Shishkabob, football legacy

Last night after work I started going around the house, room to room, looking for items to try to get rid of at the yard sale. I had a pretty impressive collection built up when I realized that I didn’t get stuff out of the shed yet. So I grab the flashlight, throw on some flip flops and go out to see what I can sell. I spotted the push lawn mower in the back of the shed. We haven’t had to use that in a couple years so why not sell it? However it was buried behind a lot of stuff, including a spike lawn aerator that gets pulled behind the tractor. I moved the aerator out of the way but didn’t make the extra effort to lift and turn it so the spikes were facing the wall. Instead I just slid it to the side and made a mental note to be careful to not back into it. So, as I am yanking on the mower, trying to pull it out of course I back into the spikes with my right heel, impaling myself. The jolt of pain made me jerk my left leg back into the aerator as well, even harder than the right one. I’m in pain and incredibly pissed at myself. I shine the light down on my feet and see the flip flops getting bloody but it wasn’t streaming out so I defiantly pulled the mower up front to the garage, bloody feet and all and then walk around the back and yell to Ali to grab the med kit and meet me in the bathroom. I surveyed the damage. 2 big holes, one in each heel. The left one went in deeper than the right so it hurt more. We washed it out, dumped hydrogen pyroxide on it and then put neosporin and a band aid over each wound. Like most puncture wounds, they didn’t bleed all that much but the imagery of those dirty, rusty spikes entering my feet made me realize that my last tetnaus shot was probably in my early 20’s.

Overnight my heels swelled and today I am walking like I am an old man. I have to walk with my weight off the heels. I have a doctor appointment later this morning.

Last night I was up until almost midnight playing Keener in XBox football. I haven’t played the game hardly at all and haven’t played Keener since he was down to visit months ago. The first game was close for awhile and then some late errors and deliberate screw ups by me led to a blowout score. Keener was trying to rub it in, continuing to go deep even though the game was in hand, kicking onside kicks and going for 2 point conversions, just to be a dick. It was ok, I would do the same thing.

Of course I couldn’t let it go at that. We immediately started game 2. I used a different defensive and offensive strategy and beat him by 3 touchdowns. Even though that was satisfying, I wouldn’t be content until it was decided by a 3rd and final tie breaking game. This game was close. Keener jumped to a 10-0 lead only to fall behind 17-10. Late in the game, Westbrook who had been running wild all game, broke free for a touchdown with less than a minute to go to put me up 24-17. When Keener got the ball back he had around 30 seconds to go. With my stiff defense and relentless QB pressure I wasn’t very worried and called a deep zone package that should have prevented a big pass play. But then the XBOX AI kicked in with a little boost in the pants for the player that is behind, something that has been built into video football games forever to keep games close. Keener completes a deep pass that goes for nearly 80 yards and I just barely manage to stop the guy at the 5 yard line before he scored. Now it was nitty gritty time. Keener had no timeouts due to some sloppy time management so he was afraid to run the ball, because if I stopped him the game would be over. He runs two pass plays, both incomplete. So it is now 3rd and goal, 2 seconds left, his last chance. I figure he may actually run it this time since it would be his last play either way. However he drops back for a 3rd consecutive pass attempt, can’t find anyone and get s sacked for the final play of the game. My revenge was complete. My video football dominance legacy was vindicated. With as late as it was, the adrenaline rush gave me some energy to quick hop on the puter and level my Wow character to 15. I am exhausted today but it was worth it.