VERY exciting day, or maybe much ado about nothing.
Outside of the normal thrills of working in mental health, I had some additional excitement today!
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)


Here are the eggs I painted at my friend Rebecca's egg painting party!
Also, while I do not have photographic evidence, I assure you that egg dye makes good yarn dye as well.