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Weekend clumsiness

There was a little home improvement this weekend. I replaced that last of the ugly doorknobs. The French doors took longer than I though so finishing the final doorknob Saturday cut into my football watching (big game!). So I grabbed my Chardonnay and worked on the doorknob during commercial breaks. Yeah, Chardonnay and home improvement don't mix that well.

Now don't worry, I didn't miss any of the game (which I recorded just in case), but at some point during my first glass of wine, I impaled my foot. I dropped a rechargeable screwdriver, point down, onto my foot. You'd be surprised how sharp a phillips head bit can be. Also, I may have taught my neighbors kids a few new words. It hit me at the base of my 2nd and 3rd toes. Not much bleeding but you could see the tissue underneath the skin (look like chicken). It was a deep puncture. There was nothing I was going to be able to do about it Saturday night except drink more wine (works like a charm). And I walked on it Sunday. I'm one of those people that really has to need that medical care to seek it. I should have gone in then.

Instead I waited until today, called my doctors office to check when my last tetanus shot was and then headed off to urgent care (can we just talk about what an oxymoron that is? It should be called "same day care"). I was there for 2 hours and spent about 7 minutes with the doctor laughing about what a clumsy dope I am. Evidently, you can't get stitches if you wait too long, but you can get a tetanus shot any old time.

 So maybe the lesson here is no wine while handling tools. Or maybe the lesson is wine lessens the pain of tool-related injuries.

Or maybe I was having sympathy pains for Beanie Wells (OK, just kidding, I can't have sympathy pains for Ohio State).

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  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2008
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    September 15, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 16, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 16, 2008
    You know, I remember reading an article somewhere which talked about shows like "Trading Spaces" creating this new phenomenon called "home improvement parties", whereby a couple (usually) will invite several other couples over in the evening, serve drinks, and then proceed to knock down walls, drive nails, use power tools, etc.  Basically a bunch of things that: a) shouldn't really be done by amateurs in a laid-back setting like a party, and b) shouldn't really be mixed with alcohol.  Emergency room visits and really bad remodelling jobs have ensued. Your blog entry made me think of that.  :)

  • Anonymous
    September 16, 2008
    Me and family :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd3QNQK66cA

  • Anonymous
    September 16, 2008
    I think there are two lessons here.  (a)  Always wear the proper protective footwear.  Sounds like this wasn't your issue, since you were likely wearing the correct shoes for drinking Chardonnay.  Steel-toed boots go better with beer.  (b)  Don't schedule home improvement projects during football season.  Always my policy and so far no foot impalements!

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    September 16, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2008
    Are you copying me?   I scratched my back on a rusty piece of lawn furntiure this week and had to get a tetanus shot because I couldn't remember the last time I had one.  Weird thing about the area in which the shot was given... feels like a muscle that's been overworked at the gym.  

  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2008
    some squirrel melts for you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlK0Xd4c2c

  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2008
    auntie - I know what furniture it was and I am guessing you had a glass of wine in your hand too;) I'm feeling the muscle pain too. They warned me. Ouch.

  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2008
    >giggle< ......yeah 99/100 you would be right but this time I was spray painting a metal bench  that I found in a garage sale and I had crawled underneath it to paint the under belly and as I was crawling out....scrape!!!!! right down my back on the rusty leg of the bench!  After googling the symptoms of tetanus I made my way (ran) to the nearest Urgent Care office!  I did have a glass of wine a bit later to help with the pain.....

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  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2008
    so you dig eating rats? not to judge you...

  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2008
    Sorry to hear about the injury, hope you're feeling good enough to make it to the company meeting!

  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2008
    Yeah, that's it RB. Thanks for being so insightful. Almost charming even. I think I made my opinion pretty clear. mrscrooge - won't be able to make it today. I've got travel stuff going on but I'll check out the keynotes online. The sun is supposed to come out later, I believe.