Today I was able to play properly with my injured finger so my practice is back on track!  This was really exciting for me as I was getting frustrated with having to put a pause on my practice as it felt like I was falling behind.  Though I was able to work on strumming while injured this does mean I have fallen out of practice with the chord progressions on Gloria by the Lumineers so its going to take some practice to get back to where I was.  Gloria is definitely more challenging for me so I am looking forward to getting to the point where I can play it confidently; my roommate really loves the song so hopefully once I improve I can play it with her when we need a break from reading textbooks.