wounded

[ellenkushner]

I went to the podiatrist today and he cut a large chunk out of my toe. No, really. My toenail, anyway. He showed me when it was done: all gory and nicely red. Now I have a giant purple toe: he is an Excellent Doctor with fine taste in colorful gauze. I like it so much, I don't want to take it off. I feel it gives me distinction. The gauze, I mean. The ingrown toenail, of course, is already off, and good riddance to it, I say. The dr's office is in "Curry Hill," which is what they call the street in Manhattan's Murray Hill district with all the Indian shops. I comforted myself after by purchasing some foenugreek seed and a homemade mango cherry chutney - and an Indian sweet made from milk & cashews. Then I came home and we went to see the new Harry Potter film, which I liked exceedingly, as part of our Jetlag-Fighting Campaign of going to the movies to keep ourselves awake. And now the lagness has caught up with me, as you can see.

I will get to the Swordsman soon, I promise. Photos have arrived, and by tom'w night I should have figured out how to post them. It will be much better with the pictures, honest. You will have sweet dreams.

Comments

[honoria.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Best wishes to your toe.
(Wasn't OotP wonderful?)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thanks - and Yes, it was!

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Ingrown toenails are dreadful, dreadful, dreadful.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Well, so far I'm getting sort of a kick out of this one - but I know it's going to take a long time to heal, and that Gauze & I are going to become fast friends.

[rosefox]

Hey, my office is in Curry Hill. Did you shop at Kalustyan's? regyt took me through there last month; it's just an amazing store.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I stuck my nose in there, but had already made my small purchases next door. But I'll be back...!

Do you ever eat at Turkish Kitchen? (Do they do lunch?)

[rosefox]

I have never eaten at Turkish Kitchen, but it sounds lovely. Next time you're in the area around weekday lunchtime, give me a call!

Coincidentally, we ended up in your neck of the woods the other night, but it seemed best to let you recover from jetlag (and minor surgery, apparently) without having to fend off a social invasion.