Injuries

Yesterday I tried to ride a bike to maybe get to the gym more quickly. But as I took it for a test ride up the street, it all went well until I came back down the hill and tried to turn into the driveway, I tipped over on the bike and fell and scraped my knee. After that I wasn't too confident on riding the bike all the way to the gym especially on the other side of the road. So I walked instead. Then today I got stung by some stinging nettles when Margaret and I went to pick blackberries down the lanes by the farm fields. The stinging nettles grow right alongside the blackberries (which also have their own thorns) so you really have to be careful as you try to gently grab the blackberries without getting caught by the thorns and nettles. The thing about stinging nettles is that they just sort of sting you and create tiny little bump and sting and itch really bad. I think it's better then poison ivy though which they do not have here. But I have recovered and it's all part of rustic country life!