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Originally Posted by swa(y)

walking through hot coals....literally.

i was in fifth grade. we lived on the pensacola bay (florida) which was really pretty, but whenever a storm came through it tended to get really bad, being right on the ocean and all. once, after one of these events, a bunch of trees got knocked over in the front yard, so my step dad had been cutting em into logs and burning em. later that night me and a friend who was spending the night snuck out. it was pretty cold out so we were sitting around these hot coals from where a fire had been earlier. i got up to go grab a log to sit on, and on the way back i walked right through the effin coals (it was dark, and since it was dark they were sorta hard to see). it was awful. i was really worried about getting in trouble for sneaking out, so i figured it important to try and deal with the situation myself instead of waking my mom/step dad up and having them bring me to the hosipital. so, my friend helped me to the other side of the house where the ocean (well..."bay") was and i got in. thinkin' the salty-cold water would help the situation (which, later id find out from my doctor that that was actually not such a bad idea...even though he laughed about how much more pain i must have been in from the salty water)

the next morning my mom found me sleeping on the couch with my foot in a bowl of water. she woke me up and asked what was wrong. i told her i was fine, but she knew i was lying once she looked closer at my foot and noticed i couldnt walk on it.

she was pissed, but i didnt really get in trouble like i thought i would. she brought me to the doctor/etc. i had to go to this whirl-pool sorta therepy for a a little while. they said id have permanent scarring but theres no scarring at all. i guess im pretty lucky.

but yeah, that shit hurt really bad.

broke a couple toes once too...no fun. this crazy girl (an ex) was chasing me around my apartment. i cut a corner too fast tryna run into my room (we were just playin around) and ran my toes right into a wall a couple of em turned bluish/blackish after a few days.bleh. i was smart enough not to go to the doctor though, since they cant really do anything about broken philanges. i just taped em up myself.

Shitty haha.