Bleeding on the bday cake

[resonant]

OK, I injured myself cutting an ice cream cake. That has to be a new low. (And it was with the knife that I swore only to use for cake "because," I said, "no matter how many times I run it through the sharpener, it never gets sharp enough to cut meat.") So I'm typing w/right hand only while I elevate my left thumb.

The spouse said, very authoritatively, "Sit down. Elevate it. Put pressure on it. Don't stand up or look at it until this timer goes off in ten minutes." Later, when I stopped freaking out, I said, "Did you learn that on boy scouts?" and he said, "No. It's something I thought you would say."

The ice cream cake was shaped like an igloo. I spent more than an hour making it and I never even got to eat a piece.

The kidlet has 3 friends sleeping over, belatedly celebrating their 12th bday. Last time I looked downstairs, they were all on the Wii, dancing along to "Rah, Rah, Rasputin."

Comments

[china_shop]

he said, "No. It's something I thought you would say."

HEE! *hearts both of you*

[resonant]

It gave me a nice warm feeling as I was bleeding all over the dishrag.

[constance]

Twelve, really? I feel so very old.

So: stitches or no?

[resonant]

I know -- I can't believe she's that old. I started reading slash when she was in utero!

No stitches, unless it does something very surprising. I changed the bandaid this morning and was surprised how small the cut was, but it's still extremely tender.

[constance]

Well, whether or not you ended up with stitches, knife cuts in places that actually see wear are an enormous pain, for sure, in more ways than one. I hope you heal quickly!

And I remember the kidlet being, what, two or three when we first met? So. I'll just be over in the denial corner, I think.

[resonant]

Kids are terrific measuring devices for the speed of time. Curse them.

[schemingreader]

Awww. I'm sorry about your cut. I'm impressed by your igloo cake. I just finished three batches of cupcakes for my kid's 8th birthday party tomorrow. No igloos.

[resonant]

That's a lot of cupcakes!

I wouldn't do the igloo cake again. Martha Stewart's igloo cake is pure white, but I shudder to think what you have to make buttercream frosting out of that's pure white; mine was yellow from the egg yolks and the butter. The thing ended up looking more like a beehive than anything else.

[schemingreader]

The cupcakes were a big hit! I made the chocolate mint ones from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World again, and all the little boys wanted them and told me I was cool. (Non-hydrogenated Earth Balance, messy confectioner's sugar and a lot of peppermint extract!)

[resonant]

Excellent! (Though I couldn't eat that because I have a horror of peppermint, due to having made myself very sick on peppermint ice cream when I was younger than the kidlet is now.)

[florahart]

I think this calls for someone, kid or not, to acquire cake for you later. I mean, really. Bodily injury doing something fun/nice for someone is supposed to mean some coddling.

Also, I think if we took the top two or three stupid injury stories from everyone on my flist/dwircle/etc, we could make a book. I mean, mine include the time I sneezed hard enough to tear my traps (whiplash), the time I cut up my hand (leaving a big ol' twisty scar) on a spray bottle, and the time I fell out of the bathtub, so.

[resonant]

Fell out of the bathtub? That takes talent!

All my stupid injuries are kitchen-related, I think. I do tend to hurt myself when I'm doing home repairs, but only in boring, mundane ways.

[sage]

Oh honey! *hugs you*

[resonant]

It was kind of a stressful day! But now I can type with both hands again.

[sara]

I think you've just reinforced my longstanding belief that a sharp knife is a safe knife.

Except for, you know, when it's not. And I would think an ice cream cake would be slippery and potentially dangerous, frankly.

[resonant]

I basically agree with you about knife sharpness -- I've certainly experienced a lot of the kind of injury you get with a too-dull knife (trying too hard, it slips and cuts you) -- but there should be a special classification for "knife that is sharper than you expect it to be."

In this case, I seem to have been finger-stopping the blade (stupid, I know), and it got to the outer layer of my skin and ... didn't stop.

[cranberryink]

I have injured myself scooping ice cream before. Y'know. With a spoon. So don't feel too bad about this one!

[resonant]

This made me feel so much better, seriously.

[carolyn_claire]

The part about you not getting to eat any of it is as sad as the injury. It seems very wrong. How did it disappear so fast? It must have been very good.

[resonant]

It wasn't all gone; I just couldn't cut any more, nor was I really in the mood to eat any more at that point. I'm going to have my piece tonight.

[ariadne83]

Ye-ouch

[resonant]

It hurts worse when it's stupid.

[ariadne83]

It totally does. I once burnt the palm of my hand by leaning on something I shouldn't have, but what really hurt was that it was marked "Caution: hot." In three languages. All of which I can read /o\

[resonant]

Oh dear! That's exactly the sort of thing I would do. Along with pushing doors marked "pull."

[mific]

I suspect this was advanced karmic punishment for allowing Boney-M into the house. *g*
Hope it heals up soon.

ETA: your icon triumphs again - John disapproves of your laceration!

[resonant]

Either that or my knife-maintenance skills. I'm sure all John's knives are razor-sharp and he handles them accordingly.

[northern]

Rah, Rah, Rasputin! *dances*

[resonant]

I'd never heard the song before, but I admit I like it!

[sobelle]

Ouch! stupid sharp things...

I guess what annoys me (and most likely you too by the telling of your story) is that after all these years of doing the usual/mundane tasks, we are still able to HURT ourselves!!

I mean, shouldn't there be a statute of limitations??? a moratorium on mayhem??? ::huffs::

[pats you & approves of spouse's brilliant observance of your awesomeness] =D

And a happy belated igloo caked birthday to your kidlet =)

[resonant]

You would think so, wouldn't you? I've been wielding kitchen knives daily since 1982!

[shrewreader]

Trying to carve a solid dark chocolate Easter bunny, here: 3 stitches. Not one of my better moments.

Seconding Florahart's notion for a Stupid Human Tricks on DW / LJ book. We could sell it to benefit the injured, providing typists for when we do this stuff right when major pieces of work are due (like theses.)

Also second the notion that someone should get you an igloo shaped cake - ice cream or not (or both) to compensate your sacrifice.

[resonant]

Yikes! Large chunks of solid chocolate are not at all easy to cut.

Last time I had to have stitches, it was because I washed a food-processor blade, put it in the dish drainer, and piled other dishes on top of it. So at least that's a mistake I don't make any more.

I suppose no matter how long you live, you still never get to the point where you've made all the mistakes and there are none left.

[niciasus]

Ouch! The Igloo cake sound delicious. Adorable you and hubby. You get A for teaching him well. :-)

[resonant]

It was ugly but tasty. (Except for the frosting; I have problems with frosting; I have never yet made a frosting that I wanted to eat very much of, except the cream cheese kind.)