End of the Great Weekend & an ER Trip

Last Sunday found us, for lack of a better word...T-I-R-E-D!!!!! It was yet another gorgeous day and we were fresh off an unbeatable 36 hours. We knew we were in for nothing but a day of relaxation, which is exactly what happened... We planted flowers, mowed the yard and played and played and played. The kids got to plant their own wildflowers and they are so excited to see how they grow!! I also spent about $10 on dirt the kids could play in all afternoon (i.e. potting soil).

However, our perfect weekend had a, well, not-so-perfect ending. Chip had a really strange way of surprising me with a spontaneous date night. As the kids were in the bath, Chip went out on the deck to start the grill for dinner when he went to kick something that the dogs had brought up on the deck. He came limping into the bathroom saying he had the "world's biggest splinter". My next comment was "well, then get up on the counter and I'll see if I can get it out." That's when the oh-so-perfect weekend became quite the opposite. Chip's comment was "uhhhh, I don't think that's gonna happen." A very large chunk of our deck made it's way in through Chip's big toe and out the other side, embedding itself into the 2nd toe. Chip was able to pull it out of the second toe, but it wouldn't budge beyond that. And, of course, I had my camera with me every step of the way...WARNING: THE IMAGE YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE HERE IS RATED PG-13 (or worse). PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

We actually had a nice time in the BMH Emergency Room. If you have to go to the ER, a splinter is probably one of the easiest, least painful ways to do it. We laughed (Chip says I did all the laughing, but I know that's not true) and had a good time with the ER staff. They were all quite impressed with the size of the splinter (about 1 1/2 inches, we estimated). After only about an hour and a half, two shots in the toe, antibiotics, a tetnus shot and yet another BMH ID bracelet later, we headed for mexican take-out while Mimi was putting our kids to bed. All in all, a pretty cheap date seeing as how Chip has easily met his deductible already in 2009!!