On Sunday, I demonstrated my phenomenal talent for klutziness yet again. While walking across a street to get breakfast, I tripped on my own two feet and slammed into the sidewalk. I skinned my left forefinger and my right ankle, bruised my left knee...and severely jammed my right middle and ring fingers. Right now, three of the fingers on my right hand are splinted and taped tightly, and I've been keeping an ice pack on them. When I changed the tape, I saw that several of the joints were jammed and bruised, turning a lovely shade of purple.
Honestly, I probably shouldn't be trying to use my right hand. I should tape all four fingers together and keep them still for a week. But if I can't sew, I'll go nuts. I'm unemployed, fighting a bad depressive episode, and facing the loss of several friends as they move across the country. I *need* to sew. And fortunately, I can still sew even with half my right hand taped up.
It's just frustrating. I was starting to get a fair number of sales on Etsy, and I need to keep that momentum going. It normally takes me about 6 hours to sew one pony. Now it takes two days, with breaks to ice my hand in between. I should be grateful that I don't appear to have broken anything, that I didn't have to go to the ER, etc. But mostly I'm just frustrated/
Honestly, I probably shouldn't be trying to use my right hand. I should tape all four fingers together and keep them still for a week. But if I can't sew, I'll go nuts. I'm unemployed, fighting a bad depressive episode, and facing the loss of several friends as they move across the country. I *need* to sew. And fortunately, I can still sew even with half my right hand taped up.
It's just frustrating. I was starting to get a fair number of sales on Etsy, and I need to keep that momentum going. It normally takes me about 6 hours to sew one pony. Now it takes two days, with breaks to ice my hand in between. I should be grateful that I don't appear to have broken anything, that I didn't have to go to the ER, etc. But mostly I'm just frustrated/
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