In the Dark of Night

I've been at a loss for blog topics for some time now. I've also not had much motivation either. I can't say my life has been mundane, but I guess I wouldn't call it "blog-worthy" either...until this morning....

So after about 6 weeks away from the gym, I finally found the motivation to hit the treadmill. I was all dressed and ready to go. The only thing I had to do was put in my contacts. I'm a creature of habit so I always start with the right. As soon as the lens hit my eye, I began to writhe in pain. It was the worst burning sensation I had ever felt. It was as if I had disinfected my lenses with bleach. I couldn't find my contact lens fast enough to get it out. Once out, the burning continued in full force. I ended up on my knees, face down in the carpet, weeping from the pain. When I finally found enough strength to compose myself, I looked up and saw blood all over my hands. My first instinct was that my eye was bleeding... never a good sign. I wiped my nose on my hand and realized my nose was bleeding. So now I have a bloody nose and a red, swollen eye. I immediately throw away my contacts and soon my bloody nose subsides. I still cannot imagine what I could have put in my contact case other than disinfectant.

.... and then it dawns on me. Over the summer I grew jalapenos in my garden. Because the weather stayed warm for so long, I finally picked the last few about two weeks ago. They have been sitting on the windowsill of my kitchen since then. Last night I had decided that I should cut them up and freeze them for later. While I had noticed my lips burning throughout the night, it never dawned on me that they could do such damage to my eyes.

Needless to say, the workout will be in my living room this morning and I'll be taking an extra Benadryl before bedtime with hopes that my eye isn't swollen shut when I wake up for work this afternoon.

Thanks to Radley who called me back immediately after I sent him a text. I'd like to say he gave me sound medical advice, but he just really got a good laugh out of my situation.