ouch

painful experiences from the last few weeks include fracturing a rib and getting my fingers smashed in a car window.

so, i have not been officially diagnosed with a fractured rib but am convinced that is what is going on. when i had a cold a few weeks ago i would wake up in the night coughing so violently that i could not get any air. one morning i woke up after one of these horrendous coughing spells with my lower left little ribs killing me. they still hurt. after some investigation i have discovered that this can happen with intense coughing and ribs can take up to 6 weeks to heal. bummer.

the car window was not as bad as say, getting your hand stuck underneath an automobile while changing a tire in chicago which i somehow escaped relatively unscathed years ago. zach decided to roll up the windows while i was driving not seeing that my hand was in it. my german engineered "ultimate driving machine" did not let my hand get in the way of its goal to completely close up. yeah. i screamed. pulled over. switched drivers. put it on ice. i am fine.