15Dec08 Use caution

Note to self: use caution when handling hot materials, such as water that was boiling just moments before. Spilling even a little of it would have hurt but dousing your whole left hand? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? At least you did manage to save the potatoes rather than dumping the whole pan on the floor. On the other hand, there aren’t so many things you can’t do now, like tie your shoe or hold a game controller. Be smarter next time.

Also, if you ever do anything like that to yourself again, take your rings off immediately. Trying to pull those suckers off later hurts even more and it’s not exactly pleasant to hear the ER staff tell you they may have to cut your engagement ring and wedding band off.

Speaking of the ER, stop being so stubborn about going to the doctor! You probably would have gotten more than 4 hours of sleep if you had gone to the clinic earlier in the day for them to give you some stronger pain medication so that you could sleep at night instead of shrieking in pain.

Despite all of this drama, at least you came out of it with only first degree burns and only one finger that will probably blister just a tiny bit.