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This may deserve an update. Only because I'm in a whole lot of pain and have nothing to do while I sit with ice, rather awkwardly, strapped to my side.
So I got dumped today. By a horse, mind you. Fall number whatever. I guess I stopped counting. Not a big deal really, he just kind of stopped in front of the jump. The problem, though, was that he seemed like he was going to go over it. I was prepared to fight him for the second jump, but this one took me by surprise. I ended up being flung to the side and slammed the side of my back/ribs into the standard. For a few minutes it hurt like fuck to breathe, but I think I'm okay in that department for now, indicating that hopefulling nothing's broken. I also slammed my right forearm into the jump, so that's nice and bruised and swollen. I have a pretty leather burn on my left fingers where I held onto the reins (sorry, Ishtar -- I did let them go fairly quickly afterward, though). But yeah, I have a big swollen knot on my side and a super big nasty red mark. It's gross. And it hurts like a BITCH. You know it's sad when the effort to pull down your seatbelt and start your car is almost too much to bear.
So yeah. It hurts. But I guess I'll live.
And I'm using this icon for the sheer irony it provides. Because really I don't have anything more appropriate...
So I got dumped today. By a horse, mind you. Fall number whatever. I guess I stopped counting. Not a big deal really, he just kind of stopped in front of the jump. The problem, though, was that he seemed like he was going to go over it. I was prepared to fight him for the second jump, but this one took me by surprise. I ended up being flung to the side and slammed the side of my back/ribs into the standard. For a few minutes it hurt like fuck to breathe, but I think I'm okay in that department for now, indicating that hopefulling nothing's broken. I also slammed my right forearm into the jump, so that's nice and bruised and swollen. I have a pretty leather burn on my left fingers where I held onto the reins (sorry, Ishtar -- I did let them go fairly quickly afterward, though). But yeah, I have a big swollen knot on my side and a super big nasty red mark. It's gross. And it hurts like a BITCH. You know it's sad when the effort to pull down your seatbelt and start your car is almost too much to bear.
So yeah. It hurts. But I guess I'll live.
And I'm using this icon for the sheer irony it provides. Because really I don't have anything more appropriate...