Last year about this time I was wearing sneakers and I was clearing some weeds in my mini Orchard when a piece of what I thought was dried reed jumped up and stuck in my ankle.  Literally there for almost 4 months before I became completely frustrated and pulled a three-quarter inch long thorn out of my ankle.

This was after visiting the doctor who did not want to pull it out.  Two weekends ago another piece of shrapnel jumped up and bit me this time on the bottom of my foot I was wearing regular sandals and somehow this piece of foreign material wedged itself between my sandal and my foot getting caught right between my big toe and second toe making it uncomfortable to say the least to walk on.  It started to bleed and I felt it immediately so I hobbled down the driveway and cleaned the wound.

I am now soaking it like crazy as per doctor's instructions and (not)  missing work on this fine summer day.  Again the doctor did not want to confirm that there was something stuck in my foot which I know there is and did not want to take it out.  I will have to rely on Chef's surgical skills to pull it out later this afternoon.  

Funny thing was I had him look at it yesterday before soaking and he immediately try to squeeze it out without warning me so I practically kicked him in the face from the pain and overturned the beer he was drinking...he wasn't too happy!