Bruised tailbones SUCK!

[chocktaw2]

So the wife and kids decided to go sledding today. So we went to Garfield Park. Found a cool hill.

First run, awesome. Lots of ice under the snow and it was FAST!

Third run on the saucer sitting indian style, I found a rock the hard way with my right butt cheek... It was about the size of a grapefruit and sticking about halfway out. I hit it so hard I broke it loose from the frozen ground. Painful, but not so much I couldnt push through it and continue to have fun.

Two runs later I got on the back of the 2 man long sled behind the wife. We get airborne and land unusually hard. I had to roll off the sled prematurely to stop the pummeling of my ass and the excruciating pain from the other misc bumps on the ground during the run out to the stop. Wife was pretty unsympathetic because she didnt feel any pain. At first I chalked it up to the fact that she has a bit more padding than I do down there. Then as we are walking back up the hill I see it. A 3" diameter stump that is sticking up about an inch above the ground; high enough to be of consequence, but low enough for a mower blade to miss. And as I kicked it, it was obvious it was frozen solid. (unlike the ground around it we tore up on impact.) Apparently she landed just past the stump, but I caught it squarely.

So here I sit, 10 hours later still sore and finding it difficult to move in certain directions. Also thanking God that my business trip tomorrow was cancelled. I was supposed to go to a field office and install equipment. And part of the install requires frequent trips up and down stairs/ladders which are challenging at the moment.

Will be glad when this stops hurting. If you've never bruised that area, trust me; you have absolutely NO idea how often you use those muscles.

Been there, done that. I feel your pain.