ouch

yesterday hurt. it started with dave getting a haircut, which he'd probably tell you was painful since he doesn't like the result. too short on the sides and back, too long on top. then i got to go grocery shopping all by myself which was truly a beautiful hour and a half. then dave and ellen headed off to portland to help clean up a park with church folk. and isaiah and i went and just tooled around doing random stuff like going to the dollar store. and then i shut the van's sliding door on my thumb. and it actually latched. ouch. the lady in the parking place next to me freaked out more than i did. my actual thoughts were "hey, my hand is stuck. that should really hurt. i better open the door as soon as i can." i told her it didn't really hurt that much and she said "that's because you're in shock, dear" oh. so i went into a bit of shock, sitting on the van step until i thought i wouldn't faint or throw up and could decide if i was really cold or actually quite hot and felt okay to drive home. (isaiah was happily buckled in and having a great time and home was only about 1/4 mile away) so its bleeding and bleeding and throbbing and hurting and i'm trying to figure out how to get isaiah's 30 lb. car seat out of the van and still stay conscious...you know that sensation where everything starts to get really light and really dark at the same time? that was me. anyway, we laid down together for a while and he eventually went to sleep and i eventually felt okay. but i did call dave and ask him to come back so i could go to the er. and he did, and i did and it turns out it's fractured so now i get to wear a little splint that isaiah thinks is incredibly interesting. ellen keeps feeling sorry for me asking if she can kiss it. and i also got a tetnus shot. ouch.that didn't hurt so much yesterday as today. and it's in my other arm. so carrying around this twenty pound kid is going to be interesting today.