This was an interesting Easter, to say the least. I was excited, because for the first time in like 4 years, Phil and I didn't have to wait the tables of happy families celebrating their Easter holiday together at our respective college employments. We were going to have some friends over for a big dinner. Phil was supposed to be home on Saturday night from coaching his first men's soccer game in Aviano, Italy. However, I received a call from Phil on Saturday afternoon that he would be staying behind in Aviano with his goalie who had been taken to the hospital after being crashed into by 2 other players! They had to take him to an Italian hospital because there is no hospital at the Aviano base, and the doctors there told them that Andy was okay, he had just lost a tooth and his jaw was not broken. The doctors also said that he could not leave until Tuesday! I cancelled our Easter dinner because I didn't see much fun in entertaining by myself, and instead dyed Easter eggs and had an egg hunt with our friends Matt and Christine. After discovering that Andy actually could have checked himself out whenever he wanted to (darn translator!!), Phil came home with his goalie on Monday afternoon and after the boy checked in with the hospital on our base, he discovered that his jaw was, in fact, fractured in 2 places and that he would need jaw surgery--so much for that socialist medical system, eh? The boys lost their game 4-2, but apparently it was a good game, especially since Aviano is actually a Division 2 school and Sig is only division 3. Andy is currently recovering from his surgery and has to have his jaw wired shut for 4 weeks.
On a good note, Phil's boys won their game yesterday against Vicenza 2-1, as did the girls team 3-0. They play next in Naples in 3 weeks (after Spring Break).
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