OUCH! That hurt!

If you can't tell from the photo, that's a picture of my elbow after I crashed and burned in our driveway Wednesday morning.  And, yes, it really REALLY hurt!  I can not recall the last time I had any kind of scrape like that and I'm not joking when I say those things hurt!  Really, really hurt!  Kids, be sure to wear your protective gear.  If I had gotten this from falling off a bicycle (instead of just being stupid) I'd never get back on that bicycle.  Seriously.  I'd just walk everywhere.

Ok, here's how it happened.  Our SUV-type vehicle has a hatch opening on the back.  So, I had climbed up and was on my way back down when my foot got caught on that trailer hitch thingy (the round thing in the picture on the right).  I still don't know exactly how that happened.  But, the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground and JT was frozen a few feet away from me.  I know he was talking, because that's what he does, nonstop. 

I remember telling him, just let me lay here for a minute.  I remember him asking, where's your phone.  And something else about calling the hospital and the doctor.  No, I did not hit my head, thankfully.  I just needed to access the damage before I sent for reinforcements.  I quickly realized that I was okay, for the most part.  So, I slowly sat up.  No severe pain anywhere, that's a good sign.  I slowly turned my arm and got the first glimpse of my elbow.  Yikes!  That's a lot of blood and dirt.  It's really going to sting when I wash it!  But, thank goodness my hip came out of the incident unscathed.  You see, I have a bad hip due to having arthritis for the past twenty-six years.  Yep, I'm an old soul.  And of course, I had to land on my bad side!  I guess all those layers of fat offered some protection.  Ha ha.

So, two days later, I can report that my elbow is still in agony.  I can't explain why soap doesn't make it burn, but plain ol' water sets it on fire!  Last night, my kids wanted to kiss the band aid.  I just wanted them to stay a good ten feet away from the band aid!  We settled on blowing kisses at my elbow from a safe distance.  Kids are so sweet.

Oh, and if you're wondering.  A band aid does not make everything better.  Nope.  That's just an old wives tale, I guess.  Cause I've had a band aid on this boo-boo for two days now and it still doesn't feel better!  Maybe I need to use one of those Snoopy band aids.  Maybe that makes all the difference?

Side Note:  is band aid really two words or is the spell check just messing with me?