From zero to cankle

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I rolled my ankle yesterday.

Yes, ouch.

I was being a good little employee, checking email on my phone while walking across the wet UW campus to class. Walking down the stairs between Red Square and the fountain, I took a wrong step and rolled my left ankle.

I heard two pops during the roll and immediately knew I was in trouble.

From the shock, I was seeing stars for a minute or two. Speaking to how nice UW students are, several people stopped to see if I needed help. I recovered in short time, bummed some Advil from a nurse in passing and hobbled another couple hundred yards to attend class. One of my classmates fetched ice from the HUB, so I was able to ice right away.

I managed to drive the Blue Hornet home, although I really regretted having to drive the clutch.

Today my foot is SWOLLEN, and I am currently nursing an infant where my ankle used to be. It's a full-fledged cankle at least half the size of my ego, if that means anything.

Please send flowers and cards to my house while I recover. You may also make a donation to a charity of your choice in my name.

'The Saddest Day of the Year'

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WIB editor's note: In light of Paolo's vacation, Scott volunteered to guest post about his "Saddest Day of the Year" -- the day Crystal Mountain closed.

Well, it has been far from a record-book year, but it is still hard to see it end. Yesterday, April 19, marked the official closing day of skiing at Crystal Mountain.

It was a sad afternoon packing up all of the stuff from the room and heading down. I kept telling myself, “Hopefully, it will be a short summer.”

Many memories were made during my 35 days with Mother Nature this year including finally getting deep snow – even though it took until February to get here.

All those chores I have been able to put off with the excuse of heading up to the mountain are now pounding on my door… (Hi Courtney!) Good thing fly-fishing season is just around the corner!

If you are wondering who around you is in mourning this week over a season coming to an end too soon…

I'm going back to Cali

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Hi all,

Amanda and I are skipping out of town tonight for a long weekend and much-needed vacation in Palm Desert, Calif. We'll be staying with Gramps and Grams at the luxurious Deep Canyon Tennis Club, which mostly caters to transient seniors.

The forecast shows the temperature will be in the 90s over the weekend, which is just perfect and far from the oven-like conditions of my last trip with Katrine and Scott, which reached a cool 119 degrees.

We're heading to Coachella on Saturday (Read about my last Coachella experience here) and I'll update the blog with new photos and video throughout the weekend!

Warm regards,
Paolo