The Burn

Monday Justin went to school early and he was soo nice and wonderful and turned our furnace on. It was so fabulous to wake up to a warm house. But after I got up and got ready for work I realized that I had no idea how to turn it off.
We have an ancient furnace, circa 1945, no joke. So I looked inside and saw 2 nobs 1 I figured was for the pilot light and the other was the gas. I was having turning issues, I could not get the gas to turn off. On my second attempt my hand slipped and met up with a very hot object. So I decided to stop for a min and put some ice on it. It didn't look to bad, so I attempted to turn it off again. After the 4th try or so I got the gas off.
After a few min at work I noticed I had a nice burn on my hand (about an inch long.) Thankfully it didn't hurt, I was happy about that.
When I got home I told Justin about it and what happened, he laughed and said I was silly. Well a little bit later that night he went to turn of the furnace and also got a burn on his hand. :)
The image is pretty close to what our furnace looks like, except on the inside the Gas shut off valve is right next to the burner. Which is what I burned my hand on. After 5 days the burn is looking pretty sad. The blister popped and left me with some nice dark discoloration. It is also beginning to scab over in parts and itch.

On A Good Note Justin is done with classes!! I am so happy for him. Monday is the only day he has finals! He has done good this term and I am sooo happy he gets a few weeks off to relax!