I broke it.

Well that was a quick two weeks!

I dropped my Biology class, much to my disdain. It was the right choice, though, since the entire first two weeks covered the Chemistry of biology. It's been years since high school chem so it was, well, terrifying. I'm going to take Chem during the first summer session, then Bio during the second session. So not all is lost -- more time to focus on Economics.

I went back to see the sports medicine doctor for a quick progress check for my wrist. She squeezed and pinched and it was awful. Two weeks after my accident and my hand was still noticeably swollen. After another series of x-rays, she concludes that I FRACTURED SOMETHING. More specifically, I fractured my Scaphoid bone. This little guy:

It's the most difficult one to break, and it heals the slowest. Of course! I've got a lovely white cast now. I've never had a cast, so it's been a huge adjustment. I am proud to report that I am still capable of doing dishes and cleaning the house. But that's probably because no one else will do those things ::hint hint::
I'll be going to an orthopedic doctor on M0nday to assess the severity of the fracture, but I'm fairly sure I'm looking at 6-8 weeks of slavery to the cast. It's not even cute. They didn't even have colors to choose from. Stomp stomp stomp

I started a little project on facebook today. In 1998, my father's brother published 2 massive volumes of all the descendents of William Palmer, the first Palmer to have immigrated here from England in 1638. It's crazy. He spent his life working on that thing, and there are probably thousands of Palmers in there, complete with mini-bios and some creepy photos from the late 1800's. I'm not completely certain, but i'm fairly sure that he died right after my father did. So starting from the back of the book (where the living people are) I searched for names on Facebook. At first it was completely fruitless, but then I'd find one person, view their friends, find the siblings.... etc etc. Even without being to view their profiles, I was able find the right people by simply looking for siblings on their friends list. I created a facebook group, and sent each person an invite. It's going to take time to grow, but I think it'll be fun to see the diverse bumch of folks descended from a puritan from England.

Tomorrow is Picnic Day! Elena is driving up from Berkeley and a good time will be had by all. I'm excited.

This post has taken me a good 30 minutes to type. I reaaaaally am tired of this cast. Uy.