Oh, how dreadful!
will on October 19th, 2009
There are many things in life about which I often worry: Will I ever find love? What is my purpose? Why does the smell of gasoline turn me on so? Yes, these are questions that keep my mind quite occupied throughout the day; but as we all know, life likes to throw us curve balls every now and then…just to spice things up. One such query from the house of unexpected is the question I have today…
What do I do when my toenail comes off?
A few months ago, with the help of a friend, I was moving furniture around my apartment. As we were relocating a medium-sized storage unit, I stubbed my big toe, left foot, on the bottom of the wooden paneling. There was blood, and there was pain; but after a few days, that all subsided. I took the proper precautions of at home medical care- rinsing it with water, applying alcohol and ointment, and covering it with a band-aid- and thought it best to let the toe heal on its own. After a week or so the toenail started to change in color and eventually lost its former glossy pink beauty- completely dashing my hopes of being crowned Miss 2009 World’s Prettiest Feet. I cried myself to sleep for a few nights- settling into the reality that I would be, once again, bested in competition by the great Dwight Eubanks- but I somehow found the strength to carry on (there’s still the hand competition).
The other day, while going about my usual morning ritual of singing, dancing and dressing for work, I felt the unmistakable tear of tissue as I stepped into my shoe. I knew it was over. Any hopes of future competition…gone. I removed my sock and was introduced to a big toe almost completely abandoned of toenail. I could just see Dwight shaking his head… “oh, how dreadful,” I knew he would say when heard the story! The toenail is not completely severed, however I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before I end up shaking it out of my sock, or wake up to find my cat shuffling it around the room like a new toy.
I’m know I’m not the first to have had this issue, so I, once again, pose this unexpected and certainly unintended question to all you people out there in cyberspace. What do you do when your toenail comes off?
