On the injured list..

Halloween night I sliced my thumb up with a kitchen knife while preparing bagels. Having an injured thumb really makes me miss having a not injured thumb.

Here are some of the things that I find difficult to do or cannot do with an injured thumb:

• Hook/Unhook a bra
  
• Pop zits
  
• Cut meat
  
• Operate a belt
  
• Text message my friends
  
• Navigate my iPod
  
• Use a game controller
  
• Put on a band-aid
  
• Channel-surf
  
• Ash my cigarette
  
• Light a lighter (I just thought of this one - but I haven't tried doing it with the injured hand)
  
• Use my hands as a cup when brushing teeth
  
• Screwing/Unscrewing toothpaste caps
  
• Shuffle cards
  
• Rip up things

Thats only the short list, too. There are a lot of things we use our thumbs for as humans, and I certainly am thankful that my thumb is only injured and not severed.

Here is a picture I took of my hamster this morning!