Took A Chunk Out Of My Finger

I almost lost my finger today…ok that might be a little dramatic, but I did take a big chunk out of my pinky finger. Today we were having the Seifert’s over for dinner and we were grilling beer butt chicken, fresh vegetables and garlic bread. Andy had the beer butt chicken on the grill for an hour so it was time to get the veggies ready and I decided to use one of those veggie slicers instead of a knife. The only thing wrong about that, was not using the plastic thingy that you put your vegetable in to ensure no accidents. I was going to town with the zucchini and next thing Andy and his mom heard screaming and a few choice words. My pinky finger went right down the plastic slide and into the metal slicer. I put my hand over the sink and that is when the blood just started coming along with more F-bombs because it frickin’ hurt. I wrapped up my finger and had to wait a couple hours before it even stopped bleeding while Laura finished the vegetables and then the bread as I was now useless in the kitchen. Once Karen arrived at the house she had to check out my finger and give me advice on what to do as she is a nurse. I unwrapped my finger for Karen and Andy’s mom to look at and that is when I noticed that my pinky finger was deformed because there was a huge chunk missing. As I waited for the bleeding to stop I sat in pain and now it’s very difficult to type with my pinky finger out of commission. I see this incident as a sign to stay out of the kitchen. Let me tell you if you ever use one of those slicers be sure to use the plastic protector on your vegetable and not just your hand because my finger is still throbbing in pain.