Sunday, October 6, 2013

Tripping

Sometimes I’m a bit clutsy. Hard to believe, I know, I mean with all that grace going on in me. Not. I carry more than humanly possible to keep from going up and down the steps. Not sure why because heaven knows I could use the exercise. I don’t remember anymore what I had in my hands, but before I got to the top of the steps, I tripped.

Everything I carried, flung across the hardwood floor at the top landing while my body morphed into the steps. I teetered between laughing and crying. The pain in my leg, arms and fingers throbbed—not just a teeny throb, but a broken-bone-kind-of-throb. I couldn’t look at the disfigurement, so I put my head on the steps and bawled like a baby. I thought I sounded rather pitiful, but the noise didn’t send hubby running.

I heard him through my wailing, “Did you fall?”

“Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.” A whiney-cry all in one.

It felt like hours before hubby mosey’d on over, picking up all the goods that were sprawled on the floor. He then says, “Do you have shoes on?”

If I could’ve gotten up and thrown something at him, I would’ve. I’m claiming it was the shoes that caused me to trip, thank you very much.
“Yes, I have shoes on.” But how about, Honey, are you okay? Let me help you. Did you hurt yourself?

His early Marine training days clearly keeps him in the “tough it up soldier” mode. I’m pretty sure that man’s arm could be dangling from his shoulder, but not the right way mind you, and he’d refuse to go to the doctor and he’d tell me it’ll be fine. Now that’s tripping.

12 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, Lynn! I'm sorry, but I had to laugh at your predicament, because I do so many of the same kind of things!! I have a chapter about all my klutziness in my memoir!! AND my husband has behaved pretty much the same as yours...when he happened to be around when I fell! Thanks for a funny story this morning!!

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  2. P.S. I hope you didn't really break any bones!

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  3. OMG! Are you ok?? Please tell me you are so that I don't feel guilty for laughing - because your description was a riot.

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  4. I have always fallen...but usually bounced. It isn't funny anymore because now I am old and walk VERY carefully--usually. I don't get up on counters to clean the top of cupboards anymore. I take steep stairs one at a time with both feet solid before lifting. Your stairs fall reminded me of one I did in a rental house 40 years ago. I was getting ready to go sub and came down a steep stairs, caught heel on first one, and slid down on my back to bottom feeling every step hit my spine...bump, bump, bump. Your story made me feel it again. Hoe you truly broke nothing so you can enjoy October!

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  5. I hope you've suffered no permanent disfigurement, and that the pain ebbs. I was alone during my two most recent falls. I assure you, when Val falls in the basement, and no one's there...she still makes a sound.

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  6. Ouch. Hope you didn't break any bones.

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  7. Hey everyone, I'm fine. No broken bones or anything. Didn't mean to freak anyone out. I just thought it was funny. Husband swears he didn't act like that though.

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  8. Sorry you were hurt, but glad you're better now. :) I don't trip much, but I do goofy things. Like the time I injected myself with my daughter's EpiPen. Totally by mistake. Yowza!! I got no sympathy from anyone. Papa was still alive at the time and he came into the family room to check on me right after my little, uhm, sticking incident. He laughed his butt off. As a retired physician he knew what he was talking about when he said, "Just relax. You'll feel better in about 30 minutes." He was right. The physical effects evaporated, but the embarrassment lives on!

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  10. Gosh, Lynn, hope you're okay! These days the falling down stuff worries the heck out of me. I'm not as bendable as I used to be.

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  11. Not funny at all... but funny. Only because I can relate! I trip all the time. I swear at least once a day, I run my shoulder right into a wall/door frame. WTH?!? I promise I'm completely sober... I'm just not as graceful as I'd like to be. Hope you're okay ; )

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  12. That was funny, sorry, but I'm glad you seem okay enough to type it out :) I admire the way you dealt with this and shared with the world (wide web). Well done!

    I recall a somewhat similar fall from a couple of years ago myself...
    http://estrella05azul.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/one-obstacle-course-coming-right-up/

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