My Little (Swollen) Eye

Last night my right eye started itching so I rubbed it a little. I know, I know, you shouldn't rub at your eyes, KT tells me off every time, but it was just so itchy. My eye got really 'weepy', which isn't unusual as I often look as if I am crying, but then I naffed up by knocking an eyelash onto my eye. I must have the World's weakest eyelashes - I stopped wearing mascara as they couldn't hold the weight and I would end up with thick painted eyelashes floating about and making me blink. So there I was, past midnight last night, trying not to scratch the itch (and failing) and occasionally trying to bathe the stray lash out and not managing that either. By the time I gave up and decided it would probably be best if I tried sleeping it out, my eye had already started puffing shut and glimpsing at it in the mirror revealed a nice bloodshot orb and a kind of viscous jelly thing under my lid. Fabulous I thought, and headed for bed.

I couldn't sleep. I am still in the sleeping lightly part of my sleep cycle so I had already guessed it would be a (pardon the pun) nightmare trying. It was. I lay in bed with my eyes shut, managing (heroically, I thought) to ignore the itch and the weeping but totally unable to sleep. I put on the radio but we have dodgy reception around here and often have to retune. Last night was a retuning night but I couldn't see to do it so I gave up. I wanted to read but I couldn't see properly through my one good eye so attempted to play a few games of Block Breaker on my mobile, which amazingly, I didn't do too badly at and that did the trick.

I awoke this morning looking like someone had walloped me in the face. My eyelids were so swollen I couldn't open my eye at first and I decided to go back to sleep whilst I still felt I could. Around 10.30 I woke up again, so I went to the bathroom to look at the damage. My upper eyelid is more swollen than the bottom one and when I put my specs on it makes me look like I am questioning something as the eyebrow on that side is raised. No bruising, but it looks as though there should be. I can open it slightly now and have tried holding a bag of frozen peas to it. Not only did that not work, but it made my dodgy shoulder ache like it hasn't in weeks, so I am feeling quite sorry for myself. I even had to take painkillers, something which I am really loathe to do unless things are bad.

It's because we are supposed to be going on a few days family break next week, I know it is. Every single time I have ever gone away somewhere, something has happened first - remind me to tell you the story of the triangular shavehook one day!

Bah humbug.

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