A tree hijacked my day.

I had a great day planned -- bike ride, trip to the mall with my girls, reading a book,  and generally enjoying a relaxing vacation day. I got up and asked the girls to go on a bike ride with me. They both said no, but were persuaded when I threw in a stop at Starbucks. Things were going swimmingly (or bikingly).

See how much fun we're having?

Things fell apart on the way home. The girls were zooming ahead. I was trying to keep up, but failing miserably. I had my head down, huffing and puffing, and the next time I looked up, I saw this:

Well, I saw this plus Rose in a heap.

By the time I got there, Rose was back up on her feet and saying, "I'm okay. I'm okay." She showed me her scrapes. Then, she said, "I think I will lay down now." And she went to the grass next to the sidewalk and proceeded to just lie there looking up at the sky. We were still a good three-quarters of a mile from our house. Not knowing what else to do, I made her get up and ride home.

After we got home, I called David to walk me through cleaning her up since I am incompetent in this area. (I'm positive it was in our wedding vows that David was to take care of all scrapes, accidents, and blood.)

First, I cleaned up this.

And then this.

And finally this.

To keep her distracted while I was cleaning, I asked her how the accident happened. Rose said she zoned out for a second, and the next thing she knew her handlebars hit the tree, which knocked her front wheel 90 degrees, and she fell. Honestly, my first thought was, "This girl should never be allowed to drive a car."

After she had bandages on all her booboos, I noticed that she was holding her arm funny. She couldn't bend it or straighten it very far. Getting her shirt back on was a challenge. And the girl who never cries was close to tears when we were done. I canceled all our plans and called the doctor, who got us in immediately.

Waiting.

The doctor examined her arm and said he thought it was badly bruised, but he was concerned that she had limited range of motion. He sent us to get x-rays.

And he gave her a sling.

More waiting. Thank goodness I remembered to bring my iPad.

Getting the x-rays.

The x-ray technician asked Rose how she hurt her arm. Rose said, "Well, my bike and I had some hand-to-hand combat with a tree. The tree won."

Results: Looks like a fracture and we are set to see the orthopedist tomorrow.