Anita's Other Space
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Searing pain
Hello Chickadees!
Man, it's been a time and a half...
Wait a sec, I have to put the ice back on my arm...better...I can only write a few words at a time before my skin screams agonies of a thousand hells...I was taking steaks out from under the broiler today, and touched the soft skin of my forearm on the inside of the oven door....oh man, maybe i can type one handed. so I can keep ice on it. anyway, the skin immediately cooked white., and i have a second degree burn.
it hasn't been the best day. at the barn a puppy belonging to the barn owner bounced up to my cousin and tossed her a twig, and bounced, bounced all around. my cousin tossed the twig--of course she did! it made the puppy happy. she tossed it a few more times as the puppy bounced back, until the owner came out and yelled and yelled at us for trying to kill her dog. it was hot. we didn't think. it was in the shade, and really, i would have thought --if i'd been thinking at all--that the dog would have stopped playing if hot.
i took my cousin home, and the owner called again to tell me what an idiot i was. i felt so bad, and i guess i'm not feeling strong today, because i cried. i hate it when i get emotional in front of people...i would so rather save it for books.
and then i burned my arm.
i am usually such a lucky girl. i think i must have done something bad, and the universe is letting me know.
bits of good news...the canadian children's book centre has listed racing for diamonds and spider's song as two of the best books of 2007. also, there were notes about my being one of six best canadian crime writers giving a talk at this year's sfu symposium on the book in last weekend's globe and mail-or maybe it was national post--and the latest issue of chatelaine magazine.
sorry about the somewhat ee cummings style...only because i am not ee cummings.
it's the burn.
Man, it's been a time and a half...
Wait a sec, I have to put the ice back on my arm...better...I can only write a few words at a time before my skin screams agonies of a thousand hells...I was taking steaks out from under the broiler today, and touched the soft skin of my forearm on the inside of the oven door....oh man, maybe i can type one handed. so I can keep ice on it. anyway, the skin immediately cooked white., and i have a second degree burn.
it hasn't been the best day. at the barn a puppy belonging to the barn owner bounced up to my cousin and tossed her a twig, and bounced, bounced all around. my cousin tossed the twig--of course she did! it made the puppy happy. she tossed it a few more times as the puppy bounced back, until the owner came out and yelled and yelled at us for trying to kill her dog. it was hot. we didn't think. it was in the shade, and really, i would have thought --if i'd been thinking at all--that the dog would have stopped playing if hot.
i took my cousin home, and the owner called again to tell me what an idiot i was. i felt so bad, and i guess i'm not feeling strong today, because i cried. i hate it when i get emotional in front of people...i would so rather save it for books.
and then i burned my arm.
i am usually such a lucky girl. i think i must have done something bad, and the universe is letting me know.
bits of good news...the canadian children's book centre has listed racing for diamonds and spider's song as two of the best books of 2007. also, there were notes about my being one of six best canadian crime writers giving a talk at this year's sfu symposium on the book in last weekend's globe and mail-or maybe it was national post--and the latest issue of chatelaine magazine.
sorry about the somewhat ee cummings style...only because i am not ee cummings.
it's the burn.
posted by Anita Daher at 8:12 PM
10 Comments:
Ach, you poor thing. Heal quickly! (and AWESOME news about the books!)
~kc
Oh, ouch! Sorry to hear about your arm. :-(
*hugs to you*
Congrats on the exposure for RFD and SS!
Thank you kc and Helene! Your good thoughts are so much appreciated :-) Today IS a better day! Amazingly, just after midnight the pain in my arm suddenly stopped. Such relief!
Ouch! That sounds pretty painful Anita. I'm sure it isn't making the writing any easier either. Take it easy and get better soon.
No one deserves to be yelled at or to get burned. Even if you were bad - but you're way too nice and congrats on the great book news. (Put that in the hot and grouchy dog owner's face.)
-gabe
Ouch! Sounds painful.
Great news about the books! Congratulations!
Eek! Poor Anita! (But also congrats!)
Liam, congratulations to you, on the Distinguished Achievement award for Max Finder!
And thank you Liam, Gabe, Brenda, and Ariel re my arm. I won't describe how it looks right now, being breakfast time and all, but it's interesting...I'm sure I will use the description somewhere, somehow. Maybe if I start writing about zombies...or sorry. More than you needed ;-)
Ack! Sorry to hear about the burn, and the totally rude barn owner. Is that the same barn you keep Phoenix? If it is...that's very awkward. I hope it all blows over and the owner realizes how rude she was to you. No one deserves to be yelled at - scolded, okay, but not yelled at, and certainly NOT phoned at home to be yelled at some more!!! That was what really, really disturbed me about your blog. I really felt for you.
I hope you're doing better today. Sorry I couldn't make the launch on Monday - hope that went well!
Thanks Perry,
it's just the way she is--she yells at everyone. I just don't take well to being yelled at...I tend to go out of my way to avoid situations that might cause me to be yelled at. I was blindsided by this one.
I'm just trying to harden my shell, and shrug it off.
Too hot to go out to the barn these days anyway. Maybe in a few days...
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