A Bump on de head

Well after an exciting week at work I finally feel like I know what's going on and not like the new kid anymore which is great!  However on Friday I went did something that only a spaz of my caliber could do.  I was at the train depot welcoming our new wave of guests and placing their bags in the under bus storage.  Sure enough after I put the last bag on I stood up too soon and did not clear the metal door. WHACK!  Yup that's the sound the back of my skull made on the metal door cover.  By far one of the most painful head hitting experiences I've had to date.  I managed to get through my greeter speech and the train rush back at the front desk ok then when I went to dinner I started to not feel ok.  I started to feel like I'd had one too many beers at the bar and dinner stopped sounding good.  My managers sent me to the Nurse and the nurse examined me, at one point I was near tears I felt so not like myself.  As it turns out I gave myself a nice little concussion.  I was sent home from work and told to check in before my 5am shift the next day.  At 4am the next morning I still felt drunk and my stomach was not happy.  I called in sick and called the nurse.  He told me to check in at 9am and we'd go from there.  At 9am I made my way up to the nurses station where I was examined again.  The nurse wasn't happy with what he saw so we went to the urgent care clinic next door.  Thankfully the Physician Assistant at the urgent care clinic didn't think a cat scan was needed, just that I had mild concussion and needed to rest more.  So I've been ordered off work until monday and told to lay low.  For those of you who know me, laying low is not my idea of fun and yesterday was rough on me. I spent most of the day working on photos or sleeping.  Thankfully today I am no longer feeling nauseous, which was getting really old yesterday and not as drunk as I was yesterday!  I appear to be on the mend and headed back to work tomorrow!

For my first concussion I couldn't have asked for a better story cause at least I can say I did it in Alaska! Unfortunately I picked the nicest days of the season thus far on which to sideline myself :-( I'm sure I'll make up for it soon though.