by Kong Wen » Fri Aug 28, 2015 12:49 pm
I just acquired a new scar last month!
Mrs. Kong, Berlin, and I were getting ready to head home for a week of vacation for Canada Day. I was carrying a ceramic (French onion soup) bowl full of M&Ms around with me so I could snack while preparing. We were all packed up and ready to go, and I thought I'd head upstairs to double-check the oven, windows, etc.
So I was running/leaping up the stairs, tripped on the top step, dropped the ceramic bowl (which shattered on the tile floor), and then landed knee-first on one of the huge dagger-shards. It cut me through my pants, so I didn't know how bad it was, I just knew it broke the skin, so I called to Mrs. Kong, "band-aid!" While she was fetching one, I rolled up my pant leg and changed my mind, calling out, "nope, towel & hospital!"
It delayed our trip by a few hours, but I was able to get stitches and warned not to swim all week (the hottest, most beautiful week of vacation beside the pool...).
Now I have a nice big red knee-scar as a memento of this M&M injury.
"We spread the time as we can, but in the end the world takes it all back."
— Roland Deschain, Wolves of the Calla