comfortably weird

weird

[weerd] 

adjective, weirder, weirdest.

1.

involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny:

a weird sound; weird lights; weird family

2.

fantastic; bizarre:

a weird getup.

3.

Archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny.

[weerd]

a word that has often been used in reference to the Murphy family -

admittedly with good reason:

 6 boys? All yours? Really? Do you not know what causes this?

Weird

 No TV? Really? What do you do with your time...?

Weirder

 Necrotic lymph nodes? Whaaaat?

Weirdest

If you missed that chapter, fear not - 
I'll save you the gory details
and that'll save me from having to relive the trauma of that week. 

While we are VERY grateful that the surgery was not complicated 

and the pathology report indicated ...

well...

(thankfully but strangely)

nothing... 

we are still a bit baffled by this bizarre phenomenon, 

and pondering the question with our friend Shannon: 

“But Scott... why are your insides rotting???”

However, recovery from that "weird" was more or less smooth 

and not worth pictures. 

Believe you me.

However, here is a "weird" worth a picture (or two):

Think Little Jack Horner. 

Only we are not talking thumb and pie. 

We're talking big toe and lawnmower.

(Should you dislike toes that resemble plump prunes,

halt!

Look no further.

For I am going to show you one.)

Big toe.

Bigger scare.

Biggest ouch.

Thank goodness for good shoes. 

Vasque. 

Go get a pair for all your grass cutting stunts. 

I can even recommend a store. 

Full disclosure: I receive no benefit or proceeds from this promotion. 

Except for the benefit that the big chief still has his big toe 
(compliments of said shoes.)

And that matters more than you can imagine. 

He "only" has 

one crushed bone

that will more-or-less heal 

nerve damage

that will likely heal

soft tissue damage

that will somewhat heal.

And lots of pain.

But 

he 

still 

has 

a 

big

toe.

And GREAT friends who have walked with him literally every step of the way. 

You know who you are.

 THANK YOU!!!

In the midst of this episode, 

it was revealed that

we have 
finally
unknowingly
engaged in a not-so-weird activity. 

We have heard multiple stories in the last 2 weeks about lawnmower-toe collisions.

Everybody knows somebody who has had a similar injury – 

often with much greater consequences. 

(They did not get the Vasque memo.) 

But who knew how weird an incident it would take 

to become non-weird? 

All it takes is a 

lawnmower blade

and 

a sacrificial big toe.

 Hmmm... 

Methinks there is 
peculiar comfort 
in sticking to the
weird side of life... 

Here's to the weird!