Do you have to let it linger?
Why does it seem to me that I could cut off an entire arm or leg and it wouldn't hurt nearly as much as the measley little blood blister I got today?!?!
Oh my dear sweet mother of God! I was putting the finishing touches on the workbench, attaching the tabletop to the cabinets, when one of the screws I was using decided to strip on me. I didn't have a screw remover, so I decided to use a pair of needlenose pliers. Big flippin' mistake.
I grabbed onto the bastard of a fastener with the pliers and started to twist and yank when the pliers slipped and pinched on the fleshy part of the first finger between the first and second knuckles. I immediately developed a pair of blood blisters, cursed and swore like a sailor, and threw the pliers. Katie just walked away, which is probably the smartest thing she could have done. She knows I'm not the most pleasant person to be around when something doesn't work my way.
I have since finished the tabletop, apologized profusely to Katie, and popped one of the two blisters (the other one is relatively small, so I left it).
I know it doesn't seem like a whole heckuva lot in the grand scheme of things. But those little "nothing" injuries always seem to hurt worse than the big ones. Think about it... papercuts, hangnails, cuts on your lips, etc. They're really minor things that don't allow for much in the way of treatment, but you sure as hell wish that you could because the pain just lingers. It seemingly never ends and you wind up dwelling on it the better part of the next hour or two or three. You get my point.
Will someone just take my damn finger already?
Oh, and the garage is almost 100% finished. Just need to find a place to store a few more items and I think we're going to install one or two upper cabinets or a set of shelves. But we are almost to a point where we can, once again, park in the garage. Yay!
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