Hot Chili

Good morning – Monday was kind of like a vacation day since the boss was away all day.  However, there was some work that I accomplished.  I got tasked with something that had me working a bit longer but it was easy, just a matter of waiting for go time to roll around. 

I was so excited yesterday to have Chili for lunch.  I had Sour Cream, Cheese, Crackers and was all set.  The only thing I didn’t count on is when I pulled it out of the microwave after heating it up, was that I would spill it all over my hand and the stove.  It wasn’t all lost but my hand was screaming.  It was a dumb move I made picking up a hot plastic container with my bare hand.  I had done it so many times before and nothing happened.  Well I learned my lesson the hard way. 

Ran my hand under some cool water, couldn’t get it cold enough in the kitchen.  So I went to my bathroom and it was ice cold there.  That felt really nice.  I thought I might have done some slight damage but nothing major.  Dried off my hand and went to eat lunch. 

The chili was every bit as good as I expected it to be, I just had a little less and a mess to clean up afterwards.  Cleanup was pretty much a breeze because it was limited to the stove stop and a pot holder.  Had to stick the pot holder in the wash. 

Meanwhile I held onto an ice pack while I watched TV on the couch and stared at my work laptop.  My hand was in pain.  I knew eventually I had to let go of the ice pack and as my hand returned to normal temperature the pain came back.  It bothered me for a few hours but thankfully there was no visible damage done.  I’ve got full feeling in my hand and after a few hours things went back to normal as the pain died down.  I think of how lucky I was as this could have been much worse.

Supper was a Cheese, Bacon, Potato side dish that is more like a casserole from Stouffers.  I ate half of it last night, pretty good.  The other half will be dinner tonight or so I think. 

Nice weather yesterday, people were out walking their dogs, pushing their kids in strollers, kids were out on bikes and scooters it was like a Spring awakening.  I haven’t seen that much activity on the street since late Fall when the temperatures were still Summer like. 

The house was a bit on the warm side, it didn’t help that I had to make multiple trips up and down the steps not only for the laundry but my desktop needed to be restarted. 

All in all not a bad Monday.  Here’s hoping that the rest of the week is as simple as yesterday was but without any burns or trauma.  Boss is back today and of course there are meetings to go to.  Ugh!  Right now all is calm and quiet, I know it won’t stay that way so I’m just enjoying it while I can. 

Hope that Monday was good for you and that today is even better.  Thanks for stopping by!