It swelled up even more that night and on Saturday because I was too busy to sit still with the hand elevated and iced for very long. There was almost no indentation between my last two knuckles. It didn't hurt much unless I hit it on something or tried to use that hand to carry or grip anything. It developed a red tint in the folds of the joint which alarmed me just a bit. But it's fading now. Now it's still slightly swollen and discolored a bit, and uncomfortable in use. I mean really, am I the queen of self-inflicted injury? Remember the attempted de-gloving in 1997?

On Sautrday we drove around all over our side of town trying to find two different TV repair places. One was listed in the wrong city in the phone book, which I found out after calling them. We followed the incorrect mapquest directions until deciding to call. "Oh, we're in Villa Rica. The phone company got it wrong." Nice. For once it wasn't mapquest's fault. Another place was closed, though Jeff was told they'd be open until 2:00. I left a message for another with Jeff's cell phone number, but they never called back. Where the hell can you look at a phone book when you're not at home? They don't put them in pay phones any more.

We went home to regroup and eat lunch, and I found another place out by missleigh. We dropped the TV off, went to the grocery store, and got home in time for them to call us and tell us to come get it. Wow. Talk about service! They had to solder something, and opted to not replace the ant/cable connection 1 in lieu of an alternative hookup (and to save us 'a hundred bucks'). They assured me it would work, but it doesn't. Using the RCA hookups instead of the co-ax from the cable box and VCR, that works fine. But now, the VCR will not play. Well, it does, but not clearly. I think it either needs an A/B switch, or I'll have to take the TV back to have whatever fixed for the old hookup. The VCR needs to be separated from the cable, apparently. Luckily I don't need to record in there, just view. I've never been able to do that without having to watch what's recording anyway, and what's the point of that? Now, I'm not a dummy about these things, but they had even me confused when trying to explain it on the phone before we picked the TV up. They were really nice, though, and said to call them if I had any problems.