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because it was all shiney and pretty and I've been feeling unmotivated about knitting for the past week or so (despite having 4 projects in process and about a million more planned for). About 4 hours later, with sore fingers, I have this:
( and more behind cut! )
So now I'm feeling more motivated about knitting, because you at least get a somewhat more practical item for all your work. Like a felted squirrel, hee hee hee hee hee.
:)
From:
http://www.vaccineinformation.org/tetan
If someone experiences a deep or puncture wound, or a wound contaminated with dirt, an additional booster dose may be given if the last dose was more than five years ago. It is important to keep an up-to-date record of all immunizations so that repeat doses don't become necessary. Although it is vital to be adequately protected against tetanus, receiving more doses than recommended can lead to increased local reactions, such as painful swelling of the arm.
As mentioned above, adults who received more than the recommended doses of Td vaccine can experience increased local reactions, such as painful swelling of the arm. This is due to the high levels of tetanus antibody in their blood.
The most frequently reported side effects following vaccination with Tdap were headache, generalized body aches, and tiredness.
I had my last shot prior to joining Peace Corps, I think I had to have it before getting my medical clearance, so either late 2001 or early 2002. I must just have great tetanus antibodies.
Painful swelling in the arm my ass. I have painful swelling of half my body!
whine whine whine whine whine.
NOW with more PURPLE!!!!
Taking a picture of the back of your leg is not easy.
Incidentally, I took those photos not out of my own morbid desire to document my own injuries (although that admittedly plays a part), but at my supervisor's request, in case there are any problems with the W.C. claim.
If you are wondering why I am posting in the middle of the day, well, I got my wish to leave work early -- I'm having a very strong reaction to the tetanus shot and all the muscles on the left side of my body (from my jaw to my thigh) are hurting and I'm running a slight fever, so I thought it might be best if I went home instead of gimping around Wake county and making clients take care of me. I feel like such a weenie though! So it's nice to be home, but unfortunately I"m not up for anything fun. So bleah!
However, I did go outside and take cute pictures of my cats:
( click here for cat photos! )
First, as I was going from one client to another I took what I thought was going to be a shortcut but turned out to be a longcut and blew through a little town and was consequently pulled over by a state trooper.
He walked up to car and said "Ma'am, you were speeding. Is there any particular reason why you were speeding?"
And I said "I'm a mental health social worker and I'm going from client to client and I'm already late for my 11 o clock."
And he said "You're a mental health social worker and you're going from client to client and you're already late for your 11 o' clock?"
And I agreed and he looked at me for a minute and then said "Look, I'm going to run your plates but if everything checks out I'm going to let you go with a warning."
So I said, "Thanks, that's very nice of you."
And he went and ran my plates and came back and gave me a warning and told me to be more careful!
I must have really looked frazzled.
So then I went to 2 more appointments, and when I got to the 3rd appointment (45 minutes late), my client was not home. So I called her to see where she was, and while I talked to her, I paced around her yard, and her dog popped out of NOWHERE and bit my on my calf (The exact same place where I was bit in Honduras -- and the first thing that came into my head was "Well, at least I already have my rabies vaccine!"). My conversation with my client went like this: "Hi M, I'm at your house, did you remember that we had an appoint...GAH!" So she rushed home and put hydrogen peroxide on it, and while I was there one of my coworkers (who also works with this client) pulled up and I stood in the street screaming at her "NO! DON'T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR!" and it was all very farcical. Then I called my boss to ask if, you know, maybe I could take the rest of the day off, and she said yes but that first I had to go to Urgent Care and get it all documented for Worker's Comp., which I hadn't even thought about. 4 hours later I left not-so-Urgent Care with blood taken, pee tested for drugs, a tetanus shot in my arm, and an antibiotic shot in my butt. And I called my coworker so she would sympathize, only to learn she had locked her keys in her car and spent 4 hours in the client's house waiting for a locksmith.
Poor client, having to take care of all her service providers.
And for your edification, here is a photo of my wound:
(incidentally, it turns out the dog had some puppies stashed away and I accidentally got close to them)
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But I'd really like to go around telling people "I'm 53% Bellatrix Lestrange."
(Oddly enough, Firefox marked Lestrange as incorrect but didn't say anything about Bellatrix).
Edited to add: Apparently going to social work school makes you turn into Harry Potter.
also, is it bad for me to be sad that he won't be doing all the housekeeping anymore? I rather liked coming home and finding the house clean, laundry done, etc. I guess I'll have to do it now, bleah!
*I didn't measure or anything, just eyeballed it. So it's a little wonky. But more to the point, it looks like an executioner's hood. Which is not what you want to see on the breakfast table.
I've been dealing with it for a while, because it does keep the tea hot, and that's the point, after all, but today I decided it really desperately needed to be less grim. And what is less grim than roses and birdies?
I had to stop because I stabbed my fingers a bunch of times making the roses, and besides, it was time for tea, but I'm really pleased with how it's turning out!
*Side note: See what the teapot is sitting on? that's right, a table! and see what else is on that table, way in the back? it's my sewing machine! Last weekend we found the perfect sewing table at the perfect price (i.e. free) conveniently located in the dumpster across the parking lot from our apartment.
I think only my sister and mom know just how fond I am of NyQuil. But Dennis Leary gets it too!
If I am ever a homeless bum living under a bridge, nyquil is what I will buy with the change I scavenge. Nyquil and yarn.
http://www.jeffersoninstitute.org/p
And now I want to grow flax! it would be so perfect! I could also have chickens and feed them the seeds and have omega-3 rich eggs, and reuse the chicken poo as fertilizer and it would totally be a fabulously sustainable closed system (note: chickens probably need more than flax seed to eat). And I could make vegan yarn, and it would be way easier than raising sheep.
oh boy!
In real life it is sparkly!
Also, I have made a yarn based on a movie -- I'm thinking about making a series of them.
Can you guess the movie?
More pictures are behind the cut (don't look, EB, at least one will really gross you out)( Read more )
http://www.sexysheep.net/knitting/My_Al
It's the Rising Meadow Farms album!
Tulio says,
The river is over there
And the photos are behind ( the cut )
many pictures are lurking behind ( this cut )
Which has nothing to do with anything, just that the name Cheesefoot Head makes me laugh. I would like to go there some day.
http://www.homesteadwoolandgiftfarm.c
While I'm posting photos of yarn, let me show y'all my most recent one; this was the only photo that turned out, but I plan to take more because I'm so pleased with it -- can anyone guess what movie inspired it?
And finally, here's my cute Tulio and I in the raging blizzard that paralyzed town a few weeks ago:
Yes, Tulio is wearing shorts in the snow. He is silly like that.
It is extremely windy today! there were trees down and power out all around town. I went to knitting group today, and then Lisa and I went to a FABULOUS thrift store to get sweaters to frog for yarn. I got a cute cabled gray one that I will actually wear, rather than frog, a cashmere beige sweater that I think I will turn into sock yarn (Cashmere socks! yays!), and a beige wool/acrylic/angora blend sweater that, when I washed it in the sink, unaccountably turned the water a hideous shade of green. Yuck! What lisa bought defies description, so I hope she posts photos on her blog so I can link to it.
Edited to add: Lisa did in fact post a photo of her...thing on her blog. Modeling it no less. Lisa is awesome!
http://www.sexysheep.net/knitting/B
