Last night we had quite the incident at our house. Jocelyn stubbed her toe! Of course, she was sure she had broken it. I've stubbed my toe before, just like everyone else, and it definitely hurts, but it is just a stubbed toe. Well, Jocelyn isn't exactly the silent type when it comes to pain. She'll let you know she's hurt which is exactly what she did last night with her stubbed toe. The way she was wailing, I thought maybe she had lost an appendage. And when I say wailing, I mean wailing. Think middle eastern woman that just lost her son. It was something to behold.The first words out of Jocelyn's mouth were "I broke my toe" which were immediately followed by "I NEED MOTRIN!" At this point I'm trying to be nice and consoling, but I'm laughing too hard because she's so over the top. So you're probably thinking, "Who laughs at injured people?" to which I reply, I think it's genetic. My father is also much more likely to laugh at you than console you if you've hurt yourself. I guess sympathy isn't part of the Staller genome.
So I got Jocelyn the Motrin, and then she let me know that it was all my fault that she stubbed her toe. I guess it happened while locking the door and since "I never lock the door" it was my fault. This insinuation made me laugh even more. At this point Jocelyn didn't think I was being very nice. So I helped her over to the couch and went to get her a bag of ice. By now the wailing had diminished a bit, but there was still a good amount of histrionics left in her. So I got the bag of ice and put it on her foot to which she shrieked, "It's freezing cold." Yeah, it's an ice bag. I thought she would take it off right away, but she toughed it out and left it on her foot for quite awhile.
Luckily, the ice and the Motrin seemed to do their job and the wailing finally came to an end. Unfortunately our video camera battery was dead so there is no evidence of last night's incident other than a bruised toe. You'll just have to imagine the scene, which if you know Jocelyn and me, shouldn't be too hard.
5 comments:
sympathy is for sure not in our genes....some old woman fell down at seminary graduation....and dad laughed(from a distance of course...but he laughed!)....love ya.
whit
I'm totally crying out loud right now. and yes, i can picture the scene...it's wonderful in my mind!
I have not laughed this hard in a long time...mainly because I could picture every moment. Reading this incident from both sides nearly killed me from laughter!
Glad I could make you laugh. That's the goal.
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