2) Background: For those who have been hanging around with Rip Van Winkle, Karla broke her nose (in 4 places) on the Tot last weekend during a swim and went to the hospital here in Benton for 6 stitches.
3) Story: Jim went to the local Hallmark store this week to buy a birthday present for our 8-year-old neighbor. A lady that works there saw him, they chatted, then a very serious look came on her face, and she asked how I was. Jim said fine, and planned to resume the hunt for the birthday present. The serious look persisted, and she went on to explain that her mother had fallen in another store earlier in the week and broken her nose. A niece who is also a nurse, evaluated the damage the mother did to her nose and told the older lady that she needed to go to the hospital. The older lady went to the hospital and got six stitches in her nose. The doctor mentioned to her that another lady [Karla] had been in over the weekend with a broken nose and required 6 stitches and that she got her broken nose while kayaking on the Tot. Since I was the only female kayaker the mother or daughter knew, they assumed it must be me. Jim quickly set them straight: Marlo does not have a broken nose, but he allowed as how we did know the kayaker with the broken nose. See what you started Karla!
4) Epilog: Birthday present was purchased, delivered, and happily received. Mother is home and recovering. Karla looked a little like a losing prize fighter last weekend, but now, except for a few small darker bruises, she looks more like she read a newspaper, got her hands smutty, and then wiped them on her face down to her mouth; her nose is puffy, but the stitches are out.
