the oddities of today

It's 3am. And I'm not tired. I only slept about 1.5 hours last night - so I'm thinking my Saturday night might be slightly rough.

Softball at Moss Park tonight was a miss. Only five of us showed up again. :p

On top of that we were competing for our outfield with two different soccer games (little kids and then the big kids).

Due to the turnout, we decided to have a nice little practice. It was entertaining - as they generally are when there are so few of us - and when we're not always on the ball. Many laughs have been shared.

So i have found out over the weeks of playing softball, that I actually really like playing first base. I have come to terms with not being a good 2nd baseman or short stop, and my inability to catch pop flies (a judgement problem) makes me less useful in the outfield - my second favorite position might have to be 3rd base (there's just something about the base extremities).

So everything seemed to be going well tonight. The lights once again slowly shed light upon our darkening field. We were finishing up our batting practice with Shawna, who had to try to keep the balls in the infield - as part of our outfield had been coned off and claimed for a soccer game's boundaries. A nice hit in the infield, i take my place with one foot on the base and the ball comes right at me, with a bounce on the ground (i think?) and whap - right in the glove. If she was running, she'd be out.

But wait a minute. What did i do here? I'm feeling terrible pain within my glove. I call myself out of the game, and the guys toss the ball around as i try to figure out what to do. I ask if Rob could cover the first base, cause i didn't think I'd be able to catch anymore balls tonight. Then after thinking about it for a minute, and being coxed by my teamates, i head over to the dugout to seak medical attention. Luckily, shawna is a nurse. :)

Don't be alarmed folks - it's only my finger. Only a finger!?! That's right - i busted up a stinkin' finger. But not just any finger...this my friends, is a re-injury from a finger that actually continues to give me pain every once and a while since that lovely football game for the Budweiser cup round robin at York U.

I severely damaged two fingers back on the fall day, while catching a pass during practice. Yup, not even during the game. I snapped back two fingers when i jumped to nab a high pass. Caught the ball - but that didn't matter anymore. We ended up taping my finger with scotch tape that someone on the other team happened to have with his bag. Played with the injury, and it worsened through the game.

Over the next two weeks, two kinesiology students from my rez house would help me by taping up my fingers every day before i would head off to classes. I could not straighten my finger - it hurt a great deal if I tried and also it felt very heavy. I was desperately swollen then. I went home two weeks later for Thanksgiving and my sister and I headed out to pick up a finger splint to help with the healing. When I asked the pharmacist what she might suggest for this type of injury (expecting to hear something simple) she looked at me and said 'if it's been two weeks and you can't straighten it, i think you need to go to the hospital to get checked'. I thanked her for her suggestion, grabbed a finger splint and left. There's no way i'm going to spend hours at a hospital to confirm what i already know - they can't help me with such a silly injury (i thought).

So i didn't. I just shoved my poor finger into this splint (ouch man). After only a few hours in the splint - i realized I now had a new problem. I no longer can bend my finger.

Oy. I'm not winning here.

So - in the end, it took another month to actually heal (as much as possible). But i continue to have recurring pains in both that finger and the one I broke playing basketball.

This brings us to tonight. I know for a fact that it is how I caught the ball that messed me up - cause i felt my finger jab down hard. The ball drove all its pressure onto that one spot - my one finger.

Thanks be to Shawna for taping up my fingers together, even though I could no longer continue with the game. The tape really did help a great deal - cause once I took it off - the pain rushed back.

So that's my story. And this my friends is what i'm going to look like for the next little while (although it's the finger next to the pinky that is injured - and it's on my Left hand.

At the moment, I can't really straighten it - but having the cot on is so very lovely.

Also to note - my injury marked the end of practice - Dan called it. Boo me for being a bum.


I'm still packing. Even though I have a TON of boxes, it's still not enough. Man, living in one place - you really do collect a lot of junk. I can't wait to sort through it all.

Random smiles of the day. Keith's monstrous Kinder Surprise collection on his office desk. Kevin & Keith doing the robot - even though I missed the live action event, the thought alone would make you giggle. Besides, K did a dance in the prod office for all to enjoy afterwards. :p Anna for being so generous (honestly, hun). First dibs on Sadie's bed. The set dec boys for the panel van. That guy who was rollerblading with custom made rollerblades - it looked like he was moonwalking when he would power his way down the street. The hula dancer on the panel van's antenna.

Today felt like the last day at work - there was something in the air. Just under two weeks to go - crazy. I have to start looking for another job. And then, I don't really want to say goodbye to this gang. I'm too social at work - I'm going to get in trouble for this one day.

Other work things. Chris came by for a visit after ending an early day at the CBC. He bought me a Jesus action figure that has been made into a pen holder by the boy. Funny - but don't worry, it's a respectable figurine. There is an entire story behind this - that started back at the beginning of the show. Short form - we are located in a catholic school, one day chris finds this coloured image of a disciple and decides to tape it to our 'TO SET' box. He claimed it was Jesus. I did not agree. Yada yada yada - he finds this toy and tells me about this levitating Jesus action figure and how he wants to buy it for me. Shows up today with it - but the dang figurine doesn't do so well on the levitating action.

I was late for work today and felt off for the rest of the day. That sucked - but it's okay, cause tomorrow offers new beginnings.

Aight - i'm so tired now (what a difference typing a blog makes). So i'm either going to go nap (pray that i wake up early...) or continue packing. Last night in this apartment.

Moving stories to come.

I'm going to miss living on Manor. : (

Blessings.