What's the best thing about having my birthday fall on a Friday? The DC Metro's free paper puts a Samurai sudoku puzzle in the paper on Friday...and I get to grab the paper and do the sudoku puzzle while I go to DC for a day at the Cherry Blossom festival and to just simply enjoy a beautiful day in DC!

I stayed in for most of the day yesterday, so I am going to make up missing how beautiful of a day yesterday was today.  I was kind of avoiding yesterday, not because it was April Fool's Day, but because coincidentally, on April Fool's Day last year, I was hit by a car. Crazy enough, I hit the side of the car and actually inflicted more damage to the car than the car did to me.

I wound up hitting the car with the left side of my body, predominantly with my arm. The car was going about 30-35 mph. My arm took off the car's driverside mirror on the left side to the point where it was hanging by 3 wires and I also practically broke off the antennae.

My arm was cut and bleeding. My arm swelled. I didn't feel anything due to the adrenaline rush. I had a seizure as a result of the adrenaline rush crashing and had the most bizarre trip to the emergency room.

First off, they strap me into the flatboard and put me in the ambulance. The female asked me here I was hurt, and I told her my arm and knee. She wanted to look at my knee, but she couldn't roll my jeans up high enough...so she cut my jeans...one of my favorite pairs!!! I had to take her through the events that happened, and repeat to her at least 6 times that I did not fall down when I was hit by the car. She kept asking me, expecting me to remember that I fell down. Little does she know, I study taekwondo =)

Get me to the hospital, I'm restrained very tight. I ask Dr. Hammer, yes Dr. Hammer, if I can get the straps loosened. She agreed Her exact response? "You know the only reason you were strapped in so tight is because the woman on the ambulance wanted to take advantage of you."

And if that wasn't enough of a sexual reference for you, I get wheeled down to get a CT scan and the radiologist on call comes out, looks at me and asks me what happened. I explained about getting hit by the car. His response? "Oh, I saw your knee and figured that your girlfriend made you go down on her and something went wrong." Seriously?!?!

Luckily that was all I had to put up with. CT scan comes back negative, Dr. Hammer comes back and tells me I don't even need stitches. I walk away from the hospital with nothing more than a 3-inch cut on my arm...while I basically broke a car.

Car vs. Greg...Greg won last year, but I never want to test that again! I wasn't really avoiding yesterday, but I did want to save up my energy for my trip to DC today because it's my birthday and I'm gonna have a blast! The fact that it falls on a Friday is a fantastic bonus =)

Now you go out and have fun too...everyone should have fun on my birthday, especially given how beautiful of a day it is going to be!



Yeah...stop reading. Go out and play. Or at least take a break from work, go for a walk and get a cupcake. Treat yourself...it's spring!!!