Fall on Me

NE Ohio skirted the "big storm". The one that finally meteorologists are now calling a "pre-winter" storm. Someone in editing or production must have finally got the fact we are not yet in winter.

But the inclement weather skirted us, not missed us. I guess we got the hem. The way to work wasn't bad, just slower than normal. 27 degrees and something between rain and sleet. Everyone on TV was saying how it is going to be worse as the day goes on - but it never really did except get somewhat colder - like by 2 degrees.

There was no snow, the rain/sleet stopped and the day just, well, was. I think only the local networks are the ones unaware that their hype is just for them.

But apparently it was treacherous. I made a brief trip outside the office building in the evening before heading to my car - which ironically was parked in a connecting garage. It was casual Friday and I went tres casual - right down to my favourite pair of workboots, ones with heavy treads. As it turns out, those treads were useless.

Side-stepping a jagged small pile of slush that had turned into ice, I must have hit slick flat ice. I went down. I went down hard.

...and naturally, I went down on my bad leg. For those who don't know, due to some surgery 13 years or so ago, I have a metal plate and nine screws in my right leg. To add insult to injury, I was also carrying my laptop on that same side. So I went down on that hard too. Thank g-d, it was my work laptop.

I didn't damage anything more than my pride, as there was a woman walking behind me. She didn't see the ice and I think thought I was just a klutz, until she stepped right where I had and almost tumbled 4 her, herself.

She axed if I was alright, and I bounced back quickly. I apologized for the expletive that flew out of my mouth. You know - the one that starts with F and ends in K.......and has a U and C in the middle. She wasn't phased, by the word, nor my apology.

Though coming down the stairs this morning, I am feeling a bit sore. I've done worse. I've felt worse. I'll live.




Song by: R.E.M.