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January 05, 2006
The Eyes Have It
Apparently the white eye shadow was not enough of an ocular mishap for me. No, my karma decided to up the ante.
Tonight I went and played tennis with Gloria. And you know what happened?
1. I had a lot of fun.
2. My inner thighs are SO SORE from the sudden stopping and turning. Sore from THEIR TOTAL LACK OF USE from other activities I won't mention here.
3. I GOT A BUG IN MY EYE.
And Gloria, I have included a picture, so if you could just verify that that was HOW BIG the crap I fished out of my eye is, that would be great.
Seriously.
To be sure, this is just a picture of a piece of fuzz I pulled off the afghan my grandma made me. Also to be sure, if she were here today she would remind me, "Jen-jen, do you see how many painstaking, blood-letting rows are in that afghan? That's how much I love you." Truly, it is a miracle my dad still knows his own name. OK, I am exaggerating and I love my gramma, but these are the kind of things she said.
Anyhoo.
THIS is how big the freakin' bug in my eye was. No joke. I cried for a good 5 minutes trying to gush it out and really, the whole time, I was like, is Gloria going to think I am a total wuss making this up, or will finally some big ole ginourmous gnat appear on my finger and she'll know I am not just some baby who's trying to get out of the last 20-minutes of ball because my hamstrings hurt?
And suddenly, miracle of miracles, the GNAT OF ALL GNATS appeared on my left index finger and I was so proud. Because really, I had been carrying something the size of your in-between-toe-socks fuzz in my eye and I HAD SURVIVED.
So anyway, moral is: my innner thighs hurt like nobody's business, my eye has recovered, and tomorrow I am cooking a five-course meal for EIGHT people all in French bistro style in preparation for Laurie, Shannon, Amber, Gloria and my trip to France. Plus, my favorites, Karman, Penny, and Rachel are coming, yahoo!
Pics of the disasterous meal later.
Posted by jen at January 5, 2006 11:52 PM
Comments
Honestly I can't really tell how big it is. Maybe if you had a pic with your finger next to it, it would be more obvoius.
No really, I believe you. Sore thighs and all.
Posted by: Sammy at January 6, 2006 03:43 AM
ouch!!!!!!!! bugs in the eye are the worst.
food. yum. make sure and give us a good writeup.
Posted by: carolyn at January 6, 2006 07:32 AM
Ewwww. Bug in eye. So not right.
I am sure that the food will be great.
Posted by: Dagny at January 6, 2006 07:43 AM
Heeeheeheeheeeheeheehee. It really WAS that big (as the photo can be taken to be life-sized), it's true. I am still amazed, however, that a bug up and flew into your eye. But there were lots of bugs at the tennis courts, and I'm surprised one didn't fly into my mouth. But your eye. Heee!
And this is why I love tennis. It's not just all about the ball-hitting.
I am sososo excited for dinner tonight! Yay! If only I can get over this hangover first. Who said we could have three drinks at the bar last night? Dammit.
Posted by: Gloria at January 6, 2006 07:58 AM
It was supposed to be life-sized, yes, although I don't know why I didn't think to put my finger in the photo. Hm. Me, not so smart sometimes.
Posted by: jen at January 6, 2006 08:50 AM