Saturday, April 9, 2011

Some Advice

Here's another example of doing too many things at the same time.
I was working on the computer and decided right there and then that I needed to make a space in our spare room to set up 'my office'. However, on the way to the spare room, I got distracted.  I recalled that I had wanted to somehow remove the blue deodorizer that changes the color of the water in our toilet tank. I was tired of seeing the blue drip down the inside of the bowl after it was flushed. So....I thought - now is the time to do that.  I first put on a pair of rubber gloves and got some towelling and a plastic bag to put the blue gel object into. I lifted the lid off the tank and it of course was all dark blue. As I rummaged around in there (to try and find the gel stick)  I realized that it had disintegrated (more or less) and I simply held the handle down and let the clear water come in and went about rinsing out the blue water.  Note:  the water is very cold (even when wearing a plastic glove).

I thought I was quite smart in doing all of this prep work, even though it turned out I did not need the paper towelling or the plastic bag. I did, however, encounter a second issue.  As I was cleaning off the plastic glove in the sink, I took my hand out of it to rinse it better and wouldn't you know it .............the glove had a hole in it (some little hole somewhere...) and of course, my hand was blue!!!!! It did not rinse off like it did in the toilet bowl. It did not go down the drain like it did in the sink. No....it is a part of my right hand, outlining my ring and my finger nails!!

I did a lot of cleaning with soap, etc. but it did not totally remove the blue. I guess it could be worse than it is.  The plastic gloves are in the garbage but what do I do about my right hand!!!


1 comment:

Gayle Jervis said...

I love the fact that you stopped to take a photo of your hands! This is a very funny story that many of us menopausal women can relate to! The upside is that we have good stories to tell each other! Looking forward to finding a morning to spend some time with you!!