Ask any military wife that has been through (or going) through a deployment and I guarantee you can find some CRAZY stories of things that happen when the guys are gone. Murphy's law seems to go in full effect when their boots hit the sand - "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." Don't get me wrong, I have plenty to be thankful for - my husband is doing well, my kids are healthy and overall we are strolling through this deployment as well as can be expected.
However, there are days like today. I'm' not sure if crazy things happen when Chad is home and I just don't notice it as much, but for sure, nothing like this has ever happened to me...
First lesson learned - when you boil eggs, SET a TIMER! I set a timer for most things in my kitchen. Ask my parents. I'm a freak when it comes to setting the timer, especially when making toast. Seriously, who wants burnt toast? For whatever reason, I didn't set a timer today when I put three eggs on to boil. I had just cleaned the kitchen, put the eggs on to boil and went into the living room. I turned a movie on for Addison, ate a snack and went upstairs to take a shower. I took a shower, washed my hair and dried my hair (if you know me, you know this isn't a short process). I gave Addison her clothes to change into, went to check on Mya (who was napping) and thought I smelled something. I chalked it up to possibly my straightening iron, since I had just turned it on. Proceeded to finish my hair, get dressed, get Mya up, dressed and changed. As I headed downstairs I knew something was burning. I immediately remembered the eggs...over an hour later.
Thankfully I put Mya safely down in the living room before running in the kitchen. All the water was gone from the pan and one of the eggs had exploded all over my clean kitchen. I turned the burner off and moved the pan to the sink. In an effort to save my pan from permanent damage I ran water on the eggs. I knew my pan wouldn't shatter, as a glass pan would have, but I still knew better than to run cold water on anything so hot. Immediately the second egg exploded. It sounded like a gun went off in my ear and I had searing hot egg all over me...clothes, hair, face. In my reaction, I had turned my head, so most of the egg pieces lodged in my right ear. After a few calm, peaceful moments, I managed to get upstairs and assess the damage. From what I can tell, I have 1st degree burns on my neck and small second degree burns in the crevices of my outer ear.
I am thankful that it was not any worse. I am so thankful I wasn't carrying Mya or Addison when the eggs exploded. I am very thankful nothing hit my eyes. We have 9 foot ceilings in our kitchen and there are pieces of egg plastered all over that I don't think I'll ever get off. I will probably have to repaint at least one wall and pay for the damage to the ceiling.
So lessons learned - set timers when cooking, don't put cold water on anything hot and when eggs exploding is a possibility - duck, don't turn your head.
However, there are days like today. I'm' not sure if crazy things happen when Chad is home and I just don't notice it as much, but for sure, nothing like this has ever happened to me...
First lesson learned - when you boil eggs, SET a TIMER! I set a timer for most things in my kitchen. Ask my parents. I'm a freak when it comes to setting the timer, especially when making toast. Seriously, who wants burnt toast? For whatever reason, I didn't set a timer today when I put three eggs on to boil. I had just cleaned the kitchen, put the eggs on to boil and went into the living room. I turned a movie on for Addison, ate a snack and went upstairs to take a shower. I took a shower, washed my hair and dried my hair (if you know me, you know this isn't a short process). I gave Addison her clothes to change into, went to check on Mya (who was napping) and thought I smelled something. I chalked it up to possibly my straightening iron, since I had just turned it on. Proceeded to finish my hair, get dressed, get Mya up, dressed and changed. As I headed downstairs I knew something was burning. I immediately remembered the eggs...over an hour later.
Thankfully I put Mya safely down in the living room before running in the kitchen. All the water was gone from the pan and one of the eggs had exploded all over my clean kitchen. I turned the burner off and moved the pan to the sink. In an effort to save my pan from permanent damage I ran water on the eggs. I knew my pan wouldn't shatter, as a glass pan would have, but I still knew better than to run cold water on anything so hot. Immediately the second egg exploded. It sounded like a gun went off in my ear and I had searing hot egg all over me...clothes, hair, face. In my reaction, I had turned my head, so most of the egg pieces lodged in my right ear. After a few calm, peaceful moments, I managed to get upstairs and assess the damage. From what I can tell, I have 1st degree burns on my neck and small second degree burns in the crevices of my outer ear.
I am thankful that it was not any worse. I am so thankful I wasn't carrying Mya or Addison when the eggs exploded. I am very thankful nothing hit my eyes. We have 9 foot ceilings in our kitchen and there are pieces of egg plastered all over that I don't think I'll ever get off. I will probably have to repaint at least one wall and pay for the damage to the ceiling.
So lessons learned - set timers when cooking, don't put cold water on anything hot and when eggs exploding is a possibility - duck, don't turn your head.
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