It would have been better if I'd been kicked in the shin and punched in the face

Ah life, you are hilarious. I was having a wonderful Monday: wrote a blog post, did some ground work for Short Story Day South '12 and even chipped away at my ms. No, my arms (yes, we're having trouble with both now, although left still much better than right) have not made a miraculous recovery - but for me!, this was a good day. Then I went to school to fetch my children. We all make mistakes. Children were happy to see me, one grabbed my left index finger just so, squeezed and yanked in a manner probably impossible to...