My Face Won't Bruise...

I've always kind of known it from past experiences, but my face won't bruise. Wednesday just solidified the fact for me. You see, on Wednesday I was helping Promise off the zip line and she let go before I was ready and could keep the wooden seat of the zip line from flying up. Anyway, the wooden piece shot up and smacked me in the face. Hard. In fact, it still hurts. And would you believe it, my face didn't bruise in the least.

Later, Promise did the exact same thing again and it smacked her in the face. Lo and behold, she developed a whopping goose egg. What did I get? Nothing.

This is going to sound lame, but seriously, if I get smacked in the face and have to put up with a lot of pain like that, I'd like something to show for it! I mean, even laboring moms have something to show off when the pain ends! And what do I get to show off? Nothing.

I'm sure someday I'll be thankful for that fact, but right now, I can't help but think, "Seriously? I could have had a really cool bruise to tell a really cool story about!" If people asked about it, I could have said, "Wait until you see the other guy." Or something like that.

However, I can't do that... Because I never develop a bruise on my face.

Oh well.

Other than that, nothing much is going on in our family except that everyone's got really bad colds and Joshua is a real crab because of it.

Tomorrow I'm supposed to help with Winter Jam, the Christian concert that comes once a year. This year it's at the RBC Center, where the Carolina Hurricanes play, and I'm volunteering with Holt International, an adoption/child sponsorship agency. (It's the agency we adopted Grace through.) They're sponsoring Winter Jam and need people to help with child sponsorship. It should definitely be interesting - especially since I can never remember where I park my car at the RBC Center... I'll make sure I post about what happens when I get back. If I get back. Because if I can't find my car, then I'll be stuck there. And that would be sad. At least I have a cell phone.

Anyway, happy Friday!