Ouch.
I hurt the piss out of my finger.
I suppose it is to be expected, but I was surprised all the same. Since I started working on 4 clubs I’ve yet to really hurt myself up to this point, which is a bit of a shock since learning 3 clubs involved many painful encounters very frequently.
I don’t remember exactly what I did or when I did it, but my finger has been painfully stiff for a few days now. I bang my fingers pretty regularly working on 4 clubs, but I must have smacked this one pretty nastily because it is still sore.
Anyway I kept waiting for it to get better, but when I woke up and it was still just as bad off as ever I decided to wrap it up in tape today and see how it reacts.
I think I had better take a brake from practice for the next few days as well, just in case I’ve actually fractured it.
And all I can say about that is it is disappointing.
In the past week or so I have really come a good ways with 4 clubs, despite a lot of rainy weather that has limited my practice. I have also gotten all of the 3 ball tricks on my list down very solidly, and have made great progress with the 4 ball half shower. I even started working on a 4 ball shower yesterday, but I missed a catch and smacked my hurt finger and that was it for the day.
I am just going to have to bite the bullet here, accept the fact that I will loose some of my most recent progress, and take the week off.
Lame.
I guess there will never really be a time when I will want to take time off, but it does seem like I am on the verge of a lot right now.
So it goes.
In 3 ball news, the box is rapidly becoming my new favorite pattern and I can’t wait to start playing with variations. Once my stupid finger is better.