friday far from bland

it all started when i jumped out of bed, knowing that the bug man was coming (because of Nathanial, the nice rep that stopped by my house wednesday evening, telling of the recent 'surge' of calls in my area, and prevention is easier than cure....gobble gobble gobble.....)
at 9:30, well, that's what we made the appointment for....so, i shower quickly and get all the trash and recycling ready, because i didn't do it yesterday as i was still on the mend from this cold i succumbed to....so i leave the house with wet hair and ethan helps me get the newspapers into the jeep. i stick an old table in and then trip over nothing and cut the back of my foot on glass which was in a bag for recycling. ok, cut is not the word, gash is more like it. small but effective in the bleeding department. about the size of a good sunflower seed, in the shell, with about the same depth. read, bloody mess. ok, into the house i drip, tape it up with some gauze. go to take trash. good. home. not too bloody.

get messages, of course, because i left the house for 15 minutes and didn't take cellphone or purse. duh. (and i was wearing little shorty shorts and a little shirty shirt and of COURSE someone actually approches me about my sign on my jeep indicating my services for autism, i mean, come on. the day i jet out with wet hair, sans business cards, looking slightly teen, someone actually talks to me about business. sheeeesh!!! )

sooooooo, the message was that dude was not going to come until noon. damn. still bloody. vacuum and do kitchen floors. good. he comes, he's odd, he leaves. still bleeding, more now because i actually tried to change the dressing, and the good coagulater that i am, i invited the gauze to stick into my flesh. OUch! took care of that again, elevated the foot. the cut is on the back bottom of my leg, you can see it if i'm standing flat, it's about an inch up from my heel.

i foolishly decide to have a beer and give myself a pedicure. soak feet, file toes, oops, i'm fricking bleeding again. finish beer, (i know it's a blood thinner....but i'm stupid ya see?) get another, lay down and elevate foot again. toes look pretty.

on to the road to Southern Pines to take the boy to Friday Fun Gym, a nice treat from the Sandhills Academy of Gymnastics, they open their gym to the public Friday nights and supervise kids as they try out gymnastics, rock climbing, and foam-pit jumping. well, gotta eat first, chinese buffet, not great for me. ooh, track back, on the way to SoPines....traffic in the northbound lanes is blocked for a mile or two because lightning struck a tree and it totally blocked both lanes. nobody hurt as far as i could see. hmmmm...after chinese, go to eckerd to buy more gauze as i am still bleeding....and crash, crack, flash, boom. lotsa lightning and thunder, and ethan's with his dad in the bathroom, power is out. luckily i purchased my gauze. ha. now they lock the doors because the power is out, and man was that storm intense. major lightning and loud ass thunder, a good storm. changed the boo boo gauze and bled thru that in 5 minutes.
no Fun Gym tonight, but ethan was ok with it. sweet.
finally got back in the jeep, wrapped it up tight and so far haven't bled through it. it's 9:15pm and i wrapped it at least an hour and a half ago. so no more poking or jumping or walking on it and i hope it will be fine. it hurts.

dare i get into the psycho-philosophical meanderings my mind has taken today? nah. i'll spare ya.
i will grab the feast though. fun!!!