Inner peace...

Last couple of days have been rather quiet.
Apart from the gazebo set up in the main road about 100m away, blasting music from their soundsystem til the early hours.
Xmas celebrations are in full swing here already.
Dont think Xmas carols though. Here its Dominican music and the occasional house tune!

The girl who is looking after me every morning, told me the other day that there might be a place for rent down the road, on the side of town.
I asked Marika to take a look for me and see what she can find.

She got back to me this afternoon.
The place is bigger than what i have now, just one big open room, with a new double bed in the one corner, a small open plan kitchen with gas cooker and fridge in the other end, and a bathroom.
There's no tv, or tv cable, but apart from that, sounds good. And is half the price of what i'm paying here too!

Have told her to tell them i will take it.
I paid up in full here yesterday, and the month here takes me through to tomorrow, so it works out perfectly!
Not gonna get too excited just yet though. Once i am moved in i can relax.

I sent a copy of my new xrays to my parents back home in South Africa, and they had a specialist look at them and see what he thinks.
The news wasn't great. He needs to see me personally to give his full opinion, but he hinted that the job is not great and that i would possibly need another operation!
Not exactly the news a was wanting to hear, but at least i have some sort of idea now.
I wont be able to leave here for a while yet, so will carry on with all my exercises and trying to get better as soon as possible, til i can leave. Then i reckon heading back home, and see what the 1st world doctors can do?
If i need another op, it unfortunately means rebreaking the bones, and back in a cast again, which means everything i am doing at the moment is a waste of time. But, i refuse to think of that now. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it...

On a happier note, i have started teaching myself, through Youtube tutorials, how to make music using the pc.
A dj in London for the last 10 years, this has always been a dream of mine, but i could never find the time.
Now i have plenty.
Courses in learning this stuff run into the thousands of pounds, so i think i will be pretty limited as to how far i can go off of the internet alone, but it is keeping me busy, and i am really enjoying it.

I have always found music something that can take me away from any situation and put a smile in my heart.
Dj'ing with my mates are some of the happiest memories i have.
I sold all my equipment to fund this trip, so am really missing playing on the decks. Its been almost a year now since i last played.
But this music creation thing has really grabbed me.
I have hardly watched tv in the last 2 days.
I had just reached the point in my injury spell here where i was starting to lose that positivity that i have been trying hard to hold onto.
But that is back now.

I have found my inner peace.

Once again the music has lifted my mood...

8))

Accommodation. No accommodation.

Haha.
Heading says it all. I'm getting so used to the frustration of dead ends here, that i can only laugh about things now!

My friend found an incredible deal for me, right in the centre of town. 2 bedroom, bathroom, kitchen. All services included. Only $200/month!
What a steal, especially now, approaching Xmas where there is nothing at all!

She went to see the place this morning, and popped in this evening to let me know how it went.

Turns out the owner changed her mind overnight and has decided to rent it to the person who was staying there previously! Merry Xmas!

So, another dead end.

Like i said, quite used to them by now. Cant wait to be out of this country. I am not meant to be here anymore. Get healthy and get out. Thats my philosophy now!

Oh, bit of other news.

When my lawyers came round the other day and i signed forms with them for the insurance company, they needed witnesses to the fact that the original lawyers had been useless. When they arrived here, they already had the twins names on the bottom as witnesses.

I didn't think much of it and agreed.

After chatting to my mates later that evening, i realised that this could be a potential blackmail opportunity being setup here!
Now someone who doesn't know the lay of the land here, might think i am way too paranoid about this, but this is the reality of this country!
Everyone is out to make money out of you in any way possible!
Especially since my lawyer filled me in about his chat with the girls earlier that day. The fact that they led him to believe that i owe them money for the help they gave me, even though i asked them in the hospital, and again out of the hospital, if they wanted money for their help, and they said "no" both times.
The fact that they were complaining that life is hard cos they have no money and cant pay their rent, feed their kids, etc!

And none of this has anything to do with me. Not my problems. But, with them as witnesses, possibly my problem at a later date!

