7and8

As my face scraped across the rough surface I thought, "I'm pretty sure this is going to bleed. But will it bleed from just the one place that is in excruciating pain or all three abrasions across my face?"

We went to family swim at the Y. 8 was swimming really fast and proclaiming that I could not get him. I decided to use my superior aquatic skills to swim under him and pop-up in front of him and do my own exclaiming of the 'gotcha!' nature. What I failed to do was realize how close I was to the wall and extend my hands in front of me as a perimeter warning system.
I popped out of the water thinking various expletives very loudly. I asked 7 if I was bleeding. He looked at me like I was silly for asking such a question and then his face turned stark with concern.
Between chuckles the life guard applied the 3in x4in bandage and suggested I should start practicing lines like, "You should see the other guy."
With the bandage in place I was able to fulfill the family swim promise but not with out many stares from the other life guards and Moms.

I'm going to look for somewhere to put all of this extra self-esteem.