stuff is cool

It has been more than a week since the burn incident, and the wound has turned a bruised deep red. Its still covered a footlong portion of my leg, but it is no longer as painful. Last night at my grandfather’s house my mom and my aunt wanted to see the wound so they watched me during my cleansing and bandage changing ritual. My mom took pictures to document the damage. That’s how we are. i won’t show them here, don’t worry.

I haven’t had a real shower since it happened. I have been washing my hair in the sink and sponge bathing on the edge of the tub. Today I will try my first real shower in over a week. You don’t realize how dirty you can get even if you wash daily. Showers just blast the dirt off you better than any wimpy washcloth can.

I cannot wait for that truly clean feeling. Which form of soap and shampoo will I use? I have like 18 different kinds. (It’s a sin.) I think I may go with Philosophy’s Soap and Water head-to-toe body wash+shampoo because it smells so wonderfuly clean.

Then I will gently redress my wound and slip into my new ulta-soft, normally very expensive bathrobe that I got on a deep discount from Bath and Body Works. It’s amazing.

I think tomorrw I need to start applying Mederma to the wound so I don’t have a scar running the length of my entire thigh for the rest of my life. It’s right there in the front, no ignoring it. Good story, but uuugly.