Going out with a bang!

My last days in my 20's went out with a bang...literally!  The day before my birthday Eliza, Nathan and I were running to the store.  It was cold outside and Eliza was complaining about it, so I told her to wait for me just inside the door.  Since she was a little behind me to my left and the entrance to the store was on my right, I thought she would go behind me and into the store.  I was carrying Nathan in front of me and had him close to protect him from the cold wind.  I didn't see Eliza run forward and cross in front of me.  Since the store had just opened for the morning there weren't a lot of people to witness my falling over the top of Eliza, with my shoe flying a couple feet down the sidewalk!  I caught myself with my elbow and rolled away from Eliza the best I could while trying not to smash Nathan.  As it turned out Eliza had a small, emphasis on small, scrape on her knee and Nathan wasn't fazed at all.  I, however, damaged my elbow.  I was wearing a long sleeved shirt and a jacket and still managed to loose a dime sized chunk of skin.  It didn't bleed a lot, but it hurt!

The previously existing scars on my arm are from a bike wreck when I was about ten.  This is why you should listen to your Grandma when she tells you not to do something!

A little bit of bruising is starting to show.

On a happier note, I found a box on my doorstep the morning of my birthday.  It had this little puppy, box of chocolates and a small rose plant.  Andy wasn't able to come home that weekend, so he made sure I would have something to remind me how sweet I am.  :0)



I also got to go to brunch with my visiting teaching companion and one of our sisters on my birthday.  We went to a little German restaurant.

 

The chocolate croissant and vanilla fruit danish were really good!

 

Katie also shared her cheese cake recipe with me.  It was heavenly!!!  However, if you asked my kids you would have thought I was trying to poison them!  I didn't mind too much though.  That just left more for me.

This is an update of my elbow at day 4.  Getting some more bruising showing up.

 

This last one was at a week out.  The bruising stay around for a while and at three weeks out I still have a pretty decent scab.  The good thing is that the scar will bled in with the rest and no one will be the wiser.  When it is all said and done I don't feel any older now that I am no longer in my twenties.

Feb. 1-2, 2013