Super Glue

Super glue is my best friend once the dryness of Winter comes. Those little cracks on the tips of your fingers can be insanely painful and take forever to heal... so I super glue myself back to having happy hands.

Well, my favorite kind of super glue that contains a nice brush for easy application no longer seems to be sold at the store, so on my way to school a few weeks ago, I picked up this kind (see picture above). It has a nail-ish plug to keep it from spilling and has an upright container to store it in.

Today before leaving school for decorating cakes, I decided to patch up a recently formed "crack." I got the super glue out, turned it upside down to apply, and nothing happened. I squeezed. And squeezed. And squeezed. No luck. I bit down on it and squeezed some more, praying that it wouldn't explode everywhere. I tried to use the nail-like plug to unplug the glue that must have dried by the entrance. Finally I noticed a small drop of super glue appear at the tip- PERFECT! I only needed a drop. As I turned it over, I squeezed ever so lightly to get that drop onto my finger. That's when it happened. SUPER GLUE EXPLOSION! It covered my fingers and parts of my hand.

I froze. I couldn't even move. I told myself not to touch anything so I wouldn't be stuck to it. It would dry, it would dry, it would dry. Then I looked down at my wedding ring. It was covered in super glue as well as the rest of that finger! I then wondered how long a ring would stay glued on to a hand. Then I had the immediate sense of urgency that the ring had to come off. I quickly unstuck the rapidly drying (and bonding) ring from my finger, only to get it stuck on my knuckle. I can't have this thing glued to the middle of my finger- that wouldn't work at all. I put it back. It began to stick again. I moved it up. It stuck again. AHHHHHH. Finally, after moving it repeatedly, the glue dried without getting me strongly attached to anything. Whew.

However, at work, when cleaning my decorating supplies, I couldn't tell if anything was clean because of the layer of super glue over the majority of my fingers and thumb... Here's hoping this layer will not last long.

Oh super glue. You're the best in small amounts... But I guess that's true with most things.