OK, since my last topic was both lame and late, here's next week's topic, six days early. And
maybe not
quite as lame. We'll see.
Pain
A couple of hours ago, I was changing into my jeans so I could mow the grass. Safety first, you know. I was wearing shorts, and the yard (not a
lawn by any stretch!) is rocky, and the mower can fling things. Anyway, as I was pulling on my jeans, I felt a sharp pain on my wrist. Ow! What the! Then another one on my finger. I realized:
scorpion! Shook it off, still not actually seeing it, looking all around for it. Shook my jeans out (having promptly reversed the task of putting them on!), which is where it had been waiting for me, I guess. Couldn't spot it anywhere. Then, zap!
Another sting on my
neck! Must have flung it there from my finger.
Finally got that little monster onto the floor where I could dispatch it. With my belt. (Handiest thing I could find.)
Pain? Oh, man! I've been stung by bees and wasps, many times, but this was like all of them combined! Of course, it could have been worse. Much,
much worse. Did I mention that thing was on my
jeans? 