Omens???

Ok, so the problem with my car was a blown fuse. It cost me $80 for them to tell me that. Arghh.

So, I'm not a superstitious person, but between my car and the events that occurred today, I'm beginning to get the feeling that I should stay in Houston this weekend.

But no worries, I am leaving for Baton Rouge in an hour.

This morning, as I was applying my eyeliner, I somehow stabbed myself in the eye with my fingernail. The pain brought me to my knees for about 30 minutes. When I recovered, I painfully finished getting ready and painfully drove myself to work, stopping once to cry. I called my sister (she has a habit of tearing her corneas) and she said that I indeed tore a cornea and that I need to put a patch on it, pack it with gauze and go to a doctor.

I'm stubborn. I went to school. I saw the nurse, who put a bandage stuffed with cotton balls around my eye. Ooh, that made it worse. I lasted less than one class period (I even started crying in class). The kids were alarmed and convinced me to go home. I did the best I could to prepare a sub, but left anyways. I called my sister back and she told me that the cotton was probably making it worse. True enough, I stopped crying when the cotton came out.

I went to the doctor and he reaffirmed that I tore my left cornea, but luckily it wasn't deep. I am to have an eye patch for the day, but told him that I'm planning on driving to Baton Rouge for the New Orleans marathon. He didn't look too happy with me. Luckily, one of the other doctors came in and she is a marathon runner. She told me to keep the patch on until I leave, then be careful and buy wrap-around sunglasses for the race. I also have eye drops I have to put in 4 times a day so that I don't get an infection.

I can't express how bad this hurts. Luckily, I only went through one layer (my sister went through 3 and 5). Mine, for the most part, will be better by the morning, but I have to be EXTREMELY cautious for the next 72 hours.

Fun times. Driving to BR will be exciting.

Cheers!