So yeah,
What do you get when you combine a rusted nail and a tetanus shot? A very grumpy me! And a day wasted due to the pain in my foot (blame the nail) and the pain in my arm (blame the injection). Throw in a sappy romantic movie and you'll have me crying in no time!
So this is how it goes...I have class early in the morning! 7am to 10 am! And it had to start all wrong! I reached class at 7.45 am silently went and sat on the first bench. The teacher went on blabbering about derivative markets and theoretical pricing of futures. At the end of the lecture, which ended before time, I caught hold of one, very timid guy, snatched his book and copied down the part I had missed! I figured I could study it at home (unemployment does have its perquisites). Unfortunately, a friend of mine said she wanted to borrow my notebook to take a photo copy of some of the notes, and then conveniently decided that she would, quote, "find it easier to understand if she wrote it down herself" and promptly stuffed my notebook in her bag. I just stared blankly! I should have known that my bad luck had started and I needed to be careful! I wanted to eat a road side vada pav and that bullying friend (?) of mine ensured I didn't!!!
And so we merrily walked on...towards the station! Now, a special note for people living in Mumbai...be extra careful while walking at Andheri station...especially where the metro is being constructed. Here's why! There are nails strewn everywhere!! One of them went right through my (really thick soled) chappals!! My friend and I stopped and we realized that the nail had actually broken skin! The wound was bleeding like crazy! And at the same time, the rusted nail was lodged into my chappals so bad, we couldn't get it out! Fortunately, a guy we knew, who happened to be walking past us managed to remove the nail at least! Next stop...Mcdonalds (I was hungry!!! Remember how I couldn't eat the vada pav?) So we cleaned up the I wound with some water, and walked on. Me limping, with a dramatic flair.
And damn you Mcdonalds!!! They didn't open their takeaway counter till 11am!!! Yet another disappointment for me! Fortunately, we found a medical store and bought a band aid! We got into a train and I dressed my wound. My friend had a sandwich in her bag...and so we shared that, reducing my hunger, albeit, just a bit.
I reached home, hoping for something yummy made by my mother, but she wasn't home. I called her and told her about the rusted nail and she ordered me to get a tetanus shot. I called my aunt, who happens to be a doctor for a second opinion, and she said the same. So I went to the closest clinic for the dreaded tetanus shot.
And thus started the longest 2 hours of my life. The doctor was not there yet. So I had to wait...and wait...and wait some more. Normally, I never have to wait for doctors like this. Family full of doctors, proper appointments are just some of the reasons I've never had to wait. It was entertaining really...to see the other patients waiting for the doctor. You meet a lot of weird people like this!
The doctor arrived at 12, pompously! Looked around, saw me and said "Kya hua beta?." That's the benefit of going to a doctor who also happens to be your father's best friend. He took me in immediately, promptly ignoring the other patients. I told him about the damned nail, and he gave me a tetanus shot immediately.
That was the easy part! After going back home, my arm started hurting, along with my foot. Mama was home by then, and nicely, she said "tetanus injections do hurt for a few days! I should know...I got 3 when I had you!!"
To divert my mind from the pain, my sister decided to make me watch a movie. And brilliantly, she chose The Notebook! I was weeping like a baby towards the end, and mama was a little shocked, to say the least. And so she decided to make me laugh my trying to crack jokes like"Doesn't Lady Gaga look like Cruella De Vil?? And Roger Taylor looks like Vijay Mallaya."
This wasn't helping, and so I decided to call my best friend! and guess what she said?? "Oh yeah...I've had the tetanus shot recently. Hurts like a bitch for a couple of days." Yeah...I just love their methods of making me feel better!
So all in all, it has been a terrible day, all because of two pointy things!!! And now, all I wanted to do is pop in a pain killer, cuddle up to my large teddy bear (who's missing his nose) and go to sleep. I don't want to think about how I will write my notes tomorrow, considering my right arm is hurting like crazy and my notebook is with my friend!!!!
