hand-some as ever...

     i'd never jammed my thumb until friday night. it was a misguided attempt at catching a football thrown by someone who actually knows how to throw such things...a mistake for someone who doesn't really know how to catch such things. the result, as my doctor friend put it, is a torn adductor pollicis, which is the tendon that runs from nearly the tip of your thumb on the inside, down into your wrist. it's not torn completely (ouch), but bj said i definitely tore a few fibers. my thumb swelled to at least twice normal within seconds and was rather black and purple by saturday morning. this picture i took a few minutes ago...he's got me guzzling ibuprofen, icing it at least four times a day, and doing...get this...thumb exercises. doing much better today, actually. not half as colorful as it was yesterday. fun fun.

     in other news, i have tomorrow off, which will be wonderful considering i have a test to rewrite and a couple hundred pages of reading to catch up on. haven't accomplished much today, and there are pancakes and waffles waiting for me so i should probably go. take care, all. later.