I’m 10 days into the “No Health Insurance Zone” and what do I do? Practically amputate my toe.

Story:

I have an old science beaker that has been in my possession for like 6 years now. When I was up in Vancouver I just put a bunch of fake flowers in it, but since I’ve been back in Moscow my drive to decorate the basement has been practically zero, so the beaker’s been sitting on my bookshelf.

Well, at some point it got broken. And by “broken” I mean that something must have rammed into it because a large chunk of glass is now missing from the side. The general structure is still okay, though, so I just kept it on the shelf.

A couple weeks ago I moved it off the shelf (for some reason, who knows what) and set it on the floor by the bookshelf. Because I’m me, I haven’t moved it back.

So tonight I was screwing around doing twirls and stuff in the living room (don’t ask) and I manage to ram my pinky toe riiiiight into the jagged glass. And you know how you can peel an apple all the way around with a peeler? That’s pretty much what the glass did to my toe.

So now I’ve got like 5 bandages on it and have got it (somewhat) elevated. I think the bleeding’s pretty much stopped, but it’ll be just my luck to jam it into the TV stand or something.