Injury: A Mild Setback

At approximately 7:00AM on Friday morning, I was crossing Hamilton Street in Redwood City. My wife had asked me to bring her jacket to her while she waited in line for an appointment. I slipped on a metal grate and landed on my left knee.

I got up slowly and didn't notice much outside of the feeling that it was scraped. I hadn't scraped my knee in probably twenty years.

I got the jacket to my wife and crossed the 900000AP threshold in Ingress walking around downtown Redwood City. It wasn't until I stopped for breakfast at La Boulanger that I noticed the bloodstain on the front of my jeans and went into the bathroom to see the scrape and the swelling. It was like my left knee had a double size cap above it.

I got a cup of ice and went back to the car to rest and apply the ice to my knee. I got some naproxen at CVS and a Jamba Juice and rested for a bit.

I got some band aids so I could cover the scrape and debated getting a knee brace. They were thirty bucks. I decided against it.

We got to LA and I walked straight up Caheunga and bought a knee brace at CVS for $12. I was in a great deal of pain.

I still managed to get another 11000AP in Ingress in a one block radius of portals and planned to go back out after the show. Yes, I am stupid.

We saw a show at Hotel Cafe and I had gotten a message of a big Ingress portal farm being built over at the Great Wall of Los Angeles.

Before going back out to play Ingress I thought it would be best to check in at the hotel and check my knee. It is much more swollen so I am just going to keep it elevated and rest instead of trying to get lots of points in Ingress.