I had a pretty nasty fall on my own horse, Cook.  I don’t know if it LOOKED nasty, but it sure as hell, FELT bad.  Long story short, I was going to a jump, she did some weird hesitation/stop, I slammed off OVER the jump (completely cleared the jump) and then Cook did jump it….  um… but see..  I was on the ground in front of the jump, which presented a problem.  So by eye witness accounts (mere and rachel), Cook did a funky back leg thing to try and avoid stomping on me and she did… for the most part.

Except for my head.  Her hoof kicked me in the head, which cause my head to hit (harder?) into the ground.  I was laying in a fetal position and I was knocked around a lil bit but it obviously wasn’t hard enough to cause bruises or soreness.  I laid on the ground for about 20-30 seconds, my bell ringing, trying to remember what the hell just happened.
However, the head thing.  I had the WORST, WORST, WORST…  unbelievably bad headache all night.  My head hurt so bad, I went to Urgent Care and the ER.  Urgent Care said they couldn’t help me, and the ER… the lady beind the desk said “you came at the worst time”.  Um. exactly WHEN is a good time to get kicked in the head by your horse?

So I went home and lay down with a wet washcloth on my head and tried to go to sleep (which is my body’s typical way of dealing with all things bad - cramps, vomiting, flu, kicks in the head)

I did manage to go to sleep and my body has seemed to recover which is why I am up at 530AM and blogging now.