Injured

Well I guess I need to learn to slow down a bit. Yesterday we went into Manhattan to walk around buy some knock-offs and basically hang out. While walking in the area of city hall my daughter started walking on some posts. She does gymnastics so she was going pretty well. I decided to try as well. I've done it before so figured it would be easy. I started to go along and Kellie decided to pause for a moment. I told her to go to the next one as I stepped, but she didn't. In an effort to not knock her down I lost my balance and fell (I am not a gymnast). I managed to not hit my head but did land rather hard on my hands and both of my wrists hurt. We walked towards Chinatown and my right wrist started hurting more and more. I started to get flushed and our neighbor went in to get some ice at McD's. Putting ice on it really helped.

After applying ice we noticed we were standing outside the Chinatown Health Clinic. Great we'll go in, get an ace bandage and I'll be fine. We went into the first floor, and this was the women's section so they sent us up to floor 2. We'd tried to explain the situation to the woman behind the counter and explained that we wanted an Ace bandage, and would be happy to pay for it. She went into the back and returned with a handful of band-aids. I guess all she heard was bandage, my daughter and her friend almost laughed out loud. We tried to explain wrapping my arm, she said they didn't have anything. We walked until we found a pharmacy. I purchased an Ace bandage, and an instant ice pak. Wrapped my wrist, popped a few advils and it felt much better.

We walked around a bit more and my arm started to hurt some more. I unwrapped and checked and there was a good sized knot on my wrist. We determined an x-ray may be in order so we headed for the ferry. On the way to the ferry we (meaning my wife and neighbor) purchased two more purses. We caught the 5:00 ferry and my arm was really starting to hurt. We drove to the emergency room, hung out for a bit, got an x-ray. Diagnosis: broken! I now have a splint, and bandage and will likely need a cast, I'm going to an orthopaedist on Tuesday. I hope no pins or anything.

More Tuesday!!

Our new dog Peanut

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Yes that's a dog. Our new dog. He is a long haired Chihuahua - very small, very cute. Click the link to see the slides. The picture with my foot also contains the plastic page divider from my Franklin Planner - he is that small. 2 Lbs, and no more than a foot long - fully extended. He is yippy, bouncy and energetic - everything you'd expect from a miniature puppy.

Charlie Sheen

Listening to commercials on HBO there was a tidbit from the upcoming Bill Mahr episode: "Don't be surprised if you marry Charlie Sheen and he turns out to be Charlie Sheen! Come on the guy paid for hookers with personal checks". Interesting that I made a similar point a few weeks ago: 9/11 Government Conspiracies

Nancy Grace

She has entered the list of people that annoy me quite a lot. I don't even really watch her all that much. When I am sitting in the hotel I click around the dial looking for stuff - and in a 'full service' Marriott this is quite limiting. Invariably I wander into her blather. All she does is scream at the screen trying to appear what annoyed, upset, sad, I can't tell what she's trying to project, her emotions all appear the same on the screen. I'm also convinced that without her war paint she would have to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink. I think I need to find out what brand she uses and invest in this company - they have to be making a ton of money.