Sewing, beading, and injuries

I have finished the sleeveless dress - will take pictures tomorrow. It's been steamed and final-pressed, and I am ready to wear it. I am so ready for warmer weather. Come on spring!

I have creative injuries - a blister and a cut. Earlier this week, as I listened to the Pharmacology lectures (awesome instructor - she has taped lectures for us online students), I did some furious bead-crocheting. It didn't hurt much while I was working, but afterwards, a big ugly blister appeared on my right index finger. Then the night before last, I snipped my left thumb as I was snipping threads from the latest creation. Why my thumb was in the way, I will never know. Suffice it to say that I'm finding out just how useful that little appendage is and how much I've always taken it for granted. Now it throbs as a constant reminder that it's there.