Yesterday morning I heard the garbage truck and suddenly realized that my garbage can was still on our deck. So I ran down stairs and ran outside. After stepping onto my deck my body gave out. There was a thin layer of ice over everything since it had rained the night before. I fell on my knee. Since it was so early and just outside my back door, no one saw. I got up and hurried to take my trash can down and I was careful not to fall again. As I walked in the house, I knew that I didn’t make it on time, but I wasn’t going to go back and get it. SO I fell in vain. I twisted my knee and have some weird little cuts on my foot and arms. I feel bruises in weird places, but my knee is killing me. I think I will be limping for a few days. Even though I am in pain, I suppose I can laugh about it. The funny part is the way that I fell. I slipped in such a weird way that my body thrashed around which probably explains the little cuts. I landed in such a goofy way that I was reminded of the weird body positions that Jim Carrey can do when he falls in his movies. I can picture my shaggy bed head hair flying in my face and I can vaguely remember that I let out an awkward yell. Again-thank heavens that no one saw because if my description made you laugh even a little bit, you could imagine how hilarious it would have been to see it. I still have a little bit of dignity left knowing that my description is the only account of this incident. Well, that and the pain in my knee. Oh and did I mention that I was wearing jeans under a mu mu style pajama top? Laugh it up!
