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Not the best start to the day
Feb. 5th, 2011 06:36 amI got up this morning, went into the bathroom to do stuff, and discovered I had a little smear of blood on the left side of my chin. As you might imagine, this is disturbing. I dabbed the the blood off and found some skin breakage below. It's probably nothing more than me scratching a proto-pimple in the night, combined with all of the aspirin I took yesterday enhancing the bleeding, but still mysterious bleeding really isn't the kind of thing one wants to wake up to.
I am now in the process of trying to convince myself that I do not have a rabid bat (or mouse? What else gets into houses in the winter?) hiding somewhere in my apartment because having gone through rabies shots once that is where my mind goes. Mind, why must you demand that I prove that something doesn't exist? It is so very irritating. Although I recall reading that bat bites (at least, the bats typically found in Nebraska) do not leave blood, or much of a mark, but still.
In less dire but still irritating news I discovered yesterday that I am already missing a part to my new pressure cooker. I have used it twice. The missing part goes in the handle and helps the lid lock down on the pot, sealing in all the steamy goodness. I am planning on making a diligent search of my kitchen today when I wash dishes (something I let slide badly this week; when I am sick housework is the first thing to get neglected), and failing that I am going to write to the manufacturer and see if I can get a replacement part. Failing that I suppose I could see if I could lock down that side with a c-clamp--all the missing part does is lock down the lid, so all I need to do is find a way to reproduce its function, correct?
I am now in the process of trying to convince myself that I do not have a rabid bat (or mouse? What else gets into houses in the winter?) hiding somewhere in my apartment because having gone through rabies shots once that is where my mind goes. Mind, why must you demand that I prove that something doesn't exist? It is so very irritating. Although I recall reading that bat bites (at least, the bats typically found in Nebraska) do not leave blood, or much of a mark, but still.
In less dire but still irritating news I discovered yesterday that I am already missing a part to my new pressure cooker. I have used it twice. The missing part goes in the handle and helps the lid lock down on the pot, sealing in all the steamy goodness. I am planning on making a diligent search of my kitchen today when I wash dishes (something I let slide badly this week; when I am sick housework is the first thing to get neglected), and failing that I am going to write to the manufacturer and see if I can get a replacement part. Failing that I suppose I could see if I could lock down that side with a c-clamp--all the missing part does is lock down the lid, so all I need to do is find a way to reproduce its function, correct?