May. 18th, 2004

ow ow ow

May. 18th, 2004 12:14 am
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So the night before I go home, the night before I'll have to do lots of heavy lifting, I manage to stab myself in the hand with a pencil.

F*cking ouch!

Right in the fleshy palm between my index finger, thumb, and wrist, just out past the base of my thumb.

It is really damn hard to get a bandaid to stay there, especially since I'm prone to sweaty hands and it's rather warm here at the moment. I have this weird contraption of multiple bandaids acting as anchors to other bandaids, since I don't have any adhesive tape.

Thank god I hadn't packed the bandaids yet!

Does anyone know how long it takes for the graphite stain to work out of the skin?

(There should be a mood for "in pain, damnit" or something similar. "Sore" does not quite cut it.)

ETA, 5/4/08: Nearly four years later, the graphite mark is still there -- a sort of greenish-black stain under my skin. I'm just grateful we don't use lead in pencils anymore!

ow ow ow

May. 18th, 2004 12:14 am
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
So the night before I go home, the night before I'll have to do lots of heavy lifting, I manage to stab myself in the hand with a pencil.

F*cking ouch!

Right in the fleshy palm between my index finger, thumb, and wrist, just out past the base of my thumb.

It is really damn hard to get a bandaid to stay there, especially since I'm prone to sweaty hands and it's rather warm here at the moment. I have this weird contraption of multiple bandaids acting as anchors to other bandaids, since I don't have any adhesive tape.

Thank god I hadn't packed the bandaids yet!

Does anyone know how long it takes for the graphite stain to work out of the skin?

(There should be a mood for "in pain, damnit" or something similar. "Sore" does not quite cut it.)

ETA, 5/4/08: Nearly four years later, the graphite mark is still there -- a sort of greenish-black stain under my skin. I'm just grateful we don't use lead in pencils anymore!

home!

May. 18th, 2004 09:34 pm
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It took a lot longer to pack the titchy little things than I thought it would. But it got done, and we packed the van, and drove home.

There are boxes all over my floor and the living room. And I still managed to forget the dish rack. *beats head against wall*

It's really weird being home, because the back half of the ground floor is just gone. All the cabinets have been moved to other rooms, we're using the basement as a camp-out kitchen, and the dog is sleeping in my room. There is dust everywhere.

I can't quite get over the view of the kitchen and back room stripped to bare wood and insulation. Tomorrow they start ripping up the floor tiles, I think. So I plan to be gone with Cat for the afternoon. And then Thursday, Dad, Vicky, and I drive off to Minnesota, to stay at the island for a week. We're opening the cabin this year. (I'd like to stay longer, but Dad has work so we'll go back in August instead.)

home!

May. 18th, 2004 09:34 pm
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
It took a lot longer to pack the titchy little things than I thought it would. But it got done, and we packed the van, and drove home.

There are boxes all over my floor and the living room. And I still managed to forget the dish rack. *beats head against wall*

It's really weird being home, because the back half of the ground floor is just gone. All the cabinets have been moved to other rooms, we're using the basement as a camp-out kitchen, and the dog is sleeping in my room. There is dust everywhere.

I can't quite get over the view of the kitchen and back room stripped to bare wood and insulation. Tomorrow they start ripping up the floor tiles, I think. So I plan to be gone with Cat for the afternoon. And then Thursday, Dad, Vicky, and I drive off to Minnesota, to stay at the island for a week. We're opening the cabin this year. (I'd like to stay longer, but Dad has work so we'll go back in August instead.)

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