Ay Carumba!

This afternoon I made one of my favorite salads for us to eat for dinner tonight.
I have to spend lots of time chopping up tons of yummy healthy things, so I don't make it very often.

One of the key ingredients is jalapenos. I have to remove the seeds and veins.
I also threw in some cilantro, black beans, avocado, tomatoes, green chiles, serrano peppers, white corn, garlic, and lemon juice. No cooking, only chopping. So good.
(Crystal had the distinct pleasure of talking to me while I choked on the jalapeno fumes...)

Anyway, once I got it made I slipped it into the fridge, put on my workout clothes, and went to a Step aerobics class.

I thought about my yummy salad and how good it was gonna taste several times during my workout.

About halfway through the class I was sweating my buns off. I mean an 'all over body sweat.' The front of my shins were dripping. There were drops of sweat running down the bridge of my nose. My feet were saturated by gross sweat...
My toe started to burn. Not a muscle burn, but more like a nerve pain or a wasp sting. A really uncomfortable burn.

By the end of the class, it was excruciating.
I got home and removed my shoes and socks - wondering what in the world had happened to make my toe hurt so badly.

The pain was isolated to the one toe, so I checked it first. Sure enough.
A jalapeno seed had landed on my toe while I was chopping away. I must have put my sock on over the top of it, and then off I went to my workout.

So the life lesson I learned today is never chop jalapenos barefoot.
Write that one down, ladies, words to live by...