@wretched So now that I'm on my phone with autocorrect and some of the pain killers have worn off.....
My friend was having her annual Christmas party. About halfway through, she set a candle out onto the table and lit it. The very crowded table where we were unwrapping all our gifts. I didn't realize there was a tiny lit candle nestled among all the glasses, and I'm pretty sure I was the one who knocked a bit of tissue paper too close. And the thing about tissue paper is that not only does it go up fast, it turns into little floating pieces that are still on fire, so it spread very quickly to other paper and other wrappings and books that were all over the table.
The only drinks left at hand were alcoholic, we didn't have anything nearby to smother it with, and dropping it on the floor to stomp it out was not an option because that was carpet also covered in wrapping. Everyone else was panicking and I have no idea where she keeps her fire extinguisher, so I went with the only option I figured I had if I wanted to keep everything on the floor and the nearby Christmas tree catching and having the whole dining room go up. I grabbed everything that was on fire and ran to the kitchen sink and flipped the tap on.
Unfortunately, I did this with bare hands, so now I have 2nd degree burns over about a quarter of my left hand. The right one is mostly fine, thank God. I'm right-handed, and very quickly discovering what a pain in the ass it is to do things like eat, put on a bra, and button your coat with one functioning hand. Huzzah, fine motor skills.
