So it turns out...

... that I'm not Chuck Norris.

Amazingly enough.

In fact, the "round-house kick to the face" wasn't even properly executed...

So yes... as you can see, I had a slight accident, which I would prefer to call "wicked-cool fighting," but really involved... ahem... falling down.

Last night, Braden a.k.a. "Pepe" was playing "make-a-ridiculous-face-at-the-little-kids-and-see-if-they-fall-down-screaming" through the escuelita door. As he walked outside, Jenna yelled, "Attack him, boys!" The little ones responded by not doing anything at all, so (trying to give them at least a little "male-ish" influence), I yelled, "Like this!" and ran toward Braden, pretending like I was going to kick him with my foot, raised my leg, he grabbed my foot, jerked up (not very hard I have to add), I lost my balance, fell backwards, couldn't catch myself because of the things I was holding in my hands, and landed - wrist first - on the ground, lying on my back.

Ouch.

So it hurt, but I didn't want to be a wimp, and made it until this morning at church before telling Gloria that I wouldn't mind going to the Centro de Salud [Health Center]. We got there, got the x-ray (which showed that there was absolutely nothing broken or cracked), and then listened as the lady informed me that my nerves were acting up and that I shouldn't move my wrist at all. She then proceeded to ask me if I wanted a sling-cast or a regular one... thinking I had missed something, I looked at Gloria, but she just waited for my answer, and I said a regular one was fine. The lady then put on the biggest cast in the entire world (see above photo for the area that hurt in comparison to the entire wrapping job), wrote me a prescription for two different medicines for the pain, and advised me to come back for mobility treatment at the end of my 20-day incarceration in the cast.

After we left, I politely explained the word "overkill" to Gloria (who agreed), got permission to remove the tree stump from my arm in two days (also from Gloria), and returned home to type this up with one-handed pecks that has taken 20 minutes longer than normal...

But you're right everyone...

It is good fodder for a blog post... lol