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Our 11yrold has been asking us to paint his room for a while and this weekend I decided I would do it for him. He picked the colour himself (much to our dismay) and yesterday morning I got organised to do it.
I was about hallway through when disaster struck! I am not sure if I was distracted by the awful green colour I was voluntarily putting on the walls (think nuclear waste and you’ll have an idea) but whatever it was, I somehow got a splinter right under my fingernail. Needless to say, I let out a yell as I saw the offending piece of wood jammed under my fingernail. As I clutched my finger and as the tears sprang in to my eyes, the ladder I was perched on started to wobble and before I could examine the blood that was seeping out from under my fingernail, I found myself falling on the floor. It kind of happened in slow motion. I could almost see myself falling but there was nothing I could do to stop it!!!
I fell from the top of the ladder and landed with a thud on the floor on my knees. Mostly, the left knee which promptly started to bleed and swell up. Oh the state of me, in a heap on the ground, surrounded by half painted illuminous green walls!! I was not a happy camper at all.
Not one to be defeated, I finished the job (badly I must admit, as I was working with a gammy leg, splintered finger and by this stage, in a pretty bad mood!) but nonetheless, I got the job finished.
When my darling son saw the finished job, he said ‘Its not what I thought it would be like but I think I can get used to it’. Nice indeed.
For an 11 year old, I suppose that’s a fairly decent compliment!!!
I am so sore today. I really fell hard. The irony is, after breaking my arm last year my New Years resolution was to not injure myself this year and I am not doing so well on that one!
I am never painting again! Next time, I am either bribing my husband to do the painting, or I am hiring someone in. It would have been worth paying a few quid to save myself that fall.
My days of getting up ladders are well and truly over.
What kind of bribe will the husband receive?
Ouch, you poor thing, hope you feel better soon.
Ah I’m grand….well, I will be grand!! My finger is still throbbing and there is a bit of pus coming out of where I pulled out the splinter (I really hope its all out, I cannot see anymore whether it is or not with the swelling!) and my knee is black and blue but I’l be ok in a day or two.
No running for me this week!!! I am working from home today in my PJ’s and my leg up on a chair!
I seem to be so accident prone this past year. I hope someone is not sticking pins in a voodoo doll of me!!! 😯
Before I fell of the ladder, I got a fragmented splinter under my fingernail. Think I got it all out but its very swollen and is now seeping something yellow this morning. Does this sound like its infected? What can I do with it?
Finger finally on mend – its starting to look normal again and the nail is growing back. That was very sore.
The knee still not great. Very sore and still a bit wonky looking. I am missing my runs in sasta. its hard when you get used to exercise and then cannot do it for a few weeks. I feel massive and sluggish – especially after indulging in some Easter eggs…..
Oh, I hope I’ll be ok next week. I hate being injured!!!! 🙁
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