Shiner!

Big news!

Today I received my very first black eye!

What a rebel, eh??

Well, I wish I could say it was all that interesting. IN fact, the culprit was Tavi's elbow, in cohorts with a silverfish. Yes, a silverfish. Those most disturbing wiggly bugs...long and thin and big fans of eating through precious literature and artwork! One was perched on a roll of tissue on our bed, and as we were laying there talking, taking a break from folding clothes, I spotted it out of the corner of my eye.

Naturally, I jumped.

That's where time sped up, Tavi jerked in response, and before I knew it, I saw his elbow flying quickly towards my right eye!

CONTACT! CRASH! LOUD NOISES!!!!!!!!

Ok, so I overreacted and woke poor Andrew up from what may have been a restful slumber (as he is just recently back from camping up north in WI with Mike), and probably scared Tav half to death. But it HURT!

The result is a happy little lump, just above my eyelid and below the far outer crest of my eyebrow. Its hot and bothered, and determined to swell my eye shut, although luckily at this point it isn't retaining much color. In any case, I am somewhat glad to have it around, because it has always been a small aspiration of mine to have a black eye someday, as odd as that might sound. Just for experience value. :)

Guess tonight is my lucky night.

And following such an odd day! Power outages, weird work day, interesting customers, and a handful of project twists and turns. Here's hoping tomorrow will be a tad more mellow, very productive, and not too swollen.



Sorry, Tav, I couldn't NOT write about it. Not after wanting one for this long ;)
Love you...I know you feel really bad. Lets call it Karmic payback for your fun on the porch! xoxox


For the rest of you, sorry about the above mush :)

Have a great night all, and keep your hopes with The Great American Road Trip - Westward Expansion in its last 7 days of funding!

-Jen