The holidays went ok. My MIL has been diagnosed with one of the colitis’s (I’m drawing a blank on the exact name) and until it’s under control she’s staying close to a bathroom and not eating much. So the holidays themselves were fairly quiet, which isn’t a bad thing. We got another new Cutco knife, a set of flannel sheets, and lots of gift cards.
Course, then on Tuesday, while making myself a sandwich, I sliced off a nice sized chunk of the finger pad of my left middle finger (with the same knife I nicked myself with a few years ago in fact). Not quite sure what went wrong, I wasn’t in a hurry, wasn’t being stupid, wasn’t distracted, but the knife slipped and I was running for bandaids. I managed to get it to stop bleeding without medical intervention, and then had to figure out how to bandage it so as to keep it clean and protected at work, your average fingertip bandaid just not cutting it. Turns out there’s this nifty bandage type called a “teragram“, I’d used the padded versions several times, but never noticed the unpadded ones on the shelf (likely because they’re located with the actual wound-dressing bandages rather than with the regular bandaids). I have now added several boxes to the first aid kit. It’s basically a clear piece that almost looks like saran wrap, sticks to the skin but not the wound, waterproof but breathable, flexible enough to wrap around a finger tip without added bulk. A layer of gauze over that for padding and we’re all set! Its healing nicely, the only remaining issue is that it’s incredibly tender and without the gauze the slightest touch to it feels like someone is stabbing my finger. With the gauze light pressure is ok, but lifting and carrying (or, shaping bread loaves) is even more painful. Which is making work interesting. But I’m coping. Wish I’d found these over the summer when I got myself with that drill bit, but oh well!
We’re headed into the slow season at work, which means I’ll have lots of time off. I have a not small woodworking project planned, we’ll see how it goes. I intend to take lots of pictures so I can post about it when I’m done.
Winter wise we’re definitely in for it this year. We did have a thaw for Christmas, but then it promptly snowed again and everything is once again white.
Otherwise there’s not much going on. Quiet is good!
Looking forward to your woodworking pictures!
Are we going to have to take sharp/pointy objects away from you? LOL
There are days!