The Plight Of My Big Toe

So...last Tuesday morning, I had no finals to "worry" about, and so I decided to go get some breakfast. I went out and mounted my bike and pedaled up the hill to the Ferg. As I coasted into the plaza, I swung my left leg over the back of the bike and rode on the right pedal as I braked to a stop near a light pole. I stepped off with my left foot first--since it was keeping the right foot on the pedal--and when I swung my other foot off, I caught the nail on my left big toe and split it back a little bit.
I winced slightly, and then walked my bike across the plaza to a bike rack to park it during breakfast. After eating, I rode back to the dorms without mishap, and I went and visited Stephanie, who was working on her Blount paper--which was due later that afternoon. A little later, we went up to Oliver-Bernard and she polished up her paper and turned it in to Dr. Weiss. While she was thus occupied, I was working on studying for my AC310 final, which was Thursday morning at eight o'clock.
We went to lunch at the Ferg shortly after one o'clock, and as we were adjusting two tables to make room for Steph and Keri to join us, I jammed my same toe again! This time, I really broke the nail and actually drew blood. Ouch. I grinned and bore it, and went on with lunch. Later in the afternoon I snagged it on the carpet or something in Stephanie's room--the third time for one toe in one day.
Late that night--or rather, early the next morning--we went to the "Midnight Breakfast" at Lakeside. We walked in at one o'clock, but unbeknownst to us, it had started at 10 and it was open until one, so we were pushing the time to the very edge. As I was munching through a couple of odd muffin-like things with syrup and a cup of Lucky Charms with chocolate milk and a plastic fork, Stephanie swung her foot across my foot and caught my nail for a fourth time in 24 hours!
Since that rough day, my toe has gradually healed up, and I trimmed the dead part of it, so it is partly "naked" on the edge and is still a little tender where that nail used to be.