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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Good story?
Anyone have any interesting/funny stories to tell from the weekend/week? I could use a good laugh!
Re: Good story?
This is sort of funny but not b/c it was painful:
Friday I was eating lunch at my desk at home and was wearing little shorty short VS lounge shorts. I was cutting my burrito with the side of my fork when (I guess from the pressure of cutting with a dull fork side) the plate slipped over the edge of the desk, broke in half and dumped the steaming hot burrito in my lap! I ended up with burns all over the top and inner side of my left thigh and the broken plate somehow cut me on the bottom of my left wrist and the top of my right arm. All of this happened in about a half of a second too! I still have purple blotches all over my leg (one is still a blister). My first thought was "I'm glad I just went to the lady doctor because if I had to go now, she'd think I've been abused!" Haha
On a side note, I am queen of the freak accident. I once ended up at the student medical center to get stitches and had to explain to multiple nurses how I ended up with a stab wound on my leg from a letter opener. I had sat down on my lounge chair and didn't realize the letter opener had slipped between the arm and the seat cushion and was standing sharp end up. O_O <-- Because Google Chrome won't open the smiley selection box.
I had to explain to my parents in college why I had a black eye- I managed to hit myself in the face with dumbells while lifting them over my head. I had turned my head to see who was coming in my room at the same time I lowered down the weights.... Hit myself smack in the eye. Oops.
I have two:
1. Lately, there's been this phenomenon happening in my family where we're hearing that everyone's been taking a fall. My aunt broke her nose and gave herself two black eyes, my mom's arm was badly bruised, and my other aunt has a hairline fracture in her hip. I was in Sac this weekend making peppermint bark for my neighbors with my cousin and her mom (my aunt) was hanging out with us. She went to walk from the living room to the kitchen and my 2-year old cousin decided to run between her legs. All we heard was "Ahh!!!", the baby gate being bumped and the baby crying. We ran to see what happened and apparently my aunt was falling and trying to get the baby away from her so she wouldn't fall on him. She incidentally fell flat on her face and got rug burn on her knee. So the cycle was completed in my aunt's fall and she hasn't fallen in several years. So all the adults in my mom/aunt/uncle's generation all took falls within 3 months. Weird.
2. This one is more a feel-good story. When my Dad's cat died, he said he didn't want to adopt again until after the holidays. He wanted time to grieve along with the thought of a new kitten being traumatized by a big Christmas tree, lots of people, a new sibling and a new house would be too much. I got an email from the lady who was their cat Sunny (the other cat who is still alive)'s foster mom and she said she had a little kitten who's a white with orange tabby boy. She sent me pictures and I forwarded all her correspondence with me to my Dad. She offered for my parents to "meet" Tommy (his name) at a Petco cat adoption drive, but she would hold onto him until after the new year if that's what they wanted. Well, my parents brought Tommy home yesterday after meeting him. He was too cute to leave. I called my Dad to make sure he (Dad) was OK and he said he's been bonding with Tommy a lot and he even climbed into my Dad's arms and fell asleep with his face tucked between my Dad's elbow and ribs.
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I randomly hurt myself a lot always joke I don't know where my body is in space and time. I think a lot of people think I must either like to hit myself or DH is abusive because I always bruises on my arms and legs from walking into things like chairs, doorways, cars, etc.
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That's so great your dad found a new kitty so quickly. I know how hard it is when you lose a pet. Glad he has found a new little one.
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A few years ago I was at the gym, trying to look like I knew what I was doing. I picked up a set of dumbbells and started doing what I think are called "calf raises" (going up on tiptoes, then standing flat).
I felt badass, until I put the dumbbells down and turned to leave. I overtaxed my poor legs so much that they completely gave out, and I collapsed in a heap.
Thank goodness it was a Linda Evans Fitness Center, and I was the only pre-menopausal woman in there!
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Omg, that's funny.
Lolo, your kitty story is so sweet.
There must be something in the air with klutziness tonight. We got Chinese food tonight and I dropped a hot water chestnut down my shirt and that landed right between my breasts. Ow.