Not Much Better

I was able to work the last two days with the splint on, but my wrist and thumb still hurt tremendously.  I didn't realize how much that I used my left thumb until I injured it.  The hand is still swollen and now is black and blue.  It was hard to type at school, but I made it work.  I kept using ice and it did help  I was glad for the weekend so that I could rest it.  

I went to AK Hare after school for a much needed haircut.  It had been awhile, so I had her trim it more than usual.  It was short, but Doug thought it looked nice.  Earlier in the day Doug had said that he and Cam were going to leave for Bloomington tonight.  IU was to play Wisconsin tomorrow and they wanted to see the game.  Since they were busy, I invited Cal, Meg and HM to go to dinner with me.  They all agreed and by the time we got ready to go Doug and Cam had changed their minds.  They decided to go out to dinner with all of us tonight and then travel to Bloomington in the morning.  We appreciated their change in plans, but let them know several times that they weren't on the original invitation list.  

Mad Anthony's was the eatery of choice and we were surprised to get seated as quickly as we did as it was First Friday's in downtown Warsaw.  The food was great and there were a lot of laughs around the table.  Cal probably got picked on the most.  He had decided to order jambalia shrimp pasta.  The waitress had told him that it would be hot, but he was sure he could handle it.  It was just as promised and about half way through he had to ask for a to go box.  We did not let him forget it the rest of the evening.  

Cam's Season Opener

Tonight was the season opener for the Bethany boys middle school basketball.  Cam is playing on the B team this year.  He started in tonight's game and played the majority of it.  We were impressed with his improvement in defense and rebounding.  The boys struggled against the size and speed of Concord, but they did hang in there for the first half.  Cam stayed to watch the A game while Mom and I went shopping at Aldi's and Target.  We picked him up at Bethany afterward.  He was happy with how he did.

The best part of the game was sitting by Cal.  He had come home last night and thought it'd be fun to tag along with Dad to the game.  It had been awhile since he had seen a middle school game and his commentary was hilarious.  Every time Cam had the ball he'd yell, "Get a haircut!"  Another time one of Concord's less skilled players traveled down the lane.  Cal helped the refs by shouting out, "He's walking."  He and my Dad left after the B game.  They wanted to catch Hannah-Marie's season opener as well.  Dad said he was just as funny there.

A Nasty Fall

Yesterday at school I took a nasty fall.  I was walking from Betsy's room to mine and the carpet by the front doors tripped me up.   The corner of it was upturned and caught my left foot completely knocking me to the ground.  In catching my fall I injured both of my wrists and thumbs.  They both hurt immensely but the left one would not stop throbbing especially the thumb.  I talked to the nurse at school and showed her where it hurt.  She thought that it could be broken.  I kept ice on it for four hours while I finished out the day at school.  Once I got home and showed it to my Mom and Doug my hand had become extremely swollen.

This morning I tried to get into Dr. Allen's office to have someone look at my thumb, but they didn't have any appointments before ten a.m.  They also did not have a way to x-ray it.  As it was a workman's comp claim, the school had to be involved in deciding who I could or could not see.   They did finally agree that I could go to MedStat instead.  They were able to get me in at 8 a.m. and had an x-ray tech on staff.  By 9:30 I was on my way out the door with a splint for my wrist and directions to follow.  It was not broken, but severely sprained.  I will not be able to use it at all for the next five days and it will take up to 5 weeks to fully heal.  I spent the majority of the day resting.  It didn't feel much better, but at least I had a plan of action.

Happy Halloween

It was a cold Halloween night but a fun one for Cameron.  He invited Evan to go trick or treating with him.  Cam dressed as a Panda and Evan was a soldier.  They made it through every house in our neighborhood and all of those in Fox Run.  They came back with their bags full and a lot of stories to share.  Several of the homes they stopped at thought that Evan was actually a hunter pursuing Cam, the panda.  Cam said that he forgot his gloves, so Dr. Edington gave him a pair.  They were gone for over an hour and a half, but still had time to play a game of chess before Evan had to leave.  

