CyclopsApologies to all my loyal readers (which surprisingly is a lot more than just like 2 or 3 friends), for my lack of posting the past week or two. April was a super crazy zany month for us, mainly because we just sold our house and moved into a small 2-bedroom apartment. (We figured it'd be smarter to sell first, and then look for a new house to buy. Especially considering today's market conditions.) So that's the main reason time has been sucked away from me, and thus you all suffer terribly with less-than-daily posts from yours truly.

But beyond that, this week was a doozy. Let me start by saying this: "Despite what you think, your dad is probably right. "

That's pretty much what was running through my head on Tuesday morning as I lay on a cold dirty floor, holding paper towels and a ziplock bag full of ice over my left eye as I stared at the blood in my right hand.

I was at our house for some last-minute cleanup before the closing (spackle some giant holes in the wall, pick up the last big items, etc.). My dad met me there and wanted to take a few things. So I was in the garage, helping him take apart this tall plastic shelf system. It's four big plastic shelves with holes in each corner, and four long plastic rods that go in each hole. You just pull the whole thing apart. Dad brought along a rubber mallet to whack the thing apart easily. I figured I could help by just pulling or twisting one of the rods out. It was a bit tighter then I thought. But apparently it just needed a tug... 'cause that foot-long plastic rod came flying out at like 90 mph and hit me square in the left eye. I literally saw stars, cursed like a sailor and with my left eye still closed and covered by my left hand, I looked down at my right hand and saw blood. Granted, it was only about 2 or 3 drops, probably about the size of a nickel total. But it was still blood. Smashed eye + blood = I think I'm gonna hurl.

Feeling weak, I made my way into the house and sat on the steps. (Remember, the house was completely empty. No furniture, no nothing.) Dad came running in behind me wanting to see the cut. I was able to open my left eye and see, so that fear was quickly abated.

And then it happened.

I started to sweat. A lot.

And I knew what that meant, since it's happened a few times before. Knowing that I was moments away from most likely passing out, I did the only thing I could do. I scooted myself to the floor...

The next thing I knew, I was having a blast with my friends when, all of a sudden, I was sitting on the floor of my old house with my dad standing above me asking if I'm okay. "What a weird dream," I thought. Until after a minute or so I realized the "friends" thing was the dream. This was reality. So I laid on the floor with a roll of paper towels under my head as a pillow, while my dad got me ice for my eye.

I'll cut the rest of the story short and say that our bodies are amazing. The shape of our eye sockets truly do protect our eyes. That round rod smacked me real hard all around my eye socket. I'm a little black and blue above my eye lid, real sore, and have a nasty small gash in my eyebrow. (That's where the blood came from). But my eye itself is 100% fine.

So yes. I basically punched myself in the eye and passed out. Probably one of the stupidest and wussiest things I've ever done. But at least I got out of spackling!

COUPON TIME:

Since I've been slacking in my posting duties lately, rather then theme any coupons this time around, I'll take advantage of it being the beginning of the month, and spotlight some of the best new promos going on.

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