, balsamic vinegar and oil sitting on it. We still have to figure out how we will deal with the damage to our glassware, kitchen table and new counter/drawer thingy we just bought but I'm confident it will all work out. For now we are just trying to enjoy our Christmas.

On a happier note, Leah (my cousin) arrived on the 23rd from Uzbekistan. She will be here for 10 days. It is great having her here. It is the first time we have ever been together as adults without any parents/aunts/uncles around. We are having a great time hanging out. I'll post more about what we do over the next week.