Yay for concussions!

So today in gym class I had a real fun experience. We were playing kickball, and I was in line to kick. I was leaning against the bleachers with the left side of my body to the bleachers and my back to the kicker because I was talking to some girls behind me in line. This incredibly butch, gym-beast freshmen was kicking the dodgeball and she kicked it directly into the right side of my face! I didn't even know what happened, it felt something akin to a large sledgehammer being thrown into your face. Anyway, it was REALLY forceful and it smacked my head against the bleachers. It was really bad. My ears were ringing and I couldn't hear in my right ear for about 10 minutes. It was really painful, but I didn't cry! I am so proud! Anyway, everyone was like flipping out, I guess it was pretty graphic. It hurt a lot, but I tried to just shrug it off and keep playing but about 2 minutes later my face was BURNING so I went to the nurse to get some ice. It was really funny though, the whole right side of my face was bright red. So I got to sit out the rest of gym class. I was pretty stunned for a while, and later in class I started to worry that I had gotten a little "fun-sized" (just like you Rachel!) but I didn't want to go to the nurse (she usually makes you feel worse and is kinda scary). Yeah, my ears were ringing for about a half hour after and I didn't feel like I could hear right again till about lunch time. My head and my right ear really hurt, the right side of my face is still red and slightly swollen and bruised, I can't turn my head too fast or it hurts bad, I keep being really confused, like I can't think of the right words and stuff, and I can't talk too loud or my head hurts. But, I think I'm ok. I'll be fine by tomorrow, but it still makes for a really cool story! My first concussion--oh boy!