#MicroblogMondays: Oops! I did it again.... :(

Saturday afternoon, we went with BIL & SIL to BIL & dh's cousin's house (the cousins who have hosted us at their cottage for the past few autumns). He's an accountant and does BIL & SIL's taxes every year. After lunch, he went to work on them in his home office, while the rest of us went for a walk around their subdivision. 

My left knee hasn't been bothering me lately as much as it sometimes does -- but as we walked, it, and my hips, were feeling unusually stiff for some reason. My gait felt a bit off.  I remember thinking to myself, "Pay attention. Be careful. You wouldn't want to trip and fall in front of everyone and create a scene..."   

Famous last words.  

It all happened very fast. (Doesn't it always?) The toe of my shoe caught in the dirt along the side of the road -- I tripped -- and down I went. I remember thinking briefly, "Well at least my face didn't hit the ground" -- as it did exactly that. :p   

Crap. :(  

Everyone gathered around me, asking if I was OK and helping me to my feet. I could taste dirt in my mouth and could feel bits of sand crunching between my teeth. I felt around them with my tongue, and thankfully, they were all present and accounted for and in one piece. Dh handed me a kleenex because I had dirt on my nose and face, and my lip was bleeding a little and starting to swell up. I had a scrape on the palm of my left hand that was bleeding too. My left knee (the one that bothers me) was sore too.   

When we got back to the house, I went into the bathroom to wash my dirty hands & face and inspect the damage. (I even had dirt up my nostrils!)  My left knee had a mild scrape on it, plus a few abrasions from where my jean leg dug into the skin.  The cousin's daughter was home from medical school (!) and got me a few bandaids and a cold pack to put on my swelling lip. 

Overall, though, I was (once again!) very lucky. This fall was, on balance, not as serious as the one I took in December. The swelling on my upper lip had almost completely disappeared by yesterday morning, although it's still a bit tender from the cut. My upper front tooth (just below the swelling on my lip) still feels just a teeny bit weird/sensitive, but I think that's mostly my anxiety running amok. (I keep probing it with my tongue, which no doubt exacerbates the feeling.)(I suppose I could call our dentist and request an appointment to get it checked out -- but I hate the idea of having to drive all the way into midtown Toronto, when I'm 97% sure it's okay...)  By yesterday evening, I could feel some mild stiffness/soreness settling into my lower back, neck, and right wrist and upper right arm and shoulders.  But again, it could have been SO much worse...! 

SIL said she thought I was dragging my foot a little because of my bum knee, and that that probably caused me to trip. I also think maybe it was my shoe might have been a factor?  I have very wide feet, and I often have to buy my shoes a little longer than I really need (a half-size larger), so that I can get my feet into them! And I've noticed my balance in recent years is not as good as it has been. :(  (I need to get back to yoga class and work on that...) 

It wasn't the first time I've tripped and/or taken a nasty tumble in recent years. Hopefully, it will be the last (but unfortunately, I kind of doubt that...). 

But it sure does make you feel old and vulnerable. :(  

(The fall aside, we did have a nice visit with our cousins!) 

You can find more of this week's #MicroblogMondays posts here.