Tomorrow is S-day

Well, 10 days of fun have come to an end. My big tampon finger will be unveiled tomorrow and the stitches come out. The strange thing is that I'm not nervous at all about the stitches coming out, it's what my finger actually looks like. I can't remember a whole lot before it was wrapped up other than seeing that the stitches were done with bright blue thread. It still feels wonky underneath all the gauze, and when I accidentally tap it or knock it into something it feels pretty sensitive. I don't even think I'll feel comfortable using it for a while.

The weekend has been fairly productive, Trevor has been working on the laminate floor in the basement yesterday and today. We went to a friend's housewarming shindig for a bit then to Trevor's sister's house for dinner. Being in other people's cleaner and larger houses made me want to move. Hmmm, so much for basement commitment! I think that might pass a little once things are cleaned up around here.

November 30th sure is coming up fast though. We still have a lot of things to do (bathroom, doors, moulding, low-voltage wiring, storage room shelving, laundry room cabinet doors...). I don't know if we're going to make it at this point, but maybe that's the person with only one functional thumb talking. Those here with two might be a bit more positive!

Printer jam

My coworker has taken to sleeping in my printer. She's not so great at multitasking and answering the phone though.

Separated at birth...

I got a present!

A chainmail glove. Bring on the sharp knives!!
I've even got grippy tape for the fingertips. (Not that I'll be able to cut things for a while. Maybe I should just stick to those plastic children's scissors that can't even cut paper.)

Things that you can't do with a gimped thumb:

1. Type well. At all.

2. Put on pants. (It takes a lot of bum-shimmy-ing.)

3. Tie your shoes.

4. Shower -- that extra hand helps...a lot.

5. Shave your underarms (As Trevor said, "Why can't you just go amazon on one side for a while?' LOL)

6. Put deodorant on -- well, one armpit is easy.

7. Floss. (I think I've found a solution with one of those hummingbird Oral B things.)

8. Change a toilet paper roll.

9. Put a seatbelt on.

10. Put a bra on (Trevor doesn't mind helping with that one AT ALL...lol. Although in his words it was, 'I'm only used to taking these things off!')

11. Ponytails. Trevor learned on that one too. (even though I thought I might be sporting a boppy side pony at one point)

12. Cleaning. Anything like cleaning a shower, washing dishes, that sort of thing. Darn. lol

So I'm just one big gimp at the moment. It still hurts like mad once the painkillers wear off (first thing in the morning I'm not a happy camper). Oh, for those who don't know, I managed to do this to myself cutting a matboard for a picture frame with a blade (boxcutter of sorts) and ruler. Add to that a slip, and you've got yourself a messy situation. I'll omit all the gory stuff, but it was bad enough for me to be really, really worried about losing part of my thumb.

Mentally I'm having a hard time forgetting about it. When I sit and space out for a bit it all comes back again in my head and the pit of my stomach drops out. *shiver* I think it will get better with some time. Today Trevor was putting in the linoleum in the basement and he had to use a blade like I did for cutting...I got the heeby-jeebies looking at it. I'm going to have one major fear of those things for a lonnnnng while.

Oh, and I'm not looking forward to seeing what's under all this gauze. Not one bit. *calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean*

Guess who's not doing much flooring this weekend?

2.5 hours in the hospital and 5 stitches later.

Painting is almost done.

Almost! There's just two areas left to trim and it's done. ALL DONE! We're ahead of schedule thanks to some help with the painting. From now on, just painting a room in the house will be nothing to me. After the priming, ceiling painting and then wall painting, I will be glad to just paint something on the wall rather than doing all the crazy prep work.

But, we're starting flooring tonight! We're measuring and cutting a template out for the linoleum in the laundry room and storage room. And then it will be on to tackling the laminate floor in the rest of the basement. Trevor's taking Monday off from work, so we should have a good chunk done by then. (Hoping...)