Recap Later, For Now, OW!
The SF/F Book Club at the Beaverton Powell’s hosted me last night, and the event was a blast. I’ll post a full recap tomorrow, including the thing that made me cry with joy. Literally cry. It was magical.
Today thought, I have double the work in revisions to get done, and a swelling toe to baby. No, that wasn’t at the event. It was at home, as I was getting everyone to bed. My 7-year-old boobytrapped his door with a baby rocking chair made of solid wood. I walked right into it in the dark. Right through it, as a matter of fact, and I went down hard.
The light got turned on, and I had to put on a brave face because the poor kid looked ready to pass out. “Why did you put that there?” I asked him very calmly and quietly, tears streaming down my cheeks the second time that evening. I am no sissy–I gave birth twice–but goddamn, it hurt.
He shrugged, patting my shoulder frantically to make it better. “I could kiss it?” he offered, which is what I say. I told him that wasn’t necessary but he could kiss my cheek and coaxed him into calmness again–hard to do when one’s bleeding, but I managed–and got him bundled back into bed, then limped off to get a Band-Aid for the bleeding part. It took a good ten minutes to get him ready to go to sleep after that.
Motherhood. It’s always an adventure. This morning my foot seems reasonably okay, if scratched and scraped. The toe in question is still swollen though, and very tender. Running tomorrow is going to be a task. For today, though, I think I’m just going to gingerly limp along.
ETA: My Wondrous Reads guest blog, A Screen To Sink Your Fangs Into, is now up!
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September 9th, 2009 at 10:13 am
OWWW! I once broke a toe because I was trying to kick one of the dog’s toys out of my way and instead I kicked the bedroom door frame. I should have just stepped on the squeaky ball!
September 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Out of curiosity, did he say why he’d put it there?
I’ve broken toes a bunch of times (3 on the left foot, 2 on the right). Except for my “index” toe on my left foot, which came of one of my cats accidentally getting into the bathroom linen closet and then knocking a full bottle of shampoo down from the top shelf to fall on my foot when I opened the door to let him out, the others have all been broken during Tae Kwon Do class.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
No, he didn’t say why he’d put it there. He has a habit of boobytrapping things, though. I am just going to let it rest–he feels bad enough. He keeps trying to pat my toe to make it feel better.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
So fun to see you last night! Glad I was able to say more than “you write good” in my fan girl glee *grin*
Also your M and I discussed this,
http://www.goddessgift.net/jewelry-tarot1.html
I don’t think they have the card M mentioned, but fun to look at all the same. I also tweeted this but sadly am not sure I did it correctly so am leaving a quick post here too.
Hope your toe feels better. Amazing how something so little can hurt so much.
Ooo and took a peek at vava mojos, hum, I’m feeling a beading project coming on *grin*
September 9th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
“I am no sissy–I gave birth twice–but goddamn, it hurt.”
Sounds like something that could fit in perfectly with your books! Just started reading your blog. Huge fan of Kismet and Valentine.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:29 am
You may want to check the ‘orientation’ of your toe in relation to the others. You may have fractured it — I speak from experience.
I was 13 (?) running from one room in the basement to the other and misjudged how close my foot was to our MASSIVE freezer (6′Lx3.5′Hx4′w) and just my pinky toe crashed into it. Hurt like heck – but I didn’t think much of it.
Years later when I had my foot x-rayed for a different problem — the doctor asked me “So when did you break your toe?” I didn’t even notice that it was – ahem – ‘rotated’ slightly inward/toward the next toe.
So if your toe isn’t healed yet — you may want to make sure all your little piggies are in a row.