…or punch in the face, rather.

On Friday, April 9, I was assaulted by a stranger who was parked in my driveway in the Washington Ave. corridor. The man was about exactly twice my size, very angry, and didn’t take well to women who tell him what to do. Apparently unable to deal with frustration verbally, he decided to punch me in the face with all the physical strength of a 6’4″ over 250 lb man and then promptly fled the scene, with a great deal of assistance from his friends who were standing by to help him get away and help deal with the police as though this had happened before.

Never having interacted with a man who would hit a women before, I simply stood in front of him and took the punch. I’m not sure if I saw it coming, but it was completely unexpected. I was taking to the E.R. where I my earlobe was stitched back on and diagnosed with a severe jawline fracture. Later that week I had metal plates inserted into my jaw (not fun) and begin a couple of months of recovery.

I am now speaking somewhat comprehensibly and even moving on to less liquid foods. I’m even getting sick of ice cream. While this is a personal matter, I wanted to let my KitchenInc crew know why I’ve been silent as of late and why construction has stalled a bit. My landlord is supposed to be handling their end of the build-out as we speak, but we me unable to do more than email for the past month, little progress appears to have been made.

If the dirty details of my assault interest you, I’m blogging here. While I tend to make light of things on this blog, this is a serious incident that has taken its place amongst the more life-changing moments of my life. I apologize to everyone for it interfering in our KitchenInc progress and will recover soon and get this project back on track so we can GET COOKING!!

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