Victor's art at Chili's.
A Nino's for dinner.
In front of Timexpo.After the sleep of a father worried about his son and wanting to keep an eye on him all night I awoke to a beautiful warm day cooled only by steady breeze. I slept for no longer than 15-30 minutes at a time when I would awake to look onto the peaceful slumbering Victor with his slinged-wrapped arm protecting his broken clavicle. He slept completely through the night and got a great rest. He was his regular self (though one wing down) when he awoke and was eager to go out for a walk. After trying to book a orthopedic doctor all morning only to be given the run around by everyone (makes you really want to live in CT) I asked my cousin Jay if he had any Ortho-buddies (he’s in the medical profession). He has a bud in Ohio (hi hometown) who gave us answers we needed. So since Victor is doing well, not needing pain meds much and there are no protruding or bumpy areas along his clavicle line we are planning on finishing the tour (13 days) with him in tow. In fact, he was asking what tricks he can do with one hand. What a trooper. (We were thinking about having his grandpa fly out here from Cali and take him back.)
So our day as tourists started. We hit the Timexpo (Timex Museum)…the Waterbury Clock Company became Timex. We took the tour and Nick and I bought watches there. Turns out Timex is no longer made in the US (even though it is a US company). The story goes that like many companies the labor costs forced makers to take their manufacturing abroad. Get this, there are no watches made in the United States anymore by any company. (Add that to TVs and hundreds of other things and we are becoming a purchasing country not a manufacturing country.)
Then we hit that CT original restaurant, Chili’s! (Not really from here I just was being facetious.) Victor wanted ribs and milk and today he owned me….I’m a sucker for them when they are sick or injured. Then it was to a book store then the mall to meet the cousins where we shopped a little bit and then we broke up into groups: Cynthia and Cousin Emeris went shopping; The big boys went to see Harry Potter; the girls went to a kiddie movie and the other boys went to see GI Joe. Victor Jr and I went around the mall a bit then to Wal-mart to get more goodies for the injured trooper; sour candies, a book, lemonade, and a couple of $5.00 DVDs. Then it was back to the hotel and while Victor watched the Tom and Jerry movie…..I slept! (but not enough).
Everyone congregated at the hotel and we went to the Italian place next door for izza and hot wings. It was nice. Thank you cousin Jay! ( He treated.)Oh, I forgot to mention that when we went for a walk thins morning we found a Boy Scouts store where we picked up a couple of wood crafts for Victor to work on.
So our day as tourists started. We hit the Timexpo (Timex Museum)…the Waterbury Clock Company became Timex. We took the tour and Nick and I bought watches there. Turns out Timex is no longer made in the US (even though it is a US company). The story goes that like many companies the labor costs forced makers to take their manufacturing abroad. Get this, there are no watches made in the United States anymore by any company. (Add that to TVs and hundreds of other things and we are becoming a purchasing country not a manufacturing country.)
Then we hit that CT original restaurant, Chili’s! (Not really from here I just was being facetious.) Victor wanted ribs and milk and today he owned me….I’m a sucker for them when they are sick or injured. Then it was to a book store then the mall to meet the cousins where we shopped a little bit and then we broke up into groups: Cynthia and Cousin Emeris went shopping; The big boys went to see Harry Potter; the girls went to a kiddie movie and the other boys went to see GI Joe. Victor Jr and I went around the mall a bit then to Wal-mart to get more goodies for the injured trooper; sour candies, a book, lemonade, and a couple of $5.00 DVDs. Then it was back to the hotel and while Victor watched the Tom and Jerry movie…..I slept! (but not enough).
Everyone congregated at the hotel and we went to the Italian place next door for izza and hot wings. It was nice. Thank you cousin Jay! ( He treated.)Oh, I forgot to mention that when we went for a walk thins morning we found a Boy Scouts store where we picked up a couple of wood crafts for Victor to work on.
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