Last week was one heck of a week in the life of me. I wore many hats, carpenter, painter, cleaner, chief cook and bottle washer, shop owner, rug hooker and mom to four pups. It was an adrenalin ride and I’m not so sure I’m happy it’s over but the universe intervened and forced me to slow down. Nothing short of an injury could stop me so what did I do? I accidentally ripped off the baby toenail on my left foot. Literally ripped it off!!! I was pulling on my jeans when a loose thread caught the toe and that was all she wrote. It hurt like the dickens and I’ve been limping ever since. I’ve been bathing it in hydrogen peroxide to keep infection at bay and walk around in sock feet for ventilation. I don’t want to wear shoes that would keep it in the dark, hot and moist. I need it to heal quickly. I’ll survive, I’ve had worse. I sat on a rusty nail once while shingling a cape house roof and landed in the hospital for three days while infection ran rampant. What a lovely little crunching sound it made as it ripped through my flesh to the bone. The doctor drew a circle around the puncture and said if the redness exceeds the line to let him know and if course it did so off to the hospital I go. Everyone had a wonderful laugh at my expense, especially the doctor, heard roaring down the hall to my room. It’s always nice to be the butt of everyone’s joke!
I spent Sunday watching old movies and keeping my foot elevated, in between several replenishing naps. I haven’t heard or thought of Andy Hardy for years and there he was chasing the pretty girls again. I wonder if he's still around?
Yesterday the weather was exceptional so the pups and I played ball on the front lawn, the first time since last fall. I didn’t move much with my foot; they do all the work anyway chasing and fetching the ball and returning it to me. The snow is now gone in the lower field and it was a bit soggy but the pups didn’t care and I was knee deep in rubber boots.
My computer died Saturday night. I’ve been having problems with it for a few weeks and didn’t spare the time to get it fixed. All I get is a black screen with my cursor dancing across it. I hope they can fix it with my files intact as I’ve several chapters of the ABC’s Of Rug Hooking Book on there and of course didn’t do a backup! I took it to Bridgewater this morning and my fingers, legs and eyes are crossed for a happy ending. Hubby has a home computer so I don’t have to go into serious withdrawal but I like the keyboard on mine because I can type a mile a minute. They said they would run diagnostics overnight and let me know the problem in the morning. I don’t know what hurt the most, ripping off that baby toenail or losing the use of my computer.
I spent Sunday watching old movies and keeping my foot elevated, in between several replenishing naps. I haven’t heard or thought of Andy Hardy for years and there he was chasing the pretty girls again. I wonder if he's still around?
Yesterday the weather was exceptional so the pups and I played ball on the front lawn, the first time since last fall. I didn’t move much with my foot; they do all the work anyway chasing and fetching the ball and returning it to me. The snow is now gone in the lower field and it was a bit soggy but the pups didn’t care and I was knee deep in rubber boots.
My computer died Saturday night. I’ve been having problems with it for a few weeks and didn’t spare the time to get it fixed. All I get is a black screen with my cursor dancing across it. I hope they can fix it with my files intact as I’ve several chapters of the ABC’s Of Rug Hooking Book on there and of course didn’t do a backup! I took it to Bridgewater this morning and my fingers, legs and eyes are crossed for a happy ending. Hubby has a home computer so I don’t have to go into serious withdrawal but I like the keyboard on mine because I can type a mile a minute. They said they would run diagnostics overnight and let me know the problem in the morning. I don’t know what hurt the most, ripping off that baby toenail or losing the use of my computer.
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