Another Day in Paradise

So last night, I was lounging around reading and internetting and my nose kinda tingled so I gave it a casual swipe with a nearby tissue. And then yelped like a kicked coyote because it felt like I had stabbed a shard of glass into my nose. It really hurt! The only thing I can compare it to would be a wasp sting about a quarter inch inside my nostril. Never one to suffer quietly, I screamed like James Brown and then dissolved into snivels. My poor Mom had no idea what I was screeching over and as the tears welled and the pain faded, I was able to tell her what it felt like but not what had happened.

What had happened? Was that darn alien implant acting up again? What could it be?? Suggestions of tweaked nerve endings or maybe a touch of frostbite have been mentioned, but does anybody know where sudden stabbing nose pain comes from?

The frostbite seems plausible. I had been snorting down -50 windchilled air through this poor nose all day. It’s pretty cold. We got this email from our transportation office this morning:

"Please plug in your vehicles, if they freeze up we have to pull them to the shop to thaw them out. We are having extreme cold weather and the vehicles should not be cold started. Help us prolong the life of the vehicles by plugging them in and letting them run for at least 15 to 20 minutes with this extreme cold weather. Also please drive very slow as the tires will also freeze giving the squared tire effect, if you don’t drive slow until they become rounded again they can pop off the rim.
Thank you for doing your part. Try to stay warm…"

Hah! Aliens don't stand a chance.