Because Valentine's day is in the middle of the week, and we both work, I planned an early Valentines day for this weekend at Chena Hot Springs. Well, we stayed the night, went in the hot springs wanted to go see the norhtern lights but the tour was booked. The next morning, we checked out of our hotel, went to breakfast at the restaruant, and then proceeded to the dog sled ride we signed up for.
Well, this is where it went all wrong. We climbed in the sled and not 3 minutes later we were on the trail. The dogs were excited and moving right along when they decided to take a corner a little too sharp and quick. This caused the sled to tip over. The lady that was on the back of the sled fell off, Jim and I both fell out. I landed on the bottom. My arm got the worst of it. My left elbow was underneath the sled and Jim. The dogs kept going which caused my elbow to be in much more of a bad situation as it was still under the sled.
The good news is, it is not broken. However, we all thought is was because I couldn't move it, it was horribly swollen (still is) and already had a bruise forming before we could even get the x rays done. I don't bruise easily. I am sore on the upper part of my body today. I feel it in my left elbow, my right shoulder and a little in my neck.
Jim cut his knee. It isn't a horrible cut, but it sure bled like it was. He is stiff in his legs today. So, between the two of us, we have one whole body and one broken body.
To make matters worse, I either have the flu, or am vomiting from all the stress my body went through. We are not sure which.
My exercise for my arm includes grabbing a saltine cracker and slowly bring it to my mouth, so I can keep it from getting more stiff.
I have been reading my book, The Hunger Games, today. However, I can no longer read it because I got to page 122 and it went back to page 91. I figured, I'll just turn to the next page that says 122 and then I will find 123. Nope, it skips straight to page 155. My weekend just keeps getting better and better. ARG!!
Family of Four
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