Tuesday, November 30

This does not bode well for my twilight years ...

... this morning, handbag over shoulder, coffee in hand, I took a quick sidestep to avoid a severe eye poking from an pointlessly wielded umbrella (really people, once you're under the awning, put the umbrella DOWN).
It was raining this morning and the black granite (I think) pavers were slick, I slipped and came a tumbling down (rather like that rain Slim Dusty sings about).
I hit the ground hard, I felt all the muscles in my left shoulder crunch and those in my right ankle also. Lost the skin off my left knee and my coffee. Actually quite a bit of my coffee ended up IN MY HAIR!.
One person, a man by the sound of it, laughed. Dozens walked by as I sat there, legs all twisted awkwardly. One person, a woman of course, helped me up, fetched paper napkins from a nearby cafe and made sure I was alright. She also tried to give me my crumpled, half empty coffee, "there's still quite a bit left". I demurred.
Adrenalin got me to the office, but then someone said a kind word and I came over all shaky and a bit teary. I hate that.
I filled in an 'incident report' and told the boss I might go home. As I was packing up she told me the work-injury folk had called and "wanted to know if alcohol was involved".
If only, it may not have hurt so much!

13 comments:

Winkinatcha said...

Grrrr...
Point me to the bloke who laughed n I'll geve him summink to laugh about...

Cross...

Hope you are okay now
Hot bath
Linament
Physio

Immediately!

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Aww Winks, ta.
Shower only household :( but the rest is taken care of!

Pink Granite said...

Lord love a duck!
The details are much worse than the Tweets!
And I'm right behind Winkinatcha to give that um - er - "person" a piece of my mind - and just a wee bit more!

Take as good care of yourself as you would Mr. Brown!
;o)
- Lee

cookiecrumb said...

Friend of mine fell on the way to work and cracked her elbow bone! I fell on the way to my car going home and cracked a rib! Make sure everything feels fine.
Poor poopsie.

S said...

xx

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Tar everyone, bit sore, bit bruised, and feel a bit foolish.
But FFS! I was wearing rubber soled old lady shoes!!!

Stomper Girl said...

Ouchie! I'm glad that nice lady helped you up, and HOW RUDE of that pigdog man.

(No-one helped me up when I went flying into a heap in the supermarket but I guess my injury was self-inflicted by and large)

Urban Koda said...

I'll hold the laughing chap down for Winkinatcha... Bastard!

Hope the bruising and soreness subsides quickly.

Zoomie said...

I love the lady who helped you up, dusted you off, and even tried to restore your coffee. I want her for a friend. And hiss and boo to the slob who laughed and all the skunks who walked on. For shame!

Hope you'll be okay in a day or two - those crunching falls can be nasty.

Anonymous said...

Hello Mouse
Sorry to hear about your incident. Have done same myself - most undignified! How other girls wear those high heels I'll never know. Like your new mouse up top!
cheers
The Seal

Sue said...

Oh Morgan!! Hope you're feeling OK today. Shame, never nice to take a tumble, especially on your way to work (and even more so with coffee in your hair). I would've cried!!!

Sue X

Sue said...

Oh Morgan!! Hope you're feeling OK today. Shame, never nice to take a tumble, especially on your way to work (and even more so with coffee in your hair). I would've cried!!!

Sue X

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Sue, I'll confess to a tiny weep, but not until I got into work and was safe in the ladies :) I'm fine now, thanks.