Klutz!


Injury caused by thunderstorm even though I was inside!

Last night I was scrambling to shut the windows in my apartment against a severe thunderstorm and downpour when I slipped and crashed down on one knee and hit my face on a table. I look like someone slugged me in the mouth, and my knee hurts like hell and a half (which is better than the hell twice over that it hurt before I iced it).

It was a pretty spectacular thunderstorm. Why, we even had a tornado watch. The occasional severe thunderstorm is common for summer in these parts, but tornadoes are rare...unlike Iowa, where I lived before I came here -- where tornado watches and warnings, and Friday morning sirens to test the tornado alarm were a fact of everyday life in the summer.

One of these days I'm going to write here about the time in Iowa when my ADD helped me to escape being caught in the path of a tornado...

This occasion caused me to wonder what might have happened if I'd knocked myself out...with no one at home to find and help me. Kind of a scary thought. Generally, I like living alone, with all the freedom that affords me (such as the freedom to leave my unsorted laundry on the sofa for days, or to let my dishes pile up in the sink until every single one is dirty and I have no one to complain to but myself).

There was a time in my life, not too long ago, when if something had happened to me no one else would know about it for days, possibly even weeks. Fortunately these days I am so actively involved in so many things, someone would be bound to notice my absence almost immediately.

One of these days I'm going to write about how I clawed my way out of decades of chronic depression...

Next problem to overcome: my perfectionism.

Today in Quaker Meeting as I sat down to meditate, the first thought that came to me was "Is klutz spelled with a 'c' or a 'k'?" I had originally spelled it with a "c" when I posted this the first time.

Obviously, it's a "k" (thank you World Book Encyclopedia dictionary online).

I made a mental note to myself to check as soon as a got home, then edit and re-post. I worried about the possibility that someone would read my blog before I could make the correction!

Posted: Sun - May 23, 2004 at 08:45 AM          

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