Hey everyone,

Wanted to let you know why I've been so scarce lately. Work has been rough since Thanksgiving due to coworkers and being short staffed. It has been a very unpleasant work environment. It was getting to the point I dreaded going to work, almost crying at bedtime. Infact the constant pressure has resulted in daily overtime. So my nerves were stressed to begin with today.

Today I was trying to relax by working on a model. Working on it with an exacto-knife it finally gave and I slashed my left hand middle finger bad. I instantly saw stars and felt pain, then saw blood all over my workbench. I blotted with paper-towels, but it kept soaking through. I ran to the tub and flushed with cold water to stem the bleeding and put a hell of a lot of pressure on with a clean cloth. Nervous I began to feel lightheaded, I got onto the floor and practiced breathing. I passed out for 2 minutes. I could tell becase the same song was still on the radio. I wrapped my finger in gauze to no avail, so sprayed a ton of dermaplast on it and headed to the ER.

I had a great doctor and she even took into account my tendency to pass out. So now I have six stitches in my finger and a note taking me off work tonight. Her not gave me an order not to use my left hand for 7 days, so I had to burn all my personal time to make that work. This is after all my vacation was cancelled by work to make up for us being short staffed. So Ho ho ho, life works in shitty ways huh? Guess I got what I wanted a few days off. Just needed to get all the feelings out. Don't want to bother you or make you think I'm fishing for sympathy, just needed to share with someone.