So A Horse Kicked Me in the Face....

yes you read right- on tuesday we had a scheduled long water stop in ames, iowa. since the run from denver to cleveland is too long for the animals to stay on the cars without exercise, we find an area where we can unload them and let them stretch for awhile. not 10 minutes into walking the arabians and fresians in a circle- shamal- the crazy arabian hind legged and kicked me in the face- knocking me out and giving me several gashes on my face. the ambulance was called and i was sent off to the ER. after 4 hours, a few x rays, ct scans, 10 shots in the face, and 8 stitches, they released me with a bottle full of vicidan pain killers. i missed the train- so brian and i (he is the production manager for the show) enjoyed a nice dinner on the company, we went to target and bought new clothes, shoes and books for me (on the company), stayed in a nice hotel and flew to cleveland the next day. dont worry- yesterday every meal was also on the company. :) i was incredibly lucky to only have been hurt as little as i was. my face is still quite ugly and will be for the next few weeks as it heals. i get my stitches taken out on saturday-and from there they will be able to tell if i need plastic surgery. i suppose you could say it was just another day in the circus!