Fate, Alphonse Mucha [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
If you caught yesterday’s post, you may remember that I found a stray shard of glass in the carpet, luckily before it found my foot. Cool.
Well, today, I whacked a jar of coconut oil with my elbow, right on the funny bone, the impact leaving my arm tingling as the jar smashed to the floor, this time with grainy, mean little pieces.
I fear for my feet.
And it was a pretty full jar as well. Alas.
I carefully swept up the pieces, following with a handheld vacuum, and hoped for the best, but it wasn’t enough. Just as I spotted a rather good-sized chunk, a tiny spear pierced my sock.
Now, I’m an old-hand at breakage, and my body knows to take the weight off the moment I start to feel the pain, so there I stood in the kitchen, foot in hand, feeling for the needling culprit.
I used my fail-safe, a wet paper towel along the floor, the sound of the picked-up-pieces scraping against the grout. I am not confident I got it all.
Yesterday I wrote of the near-dangers we never know lurk near us; today it’s an open-and-obvious one, brought by my own hand.
Or elbow.
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And of course, you know how to spell klutz…right? Hope you didn’t cut your foot too badly. This is why I always wear slippers or shoes. I spell KLUTZ in capital letters in my house. ;(
Thanks! So far, no cuts but you never know, that glass is VENGEFUL. And sorry, I didn’t see this comment…But I am definitely a klutz.
Welcome to the klutz club. 🙂 We do have fun.
Definitely! And not tripping over your own feet improves coordination! 😉
If there is something sharp to be found my foot,too will
Ugh the second one shattered so thoroughly, My feet have been finding tiny bits ever since!
…find it. I feel your pain ( literally)😊