Got tacos for dinner tonight a la Mike, followed by best 2 in 3 matches basketball (matches played to five points).  OK, I suck at basketball, more than any sport except soccer.  He won the first match, then the second match was ahead 4:1 and was trying to let me win so he’d get a third match.  However, it wasn’t until he stopped trying to let me win that I got three shots in a row, then I was trying to catch the ball before it went out (with Mike laughing at me, the jerk…) and I jammed my finger.  Ouch.  So I couldn’t bend my middle finger on my right hand and had to finish up left handed – I surprised both of us when I made the next shot.  I even did alright with the last game, fell behind but ended up 4:4 until he made his last shot.  So I lost, but considering the fact that I was playing left handed (and I have a hard time even dribbling lefty, let alone catching, shooting, and defending) not bad.  Came home, put some ice on my finger until it stopped swelling so much, and then went back to knitting my tam.  About twelve stitches and I couldn’t bend my finger anymore (I was trying to keep it still so it wouldn’t swell up but when I’m knitting I forget).  Its taped now but really slowing me down! 

Conclusion: Basketball is bad for knitting.

(I will point out, however, that Mike was nice to me about it – he wasn’t about to stop the game if it wasn’t absolutely necessary but he offered to find me some ice if I needed)