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January 08, 2007
oh clumsy me
I'm not sure when I started getting clumsy but in the last three weeks I've fallen three times hard enough to bleed.
22 December, Gerling at the Annandale: This was the last day before the Christmas break and honestly started drinking around 1PM - after "work" a friend had a house warming party, so more drinks and then off the the show. A few more drinks and in an effort to get to the toilet around midnight I stepped on hard plastic beer glass and fell down two steps. My watch caught on the edge of a step and the metal band was ripped in two as it was pulled down my forearm. Good news is I found the watch (my grandfather's) the bad news was two 1.5cm gouges in my arm. Clumsy? Or just been drinking for 11 hours? I think I can chalk that up to the beer.
New Years: uneventful
4 January, getting ready for work: after putting on horribly wrinkled pants I quickly took them off in order to iron them - lost my balance and whacked my shin into the bed post. Musta hit a nerve as the pain filled my leg and foot from point of impact all the way to my toe. All I could do is lie on the bed and wait for it to diminish - about 5 minutes. The cut was small - again about 1.5cm - and didn't bleed until a half hour later. Man, that hurt.
7 January, bouldering in Lindfield: (Bouldering is a form of rock climbing on small boulders and rock outcroppings - I know, I know, kinda asking for it eh?) Anyway it was starting to rain and our party (Tim, Miche and Amy) were all getting ready to go. None of us were really into it and I was just checking the first two moves of a very low (maybe 3m) boulder and was stepping back down the the ground. Seriously, my right foot was on the ground (um, not level ground mind you but it was the GROUND) when I let go of the boulder and slipped. Right elbow hit the edge of a rock that took off an alarming large amount of skin - not deep mind you but a 10cm x 6cm bandage just barely covers it up. Amy went into Frist Aider mode and patched me up. We all saw Happy Feet to cheer us up (it worked.)
So - Clumsy or just coincidence?
Posted by yankinoz at January 8, 2007 08:35 PM
Comments
I've experienced periods like this too. I tend to think it's more symptom than coincidence. Can't speak for anyone else. For me it was stress related, but that's probably just me. Take care Rob.
Posted by: Wing at January 8, 2007 09:33 PM
Amy reckons it's stress too.
Posted by: rob at January 9, 2007 08:09 AM
I think it's just that Linfield hates us...
Posted by: monkey_pushover_tree at January 9, 2007 12:22 PM
I vote for stress as well (except maybe that beer part) ;-)
Posted by: Genyphyr at January 9, 2007 07:25 PM
