I’m really busy this week - trying to get things wrapped up before I leave for Oregon on Monday. The English final at our university is tomorrow at 5 pm, and then afterward, Ras and I head up to Seoul for Curtis’ birthday. Final grades have to be turned in next week, but I have to rush and get them done this weekend before I go.
While I’ll be in Oregon for two months, Ras will have to stay in Korea. Part of the reason is to take over some of my summer obligations while I’m away. The other reason is because he injured his finger and has to go to the hospital twice a week for six weeks.

A couple weeks ago, Ras, Reardon, and Kevin were at the Han River in Seoul and borrowed a football from two lesbians trying to play catch. Ras caught the ball wrong and jammed his left ring finger… or so he thought. On your finger, you have three sections - 1) the part that connects to your palm, 2) the middle section of your finger, and 3) the tip of the finger. Ras had injured the joint that connects parts 2 and 3 together. If he held his finger straight out, section 3 just hung there, like a wet noodle, not able to support itself. Four days of coaxing and two hospitals later, he was told to have surgery on his finger for a torn tendon.

That was two days ago. It was only a 30 minute procedure to put a pin through the tip of his finger. We figured he’d be out the same day - wrong. He had to stay overnight at the hospital, so the staff could monitor him. At first, we thought it was pretty unnecessary since we live practically in front of the hospital, 3 minutes away. They refused to let him leave early, so I brought him his laptop and some toiletries for the night. The picture below makes him look a lot more pathetic than it really was.

The next morning, I went to visit Ras and happened to be there when the doctor made his rounds and redressed his finger. We got to see the huge pin sticking out of his finger. It was kind of disgusting, actually.