Out of The PIT

I was moving things around the house last night when I felt my sock catch onto something I tried moving my foot but it only went in one direction and it felt like I had stepped on a staple. Interestingly enough, it did not hurt but I could not seem to remove the foreign object from my sock. I tried removing my sock to see if I could pull it out, but since I was standing on one foot, trying to look at the bottom of my other foot, I had some trouble seeing what I had stepped on. Fortunately, MJNL had heard my yelps and came over to investigate. She noted that it was a sliver of wood and had to yank hard to get it out. It seemed to have gotten lodged about one centimeter into my sole. Amazingly enough it did not hurt since it went into my foot obliquely and I guess stayed mostly in the epidermis. Still, after hopping around for a few minutes, it did start to sting, so I put some rubbing alcohol on it and hoped that I didn't jab anything nasty in there..

I got a little hungry, so I decided to go through my stash of backup snacks. Snacks that I have not touched in years. Many years. First up, was the package of crackers which I have held on to for about 15 years. They looked fine from the outside, but when I opened the package and took a sniff, it smelled like cardboard. At least to me it did. DS thought it smelled metallic, or plastic. RM did not smell anything. (I would not trust an ex-smoker's sense of smell anyway.) I figured that it was time to let it go. Next up was a Kashi granola bar. This bar I have had for about 14 years. When I opened it and took a sniff, I thought I smelled play-doh. DS thought it smelled off as well. RM refused to smell it. Into the trash heap. Finally, I had this Chinese fried snack that I have held on to for about 11 years. After opening it, I thought it smelled like plastic. DS and RM both refused to do the sniff test. *chucks* At last I still have my Ferrero Rocher from this past Christmas.....

With most of my waking (and some of my sleeping) moments at the house earmarked for baby time, I have had to find ways to find the time to do some of the things I used to do at the house (like update my books). My YouTube viewing has definitely taken a hit since Elsy was born. Not a bad thing, but I do like to keep educating myself.