Having recently taken on a property renovation project, I have had to try my hand at DIY. For someone whose greatest “DIY achievement” prior to this consists of moving furniture around or taking the curtains down to wash them then putting them back up, the project has proved challenging. Naturally there have been times (usually as I manage to inflict some small injury on myself) when I have regretted the entire idea. Though I am pleased with the results so far, I have been thinking about all the potential accidents and injuries that could come from such projects.

Why do I do this to myself?

While trying to put up a shelf,

I hit my thumb and not the nail,

Now here’s another epic fail,

That new picture I just hung,

Saw me slip from the ladders’ rung,

With that, the mirror on the wall,

Also took a nasty fall,

Leaving me with quite a cut,

Picking glass out of my foot,

This poor foot is much abused,

Turning purple and badly bruised,

For when carrying things to and fro,

I dropped the sofa on my toe,

I’ve burned my hand, I’ve sat in paint,

I’ve labored till I want to faint,

And now I’m trying to recall,

Why I started this at all.