Me vs The Tree

I haven't written in a while now thanks to a brief altercation I had with a tree in my front yard.  I was having fun trimming branches off with a tree saw and making a general mess of things when a fragment of wood from above landed in my eye straight on.    I ran into the house and washed my eye out thinking it was just some dirt, but I soon found out I had purchased a one way ticket on the pain train for not wearing any protective eye wear.   The funny thing was that earlier in the day I was wearing protective goggles to work underneath the car, but for some reason I didn't wear them for working on the tree.   So I ended up scratching my cornea pretty well according to my eye doctor.   Let me tell you it feels like something you never want to experience, like someone is poking your eye every few minutes and swelling like you just took a punch in a drunken bar fight.    Today I almost look and feel normal which is a relief, but I will never make that mistake again....