What do you get when you combine a rusted nail and a tetanus shot? A very grumpy me! And a day wasted due to the pain in my foot (blame the nail) and the pain in my arm (blame the injection). Throw in a sappy romantic movie and you'll have me crying in no time!
So this is how it goes...I have class early in the morning! 7am to 10 am! And it had to start all wrong! I reached class at 7.45 am silently went and sat on the first bench. The teacher went on blabbering about derivative markets and theoretical pricing of futures. At the end of the lecture, which ended before time, I caught hold of one, very timid guy, snatched his book and copied down the part I had missed! I figured I could study it at home (unemployment does have its perquisites). Unfortunately, a friend of mine said she wanted to borrow my notebook to take a photo copy of some of the notes, and then conveniently decided that she would, quote, "find it easier to understand if she wrote it down herself" and promptly stuffed my notebook in her bag. I just stared blankly! I should have known that my bad luck had started and I needed to be careful! I wanted to eat a road side vada pav and that bullying friend (?) of mine ensured I didn't!!!
And so we merrily walked on...towards the station! Now, a special note for people living in Mumbai...be extra careful while walking at Andheri station...especially where the metro is being constructed. Here's why! There are nails strewn everywhere!! One of them went right through my (really thick soled) chappals!! My friend and I stopped and we realized that the nail had actually broken skin! The wound was bleeding like crazy! And at the same time, the rusted nail was lodged into my chappals so bad, we couldn't get it out! Fortunately, a guy we knew, who happened to be walking past us managed to remove the nail at least! Next stop...Mcdonalds (I was hungry!!! Remember how I couldn't eat the vada pav?) So we cleaned up the I wound with some water, and walked on. Me limping, with a dramatic flair.
And damn you Mcdonalds!!! They didn't open their takeaway counter till 11am!!! Yet another disappointment for me! Fortunately, we found a medical store and bought a band aid! We got into a train and I dressed my wound. My friend had a sandwich in her bag...and so we shared that, reducing my hunger, albeit, just a bit.
I reached home, hoping for something yummy made by my mother, but she wasn't home. I called her and told her about the rusted nail and she ordered me to get a tetanus shot. I called my aunt, who happens to be a doctor for a second opinion, and she said the same. So I went to the closest clinic for the dreaded tetanus shot.
And thus started the longest 2 hours of my life. The doctor was not there yet. So I had to wait...and wait...and wait some more. Normally, I never have to wait for doctors like this. Family full of doctors, proper appointments are just some of the reasons I've never had to wait. It was entertaining really...to see the other patients waiting for the doctor. You meet a lot of weird people like this!
The doctor arrived at 12, pompously! Looked around, saw me and said "Kya hua beta?." That's the benefit of going to a doctor who also happens to be your father's best friend. He took me in immediately, promptly ignoring the other patients. I told him about the damned nail, and he gave me a tetanus shot immediately.
That was the easy part! After going back home, my arm started hurting, along with my foot. Mama was home by then, and nicely, she said "tetanus injections do hurt for a few days! I should know...I got 3 when I had you!!"
To divert my mind from the pain, my sister decided to make me watch a movie. And brilliantly, she chose The Notebook! I was weeping like a baby towards the end, and mama was a little shocked, to say the least. And so she decided to make me laugh my trying to crack jokes like"Doesn't Lady Gaga look like Cruella De Vil?? And Roger Taylor looks like Vijay Mallaya."
This wasn't helping, and so I decided to call my best friend! and guess what she said?? "Oh yeah...I've had the tetanus shot recently. Hurts like a bitch for a couple of days." Yeah...I just love their methods of making me feel better!
So all in all, it has been a terrible day, all because of two pointy things!!! And now, all I wanted to do is pop in a pain killer, cuddle up to my large teddy bear (who's missing his nose) and go to sleep. I don't want to think about how I will write my notes tomorrow, considering my right arm is hurting like crazy and my notebook is with my friend!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment