Add this to "The Book of Things Only Alecia Would Do"
I hit myself in the head with a hammer.
Yes, you read that correctly. As if the past few weeks of illness weren't enough, last week I went and cut a small, but very deep, gash in the side of my nose. I'm incredibly lucky that I didn't get my eye.
How did I do it? Well, this takes extreme talent. I was removing a nail from the wall. A nail that was about 3 feet above my head. A nail stuck not only in drywall, but also a little in the brick behind it. A nail that required extreme strength and pressure on the hammer to remove. Well, of course the nail finally came out, and so did the hammer... with a lot of force. The hammer hit me, I fell backwards off the futon (which I was using as my ladder - brilliant idea) and things went black for about 3 seconds. Then I sat up, grabbed my nose (which hurt like hell) and checked to see that it wasn't broken. It wasn't, but I pulled my hands away and saw blood everywhere. This little gash in my nose took a lot of effort to stop bleeding. It's pretty deep, too, but eventually I got the bleeding to stop so I assume I didn't need stitches.
It's been almost two weeks now and I still have a cut there. I'm pretty sure there's going to be a scar. Luckily, and oddly, it didn't bruise at all. I fully expected to have a black eye or bruised nose a couple of days later. Instead, the bridge of my nose is just still really sore.
Yep, I'm a genius. Any wonderfully dumb injury stories you want to share?
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Haha.. that's really funny. But I know the kind of pain you're talking about. When we were living in Indiana, I got up one night to take a leak, barely awake and all groggy, and walked head first into the brick part of the bar. I misjudged the hallway to the bathroom.
I can just imagine the expletives that must have spewed from your mouth. :)
I wasn't able to see this pic the last time I was here. Hammer bash or no hammer bash - you look freaking amazing - good grief.
but, OW - I'm glad it wasn't worse!!!
Thanks for all the info on the bare minerals, etc.. I am going to see if possibly my allergic reaction has been caused by using these tea tree facial cleansing pads (I'm thinking it is - I've been reading how dangerous it can be to use tea tree oil on your face.. so why I was able to buy facial pads with that on there - I'm not sure). If ceasing that nighttime habit doesn't help, I'm going to have to move to the cosmetics and potentially take all my makeup back - and you're right, I'll be crushed. Then I will definitely follow suit and try everything you suggested. So what I'm trying to say is thanks for taking the time to give me all those suggestions.. I really appreciate it - and if your complexion is any indication - whatever you're using looks beautiful.
xo