Mientras ese tiempo llegaba nos divertíamos mucho jugando con las carruchas. Para los que no saben que es ese aparato, se trata de una tabla de madera con ruedas hechas con rolineras que mis hermanos conseguían en los talleres mecánicos, tambien tenía freno y un cordón resistente al frente que servía como volante.

Para nosotros era diversión total porque nos lanzábamos por donde hubiese más bajada y agarrábamos velocidad, definitivamente era adrenalina pura. Jejejje.

While that time was coming we had a lot of fun playing with the carousels. For those of you who don't know what this device is, it is a wooden board with wheels made with rollers that my brothers got in the mechanic shops, it also had a brake and a resistant cord in the front that served as a steering wheel.

For us it was total fun because we would go wherever there was more downhill and we would pick up speed, it was definitely pure adrenaline. Hehehehehe.

Fuente

Luego cuando tenía 11 años me fui a vivir al pueblo y contaba con la compañía inseparable de mi prima Gladys, éramos las compinches perfectas porque teníamos casi la misma edad.

Allá en esa casa tampoco habia bicicleta, pero si habia un sitio que las alquilaba. Todo tenía un valor, si la querías todo un día o por hora.

Cuando Gladys y yo teníamos dinero la alquilábamos un sábado por la tarde y tratábamos de aprender amontar, ella me sostenía por detrás el haciendo mientras yo agarraba equilibrio.

Then when I was 11 years old I went to live in the village and I had the inseparable company of my cousin Gladys, we were the perfect companions because we were almost the same age.

There was no bicycle in that house either, but there was a place that rented them. Everything had a value, if you wanted it for a whole day or by the hour.

When Gladys and I had money, we rented it on a Saturday afternoon and tried to learn how to ride, she would hold me by the back of the bike while I got my balance.

Pero un día no tuve tanta suerte, a lo que Gladys soltó el asiento mi bicicleta se desvió y me fui contra la cuneta, mi hombro pego contra una pared y caí. Al levantarme sentí que algo traqueo por dentro y me dolió. Jamás pense que algo se me habia partido; entre el susto y el dolor decidimos que Gladys entregara la bicicleta y yo me fui acostar sin decir nada.

But one day I was not so lucky, when Gladys let go of the seat my bike swerved and I went into the gutter, my shoulder hit a wall and I fell. When I got up I felt something crack inside me and it hurt. I never thought that something had broken; between the shock and the pain we decided that Gladys would hand over the bike and I went to bed without saying anything.

Al día siguiente no me quedó más remedio que contar la verdad a mis tíos quienes de inmediato me llevaron a la clínica donde me tomaron una placa. La clavícula estaba totalmente partida, un hueso habia quedo montado encima del otro.

Yo estaba súper asustada, pense que me iban abrir para acomodarme aquello, pero no, el doctor me coloco un yeso en forma de infinito entre los brazos y la espalda y me mando reposo absoluto.

El tema es que como al mes ya me sentía mejor ¿y adivinen qué?

¡Gladys y yo volvimos alquilar bicicleta y seguimos aprendiendo!

The next day I had no choice but to tell the truth to my aunt and uncle who immediately took me to the clinic where they took an x-ray. The clavicle was completely broken, one bone had been mounted on top of the other.

I was super scared, I thought they were going to open me up to accommodate me, but no, the doctor put a cast in the shape of infinity between my arms and back and ordered me to rest absolutely.

The thing is that after about a month I felt better and guess what?

Gladys and I went back to renting bikes and kept learning!

_fuente

Esa fue mi experiencia más difícil en bicicleta, pero luego con el tiempo aprendí y me volví toda una experta montando.

Luego mis hermanos compraron sus bicicletas y disfrutaba mucho esas tardes junto a ellos.

Es por este tipo de cosas que me siento agradecida con Dios y con la vida, porque viví los episodios más increíbles y ahora cuando nos juntamos con los primos o mis hermanos recordamos y reímos a carcajadas.

That was my most difficult experience on a bike, but then with time I learned and became an expert rider.
Then my brothers bought their bikes and I really enjoyed those afternoons with them.

It is for this kind of things that I feel grateful to God and to life, because I lived the most incredible episodes and now when we get together with cousins or my siblings we remember and laugh out loud.

Memoir Monday #28 How did you learn to ride a bicycle? (9/16-9/22)