cracking knuckles

Good day. Pretty good weekend. I got a tan/burn from sitting and soaking up the sun and playing with the puppy.

Things are good here. Weather is nice and hot :) I am getting excited to go home for leave. I miss my family. I hope June comes and stays for a long time and then it suddenly would be January. Then Kyle doesn't have to go anywhere. <3

So today after work I wanted to take Diesel somewhere he could run and play. The park was over crowded by people and baseball games so we parked and walked on base until we found a good size area with grass. Diesel rolled, ran and rolled again. He layed on his back and loved it! It was great to watch him be happy and play. It makes me more excited to go home. There is lots of grass for him to play on.

Anyways, he saw a jogger. Mind you the entire car ride this dog followed every person, car, animal, etc from the front seat to back seat as we passed them. This was cute too... but he saw a jogger and I had to stop him from running after the jogger, so I dive (diving into a pool, sliding into home kind of dive) for his leash. In the mean time, one arm must not have gotten the brain signal to go outward and I heard a crunch. A slight series of pops, if you will, (like knuckle cracking) happens immediately. I cringe and the jogger sees us.

Visualize a man minding his own business and looks over to see a chick and her dog on the grass. The dog looks happy and anxious and is slightly losing oxygen because his leash is pulled tight and the chick has a constipated/painful/sad/frustrated look on her face.
BAHAHAH.

We went straight home. I have been icing since and the knuckles are pretty bruised. I hope we aren't broken, here.

Like I told my mom... With my track record, I am due for an injury. God must be looking down and saying, "I forgot about you. You are due, madam, for an broken bone. Here are two... " haha. I pray not!

It is hard to say if they are broken. Here is why:
#1. haven't broken a bone in awhile, can't remember the pain
#2. the swelling is minimal
#3. i can sorta bend them but mobility decreases as time goes on
#4. i didn't cry
#5. it would be my luck that as health care is free, i wouldn't need to utilize it much.
#6. my senior year in high school, I broke the metacarpals in that hand to those exact fingers but this time it is phalanges injury.. not in the palm.

We will see.