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Close call!
Apr. 20th, 2006 08:03 pmI had a really close call this afternoon.
I decided to do some decorative painting on the guest room wall. I moved stuff out of the way, got out my paints and the stepladder, and started. I was very nearly finished when I heard the dogs barking and whining, and I realized the DH was home from work. So I started to get down from the ladder and it collapsed, dumping me on the floor. I hit pretty hard, and whacked the back of my head and my right elbow, not to mention my rear end.
He came in and made sure I was all right, and got me off the floor. I was pretty stiff and sore, and I have a huge bruise on my elbow and a knot on my head. He wouldn't let me make supper so we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel, and he says I had probably better not count on doing much tomorrow because I will probably be too stiff and sore.
It was a miracle I didn't hit my head on the corner of the desk I landed next to.
And--this is wierd--there is a chest against the wall. I had a cloth on it, and there was a porcelain ewer and basin and a fancy doll on top of it, along with a clock and a box of tissues. Somehow, just like the magic trick, I pulled that cloth completely off when I fell, without disturbing any of those items. Now, if I had tried, I could *never* have done that.
But it was really scary.
I decided to do some decorative painting on the guest room wall. I moved stuff out of the way, got out my paints and the stepladder, and started. I was very nearly finished when I heard the dogs barking and whining, and I realized the DH was home from work. So I started to get down from the ladder and it collapsed, dumping me on the floor. I hit pretty hard, and whacked the back of my head and my right elbow, not to mention my rear end.
He came in and made sure I was all right, and got me off the floor. I was pretty stiff and sore, and I have a huge bruise on my elbow and a knot on my head. He wouldn't let me make supper so we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel, and he says I had probably better not count on doing much tomorrow because I will probably be too stiff and sore.
It was a miracle I didn't hit my head on the corner of the desk I landed next to.
And--this is wierd--there is a chest against the wall. I had a cloth on it, and there was a porcelain ewer and basin and a fancy doll on top of it, along with a clock and a box of tissues. Somehow, just like the magic trick, I pulled that cloth completely off when I fell, without disturbing any of those items. Now, if I had tried, I could *never* have done that.
But it was really scary.
