Ouch! My Finger

Sorry I haven't really posted anything in a while. On Monday my 9-yr-old was tossing me some balls and I was bunting while we were waiting for the team I coach to warm up. Well, one of her tosses went awry and came for my head. I ducked and was just going to use the bat to keep it away, but at the last second I decided to hold up my hand in front of the bat and block the ball. Yeah - wrong move! The ball did hit my hand, but apparently my hand was too close to the bat because the tip of my ring finger got caught between the ball and the bat.

I could NOT believe how much that hurt. She wasn't even throwing very hard at all. Anyway - the tip of my finger got all bruised and swollen. I could feel my pulse in that finger tip for 2 days. It is getting better now, but for someone who normally types 50+ wpm, I have been slowed down significantly because I haven't been able to use that finger. Therefore, I am only about half as productive on the computer (because typing takes soooooo much longer right now) and have only been typing when necessary. BUT, I'm glad to say that my finger is feeling a bit better and I should be back up to speed and updating this blog more frequently by the end of this week. I'm hoping to be able to put my hand back into my glove within the next few days too.

It was my left hand that got caught - I was bunting from the left side, so my right hand was down my the bat handle and my left was the one that went up to block and ended up between the ball and the barrel of the bat. *sigh* Never gonna do that again.