It was a busy night for trick or treaters at our house.  I really didn't think that we would get very many as it was cold and Halloween was on a school night.  I was definitely wrong as the doorbell rang all night.  I was solo for the evening as Meg and Doug went to the Bethany Fall sports award.  It was long, but Meg seemed to have a good time.  Doug was proud of the awards that she won.  Meg earned her letter and also a certificate for being named to the Indiana High School Soccer Coaches' All-Academic team.  What an awesome accomplishment for her first year as a transfer student. 

Basketball Scrimmage

Tonight was the girls basketball scrimmage against Goshen.  Meg played in both sessions.  It was a lot of fun seeing her back on the court.  She was nervous, but we know the more that she plays, the more confident she will become.  We have told her many times over the past month that we do not care if she plays a minute or the entire game, we just want her to enjoy herself on the court once again.  That was taken away from her at Wawasee because of the treatment she received by the coaches at the high school.  Although it wasn't quite the same situation that Cal faced it took away her self esteem.  It was nice to know that the effects of that were not permanent.  My favorite part of the night occurred when I realized that she had chosen to wear the number 42.  It was Cal's number.  What a wonderful way to keep the Heinisch basketball tradition alive and to honor her favorite player.  

Fashion Farm

This morning Brett, Meg, Cam and I headed to Fashion Farm after religion was over.  The three of them debated the entire drive about the theory of having religion for one hour and forty-five minutes. It definitely seems like a long time to me.  Cam doesn't enjoy it as much as he used to in past years.  I can't really blame him for feeling that way.

It was cold at Fashion Farm, but we still had fun.  Fantasyland was decorated with "monster" pumpkins.  Brett, Meg and Cam tried several of the mazes, but were disappointed with the tunnel one.  It was no longer dark as the top was taken off.  We picked out two large pumpkins and some gourds to take home.  We also bought some pumpkin donuts and pumpkin ice cream. We decided while we were driving home that this might be our last trip to Fashion Farm.  It just wasn't what it once was.

After lunch we started on our way to Amish Acres.  We had tickets to see Mousetrap, an Agatha Christie play.  Brett was going to follow us there, but when he went to start the Civic, it wouldn't turn over.  Cal had had problems with it earlier and so did Brett, but they were always able to get it started.  Doug tried for awhile as well, but decided the best course of action was for Brett to take the CR-V and for us to get the Civic fixed.  Cal was planning on coming home on Wednesday, so it would work out just fine.

Knowing that problem was solved we left for Amish Acres where we all enjoyed Mousetrap.  It was a murder mystery and each time I thought I had it figured out something would change.  In the end Meg was the closet to figuring out the murderer.  After the play Brett left for Bloomington.  He had enjoyed his week.  Meg and Cam spent the night carving their pumpkins while we watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."  Both pumpkins turned out well. It was the perfect end to a wonderful weekend.

Chess Champion

Cam had his first chess tournament of the year.  The home court advantage must have helped as Cam finished tied for first in the reserve section of the Bethany Chess Tourney.  He had told us going in to the day that he was going to win.  He obviously felt confident.  Due to the tiebreak system he brought home the second place trophy, but he didn't mind at all.  Cam was just glad to have performed well.

Tonight we all went to mass.  Cam was a server.  Doug was supposed to lector, but had to cancel as he got a call at 4:15 stating that one of the buildings at Renegade was on fire.  He left for Bristol and thankfully, Brett was able to step in for him.  After mass Meg left to hang out with Aaron.  Cam and Brett went uptown to watch "IT."  This was the third time that Brett had watched it and the first for Cam.  I was nervous that Cam would be too scared to make it through the movie, but he did just fine.  He said that it was scary, but he could handle it.  Brett enjoyed listening to Cam's comments throughout the movie, especially when he would say, "Don't do it!  Don't go in there."

Doug stayed at the fire for several hours.  It was a fairly decent size one.  He will have follow up work to do, but was able to make it home for dinner.