Good job I'm not Vain

OK, so you know how sometimes things happen to me? No? Well, you obviously weren't around for the man-hole story so here it is.

Anyway, last night I'm quietly lying exhausted on the sofa sitting, when I realise I have something in my eye. Something really quite big and scratchy. I do the usual blinking, rolling eyeball around, pulling eyelid out a bit - nothing works. Splash water in eye - not quite sure what I was aiming for with that, but I was getting very desperate. Of course I couldn't find the little eyewash thing I've had for years, so the Ball & Chain walked to the nearest pharmacy to get eyewash and an eye bath. Not working.

Two hours later whatever was in my eye was still there, and the eye is getting more and more sore. In fact it looked like this.

In the end I went to bed, Hoping that having my eyes closed for 8 hours would do the trick.

So here I am next morning. The thing has gone, but if you thought the photo above looked bad, you should see it now. All the skin is swollen, red and sore. Every time I blink it hurts.

The Little Guy got up, looked at me and said "Wow, you look tired!".


I have so much to do this weekend, and it's all in public of course. Good job I'm  not vain!