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Hello, ladies and germs,
I'm in England right now, typing this from an internet cafe that has that exotic european aroma of pizza and body odor (odour, even). I am in London for a quick visit with some friends, and then I leave for Afrique tomorrow. So I won't be posting for a bit, because if they don't have potties there, I'm pretty danged sure they don't have cyberspace, but I could be wrong. It has happened before.
So far, being homeless and indigent is great. I've been in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Chicago, Bartha's Pinyard, and London. I was in Chicago for my birthday, which was just spectacular except for my injury.
I was dicing garlic while yelling and I sliced off the tip of my finger. I refused to panic- I just wrapped it in layers and layers of tight paper towel and continued preparing things. After about twenty minutes, I tried to remove the towel and it bled so much my arm was covered in seconds.
Hm. Somewhat problematic, I thought to myself.
I wrapped it up again, cleaned the blood off of everything, and continued with the party. It was only later in the evening when we were all preparing for bed that I realized it was still bleeding.
I consulted Shmifter, and she asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. 'No thanks,' I said. One of the downsides of glamorous bum life is that you don't have insurance. INstead, we came up with our own Medical McGyverism.
We superglued the wound closed.
Worked like an f-ing charm. I'm going to do GREAT in medical school.
Love to you all. I'll be back soon from my trip, which my mother calls Operation You'd Best Not Come Back With A Baby.
Take care, have grand summers, and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.
XOXO
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but mo-oom, mixed race babies are the cutest!!!!!!
have fun, don;t drink the water and use your mosquito net
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Superglue truly does solve all life's problems - you will be an extrordinary med student.
HAVE FUNNN!!!!
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Dear Meg,
Superglue is also great for when you cut your leg while shaving and are faced with a geyser of blood shooting out of your shin and you have to put on a skirt and leave the house in five minutes, so it stands to reason that it would also be great for repairing sliced-off fingertips. I love superglue.
Does your mom mean you shouldn't come back with a baby you gave birth to yourself or a baby you adopted? And what about babies of other species? Like a pet elephant? That would be totally sweet.
Take care, have fun, and bring back lots of stories.
xoxo,
jamelah
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Why does yelling while slicing garlic just make sense when you do it?
Hope the trip is an amazing experience, Meggers.
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Have great FUN! Conquer them with your charm!
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Best doctor ever.
Have an amazing time!
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it's going to be super awesome! best of luck and don't accidentally eat something that will make a worm birth itself out of your shin. true story that did not happen to me.
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I am so trying superglue next time I seriously injure myself. I have insurance, but why wait in the ER for 8 hours? You're going to bleed out waiting, so might as well do it yourself!
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Superglue is the new duct tape.
Have a great time in London, but don't inhale. I mean, like, at all. When we were there walking all around town, we'd be coughing up pieces of soot by evening time.
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No, Meg, you're going to be a great doctor!
Superglue was originally developed in the medical industry for uses such as you describe. Specifically for areas where the wound needed to be closed but stitches would leave a big scar. So my local GP told me as he superglued shut the one inch gash on my daughter's forehead.
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but mo-oom, mixed race babies are the cutest!!!!!!
have fun, don;t drink the water and use your mosquito net