more fun than a poke in the eye?

I don't know about a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but I can say with some authority that a poke in the eye with a yucca leaf is no fun at all. It feels like I have an eyelash in my eye all the time. Except if I touch or rub it, in which case it hurts. Last night by the time I went to sleep it hurt pretty bad, and I was concerned that I might have the tip of the yucca leaf still in my eye. It's creeping me out just to write that. But this morning when I first woke up, it didn't hurt at all. Whew! I guess it was just a scratch after all. Of course, after about five minutes of blinking and looking around it felt like there was an eyelash in there again. But if I can stop myself from touching it then I might be able to, you know, get things done today.