The Burn

We had a bit of a nasty scare on Wednesday, but God be praised that Mom is all right. She was making a casserole for dinner when she lifted up a pot of macaroni. Now, this pot, which we have used for years, has never had hot handles, but for whatever reason, one of them was very hot. Mom, startled, splashed hot water all over her left hand. She tried just about everything, aloe vera, cool water, etc... but her hand still hurt. It did not blister, but it just hurt badly. Mrs. Horton was so kind to come over at 10:30 that evening to let Mom borrow her aloe plant. Mom began to stress because she had Geneva at Home in the morning and she couldn't type up her lesson plans with one hand, so I became her scribe, more or less on the keyboard. Mom took some pain medicine, and then Mandy put in "Sahara" (one of Mom's favorite movies). Mom crashed out thirty minutes into the movie, and she stayed on the couch all night. She didn't go to Geneva at Home on Thursday morning, and she slept in until 10 AM, which is very unusual for her but in this case understandable. Her hand is all right now, and we're thankful that it was just a first-degree burn.

A funny incident happened yesterday. I had finished my morning classes and had gone to Costco with Mom and Mandy to get stuff both for us and for the church. We decided to drop off the snacks and supplies at the church instead of waiting until Sunday to do it. Because it was drizzling outside, Mom told Mandy to park on the grass near the side door of the church, and she did. Mr. Butler, Mr. Price, Rodney, John, and Ben were all watching us, and it was slightly embarrassing in a humorous way.

School's going fine. Seth is taking consumer math as one of his math courses, and he's not been enjoying it that much. This week, he was supposed to talk about stocks, so he turned to Mom and asked if he could skip that topic because of the declining economy. It was funny.