So i phoned my lawyer today and told him to change the names to 2 other mates that i have known since arriving here, that have also been visiting me throughout my stay in the hospital. I sent their details earlier today, and have asked him to draw up another contract.
I have also asked him to bring the old contract here when he comes to get the new one signed, as i want to personally tear this one up, so that i know this will not come back to haunt me.

So, hopefully tomorrow i will get to do this? Before he tries to submit it with the insurance company!

So, always something to think about, worry about, etc.

Happy Xmas days..

Dominican time...!

Well, no-one came to visit yesterday.
Not too surprising though. It's the way things work here. On a time frame all of their own!

Spoke to them this morning, and they will be visiting later today. Still no hint of what the chat will be, so guess it'll have to wait til later...

So, they arrived this evening and spent about an hour or more here.

Turns out the news was just that they had spoken with the insurance company and come up with a way to circumvent my old lawyers blocking me from taking my case further with the insurance company.

I signed some papers with them, and they will process all this and get things going with the insurance company now.

Other than that, not a lot of new news to report.

Ah well. Will wait and see what the future brings. What other choice do i have?

Night all...zzz

Very good news...??

The last 2 days have once again  been very quiet.

Weekends are good for tv though. In a country where the majority language on the 30 or so channels is Spanish, the weekend offers great viewing for movies in English, especially on a sunday.

Matrix and Matrix Reloaded last night, followed by How to Train your Dragon! All 3 of these seen before at the Imax cinema in London. Matrix close on 20 or more views now! Quality!

So, needless to say, a 3am bedtime was on the cards!

This morning the usual routine, and then after some breakfast a little nap, which lasted until now, 3.30pm!

I forgot to turn my cellphone on this morning, so checked it now. I had a voicemail, but having had 2 in the past and not knowing how to check them, i decided to check online. I needed a password to login to my voicemails (thats what the spanish voice was telling me), but the one's i found online didn't work.

So that was that. They would have to phone back!

I checked my mails, and saw i had a new mail from my lawyer.

It said he had tried to get hold of me, but couldn't, and that he had very good news for me, and that him and Julian were heading here to see me at 5pm!

I haven't heard very good news in more than 2 months!

Hell, i have hardly even heard good news in this time!

So, needless to say i am quite excited, but realistically so. It is now 4.30pm. Watch this space for an update in an hour or so...

A 2nd opinion soon??

Well, a few more days of nothing much to report.

Still doing my exercises on my knee every morning, and have had 2 more sessions of electrodes on my quad area. With the knee exercises i am almost able to lift my leg without help now. Not quite, but another week or so and i should be strong enough.

My lawyer phoned the other day and told me he will be submitting all the legal documents for both cases on monday next week. This will mean that it is then up to the parties concerned to get back to us.
The insurance company will do so at their leisure, but realistically speaking, should be sooner rather than later, as they will not go to court, and still have the other case of the death to deal with.
The driver has a court date with us end Jan, beginning Feb, so should know by the end of Feb what i will be getting from him?

Still no word on accommodation? A few things in the pipeline, but then they evaporate again.

Managed to get an internet connection sorted now. Not cheap, and not very fast, but at least i am always connected now.

One of my ex-colleagues form the dive centre was just here for a visit. Said that a friend of his who is a doctor has looked at my xrays, and said that the reason that the 1 screw in my hip looks offset is because it is broken. Which is probably why they put a second one in! But this is apparently not serious.
He also said that the pin in my tibia is not long enough!
And also added that where the bones meet, where they have repaired the tibia, should be closer together than what they are!
And as for the fibula, he was not impressed either.
So, all in all, his opinion was, not a very good job!
He has asked to see better xrays though, so my colleague has taken away the 2 new xrays to make proper photo's and send them to him. So will hopefully have a proper 2nd opinion in the next few days...
I dunno where that leaves me to be honest, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Other than that, not much else going on. Finding myself frustrated that i am still in this accommodation. Really wish something would open up and i can move into somewhere i can settle in properly. Want to unpack all my bags, hang my clothes up (well, get someone to do it for me), and feel like i am home.
I still feel like i am in a transition place. Want to feel like i am settled desperately.

Ah well...patience is one lesson i have come to learn even more than i already knew, through all this...