Whatever I Feel Like

I’ve had a busy few days! Let’s see… yesterday I nearly blew my hand off in a Darwinesque grill accident. D’oh! I am being dramatic, of course, but um? Ouch! That hurt. A lot. I didn’t realize that once you turn on the propane tank, you need to light the grill IMMEDIATELY, not open the new lighter, try to figure out the child-proofing method to get the lighter to light and then light the grill. Note: the latter method causes a mini-explosion to occur right through the same hole you have the lighter, which is attached to your hand, in. Good times, good times.

Luckily the burn wasn’t too bad. I spent the night alternating between soaking in a bowl of water and resting on an ice pack in addition to drugging myself mercilessly with Ibuprofren and Ex. Strength Tylenol. I fully expected to be woken up by the pain in the middle of the night, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I woke up this morning stunned that my hand barely hurt at all! It still tingles this morning and it’s certainly red and “smooth” in areas where my other hand has wrinkles and hair (ha!), but it’s not overtly painful. I don’t know if it’s because I took such good care of it last night or what, but I am thankful.

Before that little escapade though, I had a very nice day yesterday. I took the day off to help a friend move. That doesn’t sound pleasant, I know, but it actually was. She works for a construction company, so she has laborers come and do all the heavy-duty stuff. We just had to do some light cleaning and unpacking and putting away of all her stuff. It is so easy to move a single woman as opposed to a family of four. As I was unpacking yesterday, I kept telling myself that we really need to pare down our belongings so our upcoming move won’t be so much work. Yeah, I don’t see that happening. Anyway, yesterday’s weather was just absolutely gorgeous and I got to spend the day with two of my best friends in the whole world, so doing a little manual labor was no problem whatsoever. We actually had fun helping! Oh, and my friend has moved into such a great neighborhood near Rittenhouse Square – I found myself wondering what my life would be like if I was single and decided to move downtown. I complain to my friend all the time that I am not a city girl, but if my circumstances were different, I think I could be one with no problem at all. I like the hustle and bustle of the city and being so near to cultural things. Alas, I don’t think it’s in the cards for me any time soon. Instead, I’m preparing for my big move to another section of the ‘burbs – and that’s just fine. P.S. – we close in 12 days!

So today it’s back to work. I’ve become increasingly unhappy here due to a few things that have happened recently and I’m just trying my best to remember that it’s pretty normal to not like your job. I’m just not used to this. Hopefully this, too, shall pass.