why does my nose hurt?

Hmmmm could that be because I had a ball kicked into my FACE at 70 mph last night??

I think thats it!


Ok - sorta kinda like that, at a different angle and with an all white ball ;) -- Oh and it hurt a lot more than what it looks like in that picture.

The guy i was marking was a real jerk, and everyone said he had no reason at the location he was on the field to kick it that hard. he was just being the jerk that he is. So before i knew it i had been hit square in the face. ball made contact w/my nose, cheecks, mouth -- I fell immediately to the ground and started wailing. I later heard from Kevin that it was a site to see. that the ball hit me HARD, made a very loud smacking noise, my head flew back with the impact, and i fell to my knees screaming and crying and holding my face.

It all kinda went in sssslllllooooowwww moooottiiiioooonnn for me. but i remember the impact and falling to my knees crying. For the next 15 minutes I could not feel my face. I kept asking Kevin if i looked funny. My lips felt fat, i was scared i was going to have a ball imprint on my face, scared that my nose and eyes would turn black and blue. After icing my face (which is not easy when you are trying to ice from above your nose to your chin because it is very hard to breathe while doing it) and calming down, I actually didnt feel that bad. I had feeling back in my face, nothing was broken, nothing was bleeding.

5:09 pm.

I keep finding new places that hurt. like my entire neck, the whole way around. the area where my jaw connects to my face (that really hurts when i bite really hard). my chin. damn that guy.

so continuing on w/my story. so i was sitting on the sidelines, waiting for our next game (it was tournament day - 3 20 min games) and i have my head hanging down. Kevin is sitting with me. and wouldnt you know it -- a ball comes flying from the game that was in action and hits me on the top of my head. our entire team laughed in an uproar. and that also began my fit of half crying half laughing hysterically.

i actually did go on to play in the next game. i figured i had to prove to everyone i just wasnt a baby. and guess what??????????? I assisted on a goal and our team won 2 to 1! go me! that definitely felt good.

so was my night. a little bit of good. and an unfortunate amount of bad :(