One of Those Weeks

We had some more warm weather and dead calm seas so, of course, Friday arrived with another freezing rain/snow storm. That’s three weeks in a row.

I was going to post a few days ago but forgot to take my camera on one excursion. Thursday I neglected to replace the dead battery. Yesterday I remembered both and got some bleh photos of trees to accompany what (I’m sure) would have been a fascinating diatribe about firewood. Then I arrived home.

I got out of my friend’s truck with the dog under my left arm, the camera strap in my left hand, and closed the heavy truck door with my right. Unfortunately I neglected to remove all of my right thumb before slamming it shut.

I’m very proud of myself for not dropping either the dog or the camera as I used my left hand to open the door to release that aforementioned digit.

I was speaking to a friend on the phone later who guessed that I probably used a lot of bad language at that point and I could honestly tell her that the only thing I said was a very loud “Owwwwwwwwwwww”. My face obviously said a great deal more because the driver ended his phone call quickly saying “she’s shut her hand in the door”, got out and started bossing me around. (typical)

I was carted off to the Clinic in spite of pointing out that they don’t do Urgent Care – luckily for them they didn’t have a patient at the time. Nothing is broken – just black and sprained and swollen and very painful. I refused (and continue to refuse) all attempts to take me to various hospitals.

The person who was on the other end of the phone when I did the deed brought me ice, I’ve made a nest around my recliner, and my pain killers are proving their usefulness. In addition, I am reminded of the value of opposable thumbs. I can also ignore almost all the chores around here without guilt. I’ll try and do better next week. 🙂