David went out with a bunch of friends to paintball on Goat Island. It is an island that has abandoned gun batteries and other "fun" war type stuff and is only accessible by boat, and only during certain times because of the tide. The guys all met at Cornet Bay (I think) at 6 am and set off for a day of shooting each other up.

I stayed at home with the kiddos, went to Arami's last soccer game of the season, then set off to a teammates house for a potluck and trophys. It was fun! An added bonus is that the previous evening at about midnight, my dad got into town, so he was able to join us for the festivities.

I didn't do much work, but was sure feeling tired, so at about 4, Amira and I took a nap.

At 6, the phone rang, waking me up. It was David...

me: Hi
Dave: Hi...(long pause)...we are on our way back from Cornet Bay.
me: Cool
Dave: We had a bunch of fun.
me: Cool
Dave: Can you do me a favor?
me: What is it?
Dave: Take me to the Emergency Room when I get Home.
me: (big sigh)...what did you do?
Dave: I jumped off a gun battery and I need some x-rays of my back I think. It hurts to breath.
me: (bigger sigh) All right, see you soon.

Fast forward 7 1/2 hours, most of which was in the ER, part of the time sharing a room with a meth addict, and part of the time with him getting x-rays and cat scans (where he passed out and needed to be carried by a woman to a bed) we discover that he has indeed BROKEN HIS BACK!

Yep, that is right, Dave broke his back playing paintball. It really isn't that bad. It is a compression fracture of the 7th thorasic vertabrae. He is in pain, but not enough (he feels) to use the narcotic pain meds, and can walk around and do most things fairly normally. He is pretty stiff looking, but then again, David always is:)

Anyways, he is going to make an appointment to see an orthapedic surgean tomorrow, just to make sure there isn't anything he should do aside from taking a couple of days off of work.

So, to finish off the day(I guess technically is was Sunday at this point) we picked up our kids from some AWESOME friends (the Lay's, I know you aren't surprised, you think they are awesome too) and went home to sleep!