the Burn...not educationally relevant but still very incredible

what happened was:

went to saturday session of class and got out a little early. decided to hurry to medford to see if old navy had swimsuit on sale for little one at home. no luck so bought gas and headed home over hwy 140.

it was hot. my old piece of lovable junk started to overheat. mind you, it was not overheating. the needle was just inching its way up towards the red zone. so being the normal person i am, i pulled over to let it cool off. i, like millions of people the world over, popped the hood to take a look.

unlike millions of people the world over, i had the misfortune of standing directly in front of a (unbeknownst to me) broken radiator. it boiled, it became pressurized, and it exploded.

directly onto me.

i screamed, i ran, i panicked. the hot, steaming, burning anti-freeze burned the living daylights out of me.

luckily for me some lovely, wonderful, saintly folk pulled over to help. they drove me to lake of the woods where i showered off the yucky, sticky, hot radiator fluid. then i really started to panic. the skin was peeling and blistering.

i wound up in the ER and was treated for first and second degree burns over 3% of my body. not 30%, but still a percent! yikes.

we had our final presentation the following monday (only 1 day away!) so i got a ride back over to ashland and tried to overcome and shine. the rest of the week continued to go downhill as i could not sleep, dress, walk, clean, shower, et al.

so thanks everyone for the support. it definitely feels good to vent. and just keep in mind when your car starts to overheat...