A Canadian in America...

Almost

Today I almost broke my ankle. Almost. I seem to be very lucky in that I have not ever broken a bone. I've almost broken fingers. I'm sure I've almost broken various other parts of my body, like that one time when I fell from a tall tower in the park and bashed my head on a metal ladder rung (do you remember that mom?), or all the times I leaped willingly off of swings to see just how far I could go. I could probably go on forever, as I've injured myself hundreds of times, but I have never landed myself in the emergency room even once. I consider myself very lucky. I think it's due to the fact that I have had a lot of athletic training, and I have very good balance and landing skills. Today I was just kinda stupid. I thought I knew how many stairs there were from the landing to the garage, but apparently there were seven, and not six. I didn't bother to turn on the light, as I could see my final destination (the cans of pop). I couldn't really see down the stairs however, and I missed the last stair..... almost. I would have been better off if I had missed it completely, but instead the back of my heel caught the front of the stair, caused me to miss the floor and really hurt my two smallest toes cause I think that's mostly what I landed on as a result of hitting the stair. I also fell forward. I'm lucky that when I fell forward, I didn't break my wrists or arms, and most importantly, didn't break my ankle. It's funny though, when I get hurt. I sit there for a second and pay attention, I mean REALLY pay attention to what just happened, and to my body. I sit there and I think "Did I break something? Do I need an ambulance?" and "How badly am I hurt?" Like the time I was in volleyball class in my first year of university and I got smashed in the face with a spike. It caused me to twist around and fall forward. I laid there, and wondered if I was still conscious. I was. Then I wiped my nose and found that I was bleeding. That's the first time a blow to the nose ever caused me to bleed. I was not impressed! Well, today nothing bled, and nothing really hurts anymore. I just skinned a bit off the back of my ankle...... lucky girl!
The rest of the day was rather uneventful, but I did manage to get some stuff done. I sorted out my "snow buddy" (AKA Secret Santa) gifts, sorted out other gifts, filled out immigration forms, went to the gym and the bank, and I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka is really creepy.....but the movie was still cute. The oompa loompa's songs were a little...ummm....different, but it was definitely a modern version of an old classic. I liked it.
Tomorrow brings two holiday concerts, which I'm kind of dreading, and I'm not sure what else. Hopefully I will not almost break anything else!!! (And that doesn't mean that I want to break something, it means that I don't want to get hurt!!!!)

posted by Jo @ Sunday, December 11, 2005