I Think I Need To Take My Rings Off

07.13.08

For the past couple of weeks LA has been saying she needs to take her rings off (wedding band and engagement ring). I told her that was unacceptable. If I couldn't take mine off she wasn't going to take hers off. Well last night she decided that they had to come off because her hands were swelling. She didn't even think she could get them off and was afraid that they might have to be cut off. I reminded her of what happens when we take her rings off. She decided it didn't matter, they had to come off. We tried first without any assistance of outside substances and no luck. She had probably waited about a week too long. I got on the internet and did a quick search for some tips and found a site that made it sound so easy - like you could take any ring off. I bet Mrs. Walker wishes I had this training the day she got stung by the yellow jacket/bee/wasp in the parking lot at the church and her hand started swelling. I could have gotten that ring off in no time without her having to have it cut off. Anyway, we started with raising the hand above the heart for 10-15 minutes. Then we soaked her hand in ice cold water for 15 minutes. We then went to the sink to spray her finger down with Windex (Man, that stuff is slippery!). We attempted to pull the ring off but we simply could not get it passed the knuckle. We kept pulling and twisting the ring, pulling the skin under the ring toward the hand and spraying more Windex. I was just about to give up when there was some progress and LA gave me the go ahead to keep pulling. All of a sudden we cleared the knuckle and the force of me pulling along with the slippery Windex caused the ring to slip from my fingers, land in the sink and drop down the drain..........Are you kidding me? What are the odds of that happening? I know you're thinking what I was thinking, that would never happen to me - well, thank goodness, it didn't happen to me. Everything I said happened except the ring going down the drain. Her wedding band was much easier to get off. So, what did she do...she packed up some clothes and left town this morning for a couple of days. Sounds fishy to me - "Will you take my rings off my fingers cause they are swelling" and then take off out of town the next day! And she didn't go alone - Theresa and Rachael went with her to a "volleyball coaches clinic" at the beach no less (Coastal Carolina University). How much "clinic" time to you do you think will be going on...beach with scenery or and indoor clinic? I mean, let's be real, how much training does the the winning-est high school volleyball coach in the country need - "volleyball clinic" at the beach, still sounds super fishy to me. So what's good for the goose is good for the gander. I am taking my ring off until she put hers back on. She's not going to have all the fun...maybe I will go out of town next week.