Candice vs. The Grill

This is a wonderful appliance and has made me several oh-so-delicious meals in the last week, however; it tried to take me out....seriously....TAKE. ME. OUT.

For those of you still wondering what happened as well as what causes my nearly every facebook post to be somehow cast related-well, here is the story (fairy tale style...just to make it more interesting):

Once upon a time there was a wife named Candice. Father's Day was fast approaching and her husband's current, elderly grill was burning all the meat (or so he said *wink wink*). A grill was a pretty nice gift, and Candice was all about making Father's Day unforgettable, seeing as she was married to the most fabulous father in all the land. Little did she know this Father's Day would indeed be unforgettable as the evil grill she purchased was boxed and ready, planning his destruction of the fair wife.

Candice, with every well meaning bone in her body thought it a great idea that she would unload this box (unbeknownced to her at the time it weighed more than she), drag it around to the back of the house, where she would then assemble the grill and surprise her better half. It was a grand plan, but the evil grill had other plans and was determined to thwart her every effort. As the fair wife attempted to pull the grill out of her van, the plastic strap surrounding the box broke in half , causing her momentum to propel her backwards onto the inclined driveway where she caught herself but not without serious damage to her wrist. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! laughed the evil grill as he still sat content and unmoved in the back of the van.

Thankfully, Candice was not home alone with her four children. Her Mother and Grandmother were there where they quickly grabbed a bag of ice, placed it on the crazily deformed wrist and sent her on to the hospital in the care of her grandmother. She was taken back quickly, where her husband was waiting for her and given excellent, expedited care as she was obviously in an incredible amount of pain.

Candice was given a wonderful drug called Dilaudid through her IV that took away every bit of her pain and made her forget all about the evil grill and his wrong doings. The doctor took some xrays and verified that Candice's wrist was indeed broken. In fact, both bones were horribly displaced and needed resetting before casting.

Etomidate, yet another fabulous drug, was given through Candice's IV successfully knocking her out long enough for the doctor to reset the bones and splint the wrist. When she came to, she had no recollection of the procedure or the pain involved and all was well, except for the large contraption of a splint she now wore.

Candice got to go home a few hours later where she soon discovered she could do...well, not much of anything with one operating hand. Her family pitched in to care for her and her children until a couple of days later when Candice got to see an orthopedic doctor who at least gave her the ability to use her fingers which had turned a nice purplish color.

Green seemed to go nicely with purple, so her splint received a new wrapping to at least make it a little prettier.

A couple of days later, the most fabulous father in all the land put together his own grill while Candice watched from a distance, still harboring much anger towards the evil grill.

Despite her mother's warnings, the youngest daughter, Maggie, didn't seem to be scared of the evil grill at all as she played in his box for quite a long time, having the grandest of times!

About a week and a half after the incident, Candice is doing well, except for the fact that having her elbow immobilized is driving her batty and causing her to go into extreme fits of psychosis. She is very hopeful that the new orthopedic doctor she will see will remove her current splint and replace it with a shorter, non elbow immobilizing cast, where she can begin to live happily ever after...and forever make the evil grill make her delicious food for as long as he lives.

THE END