life's little jokes

[winterbadger]

So, I admit that I didn't get a lot accomplished over the weekend; I moved furniture around, the sure sign of someone desperate to avoid what he "should really be doing". While moving the "on its last legs, would have been replaced by a futon by now if I didn't spend too much moeny on ebay" couch, I noticed a nasty little ?upholstery? nail sticking out of the back about 3-4 mm. "Glad I didn't snag myself on that!" I thought. Never think thing like that--the fairies are listening and, as James Nesbitt tells us in Hear My Song, "The fairies: they're right buggers!"

Several hours later, I reached behind the couch to switch the lamp plug from one socket to another (tell me this, how did the electrician wire the switch inside the street door so that it only controls one of the two sockets on a wall box? they both work, but only one is on the switch) and promptly snagged my arm. Ow! Looked at it, it seemed to be only a small scratch on my upper arm; I washed it with soap and water and went to bed. I'm reading, and I shift position, and there's blood all over the pillowcase! I look at my arm again and see that the scratch goies all the way from the midpoint of the forearm to just below the shoulder, and it's bleeding copiously.

Foretunately, I have a load of sheets in the wash at just that moment, so I spray "please get this stuff off" spray on the pillowcase and toss it in, then stumble around until I find medical tape and some gauze and cotton to tape to the length of my arm. Clean it off again, tape the stuff on, go to sleep. Wake up, take the stuff off. It hasn't bled much more, except where I put cotton instead of gauze. And the reason gauze is a better idea? Yes, it doesn't clump and stick to the wound... Ow! Of course, the tape coming off is even more Ow! because as careful as you want to be, there's no way to put medical tape on your arm and not get some hairs under it. I am so not ever having anything waxed...

And, of course, a mention of doing the laundry would not be complete without the discovery that one of the cats (I suspect Gilbert) has apparently been peeing on the carpet between the washer and dryer for some time. The carpeting is soaked. Shades of Laura. So I have to figure out how to get it out *and* in the meantime I have to be extremely careful moving things in and out of the dryer. Sometimes I really think I need a black and white fur dress sporran...

Comments

meh

[mazzie.livejournal.com]

sending comforting, de-cranky-ing thoughts your way. glad the flesh wound wasn't the end of you.
if you think it will help, i recommend taking the day off ... see my other post for specific suggestions *grin*.
*hug*

[sidhne.livejournal.com]

I'm still waiting for the part of the story when you pounded the nail back in to avoid further mishap ... This story reminds me of the time Pepper scratched me from wrist to elbow as I tried to get her into her carrier while trying to move out of your basement!

Hi, sweetie! Saw your comments on the LJ of a friend of a friend and thought I'd say hi and 'friend' you.

::hugs::

[winterbadger]

I'm still waiting for the part of the story when you pounded the nail back in to avoid further mishap

Yeah, I should do that, shouldn't I? But it will require moving the couch out again, which will mean moving the side table and the CD tower, which will mean moving the coffee table... But, yes, I will do that...

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

before or after it gets you again? (and are your tetnus shots up to date?)

And my light switches are wired the same way. Took me forever to figure out which half outlet the ones upstairs were for.

[winterbadger]

before or after it gets you again?

Probably it will get me again when I try to fix it, because somehow I'll put my hand in the wrong place and...

(and are your tetnus shots up to date?)

You know, I don't know, and I should find out. I need to see the doc again sometime soon anyway, because all the GERD symptoms that went away after she took me off the Protonix have started coming back now it's all worked itself out of my system. And I'm thinking it's time to get STD tested again, so maybe I can just have a whole big ball of fun in one visit (I notice dr's offices seem to hate it when you try to do several things in one visit...)

And my light switches are wired the same way. Took me forever to figure out which half outlet the ones upstairs were for.

When we first got the house inspected, it took them hours to figure out what some of the upstairs switches were, and I think there are still one or two, plus a whole complex timer system in the downstairs hall closet (my coat closet) that no one has any clues about.

tetnus

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

are needed every 10 years. I got one in basic training and then when I stepped on a nail just about 10 years later. More of a problem with that kind of injury - outside, rusty nail.. yum. (and I KNEW D was pulling nails out of a piece of old fencing when I walked by him.)
Most drs. will do a tetnus shot without you needing a full visit - since timing can be very important. (a couple days wait was fine though - and the things are painful)

[winterbadger]

P.S. Whoops! Hi ! :-) I've friended you back; nice to hear from you again :-) Look out for redactrice; you'll recognize her. :-)