OUCH.

I was getting down from a friend's car today in PBD
He double parked because it was lunch time and obvs we had like zero chance of getting a proper park
So I was merrily stepping down from the extremely high car and my leg touched this motorcycle that was there
You know the metal tube exhaust thingy??
It's mother %^$%#%##@##@@! king HOT

And the worst part was that my leg took a couple of seconds to register just how hot it was before I jumped away
So the burn was even worse than it potentially could have been!!!
Now I have this big, white and red WELT-LIKE thing on the back of my calf! It's literally like 4 inches long okayyy

.....or maybe it's 3....


......or maybe 2 inches......


*frowns*


HEY I'm not trying to exaggerate. I just have no idea how long an inch is. But trust me, the welt thingie (which I'm sure is going to degenrate into a huge fugly blister) is LONG. Like, half of my calf.

How am I supposed to wear jeans or tights?! Or even shorts for that matter since this thing makes my leg look so ugly :(

I tell you it was so effing painful I almost cried!
Now I know what being scalded feels like :(

Of course, I didn't scream or even utter a yelp because well, I only have one hour to enjoy being out of the office and I didn't want to waste half of that time being tended to
So I just acted like everything was fine till I got back to the office, where I promptly googled how to treat burns. Apparently I have a second-degree burn:

Thicker burns, called second-degree burns, have blisters and are painful. The
skin is very red or splotchy, and it may swell a lot. If a first- or
second-degree burn covers an area larger than 2 to 3 inches in diameter, or is
on your face, hands, feet or genitals, you should see a doctor right away.

O_O

Mmkay maybe I really should go measure how long this thing is...