It is cosmically not fair that I was trying to make myself a half not horrible for me snack and I managed to burn myself in the process.

It’s even worse that I burned my FOOT making POPCORN! Someone could have told me this happened to them and I would not have been able to figure out how such a thing could happen — which might explain why I couldn’t figure out what was happening to me.

The popcorn was just starting to pop and a couple unpopped kernels were flying out. It seems one hit the bowl and ricocheted out and landed on my foot. Of course I felt the pain and began age appropriate swearing (there were young ears around).

“Fudge! FUDGE!” I screamed. And the kids came running. I shook my foot which was where the pain was coming from but didn’t look down until that action failed to make the pain stop or even subside. For a moment I thought the pain might continue forever. I told one kid to get a wet wash cloth for me and off he ran. At this point it finally occurred to me to look at the foot – only to find a blistering hot popcorn kernel wedged between two of my toes!

I got it out and found brief relief. My kid delivered to me the wet wash cloth and my relief was extended. He had the nerve to look at it and say it didn’t look too bad. Now I have two blisters – one on each toe – but no pain. Perhaps the nerve endings have been cauterized.