getting ready for the east coast

Yeah - went out and played 18 holes of golf, shot a 97, last Sat. (5/21) and the finger didn't hurt much at all. Putting aquaphor on it to heal up that skin. Going to try 18 tomorrow, weather calling for lots of wind, should be interesting.

Wed. go up to Boston for John's graduation from MIT. He is justly proud of his accomplishments. Wish I was going on a better vacation than Boston/Hagerstown though.

9 days later

was able to take the bandaid off my finger Sat. and Sun. night, however, playing (trying to play) golf was frustrating to say the least. I despair! I keep reminding myself I can hit the ball and know how, it's just the finger!

planted geraniums in pots but am keeping the rest of the plants out of the ground until next weekend, wind too cold

sure enjoyed baking cookies Sun with E&E

6 days later

keeping a band aid on the left ring finger, the swelling and bruising have subsided, but it is a nasty place for a cut, right on the first knuckle, lots of tissue damage. got into the QR pool this morning, the water hurt a tiny bit a first but then I didn't notice. trying to flex the finger and keep it moving.

guess what - won the Staff Excellence Award yesterday (5/12/11), how about that!

back to work

Enjoyed a week in Kauai 4/28 to 5/6, now it is back to work, the longer I'm off the more I dread going back.

Did it again

Saturday I was moving a rock in the front yard and it smashed down on the ring finger on my left hand, right in the middle of the finger. At first I thought I had smashed the bone and crushed the finger, it hurt so bad. I have a doozy of a cut and the finger is blue. Tried to play golf Sunday, futile. When I pulled my fingers across the club handle the strike of the ball made me wince. If I let my fingers relaxed on the grip, the ball simply sailed off into the right field. Even putting was hard.

Tried to work out this morning, could not hold onto any bars, just did cardio and gave up.

Wasn't too bad at yoga, but we didn't do a lot of hand stuff today.