shortly before christmas ’08 (literally 3 days before), i broke my wrist (how is a story for another time). two days and one surgery later, i was what i like to call “bionic-fied”. that is, through the metal plate placed in my wrist, i was given powers unbeknownst to me at the time.

yes. powers.

The Other Night
i met up with a couple of friends for dinner. we were having a lovely time: went to a great cuban restaurant and decided to go elsewhere for coffee and dessert. i’d been experiencing twinges of pain in my wrist all day which i tried to ignore but as the evening progressed, this became increasingly difficult…

sometime during coffee…
me: is it going to rain?
e&j: no. it’s not supposed to – why?
me: my wrist is killing me.
they laugh out loud

30 minutes later after a big, loud thunder crack…
me: what did i tell you.
e: oh MY!
j: i’m calling you every time i need to know the weather!

we rush to the subway and the pain in my wrist is intensifying as we near the station. i don’t understand why it it’s hurting so much when it’s not even raining – although, the wind is gusting and there is thunder and lightning everywhere but still. we make it in to the station before we see any rain. we get on the train, thinking nothing more of the storm.

a few minutes later, the train goes above ground…

oh. my. goodness.

we are witnessing an intense torrential downpour that would not let up for the next hour.

the next day i find out that it was one of the worst storms the tri-state has had in awhile… the worst storm central park had seen in 30 years.

i grip my wrist.

what the heck! it usually hurts WHEN it’s raining… but i’ve only recently discovered that it hurts BEFORE it rains… or before there’s any indication of rain.

this is not the sort of bionic power i would have hoped for but hey – i’ll take what i can get.