There's my fingertips, all squooshed up against the nubby center of T-Hoe's steering wheel. If you've been reading my not-so-secret blog, you know that T-Hoe's door handle broke. Then broke completely OFF!
I was injured during the interim, fiddling with the metal latch inside the door frame. I didn't feel pain at the time. It must have been the rush of adrenaline!
Anyhoo... I came out of The Devil's Playground and removed the black knit glove I had stuffed into the clicky-loop metal thingy on the body of T-Hoe. That's what kept the door from unopenably locking on me while I was shopping. Once inside T-Hoe, I did what I always do as soon as I have left The Devil's Playground: washed my hands with the mini bottle of Germ-X that I keep in my purse.
YOUCH!
That's when I saw the cut. Still fresh. Still oozing. Smarting from the alcohol component of the Germ-X. You will be pleased to learn that I was able to survive the drive home, even making a few more stops along the way.
Let the record show that my dirty, dirty index finger was in that condition AFTER the Germ-X. Which is not to say that Germ-X is not a good product, only that T-Hoe's grime must have been grease-based.
Once I got home and gave the dogs a snack and carried in my groceries, I washed my hands at the sink with foamy soap given to me at Christmas by my sister the ex-mayor's wife. I did not feel any pain from the cut, and was able to remove the greasy residue, with scrubbing.
Alas! I had forgotten all about my cut until I quartered a lime for my 44 oz Diet Coke, and squeezed the first section into my foam cup. Since it was already burning fiercely, I figured I might as well finish squeezing the other three quarters. It couldn't hurt any MORE.
Please don't betray my confidence and use this photo to steal my fingerprint...
I'm pretty sure fingerprints cannot be stolen via photograph. Any FBI agents out there feel free to correct me if necessary.
ReplyDeleteI have a different brand of your Germ-X and that's how I find my minor cuts and scrapes too. I rarely use it anymore as the fumes can set off a coughing fit from my poor damaged lungs. The one tiny bottle I do have is left over from my working years and still is about a quarter full. Or three quarters empty. Yet still effective and I've been retired six years now.
River,
ReplyDeleteGood to know! I don't need my identity compromised.
I'm surprised how long my mini bottles last. I'd say maybe about a year, being used at least once a week after The Devil's Playground. Funny how I don't feel compelled to use it after Country Mart or Save A Lot, unless the checker is hacking up a lung. I don't know why I think their carts are not as germy as The Devil's.
I don't use much. I don't want it dripping all over as my hands heat it up. While teaching, I'd go through a giant bottle of Germ-X, with the pump spout, every quarter (9 weeks). The students were not so conservative in their usage. And I had 100 of them a day.
Could be time to start driving the A-Cad, to avoid injury!
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteI have trouble letting go. And I haven't mastered the radio in A-Cad.