This is Thursday
Have you ever done something so boneheadedly stupid, causing yourself great pain and embarrassment in the process?
Yeah.
I fell out of my chair at work and scraped my knee pretty badly.
I sit with one foot tucked under my leg a lot. At home, at work, in the car unless I'm driving. I'm actually sitting that way right now as I type this. It's probably bad for my hips and my back and blah blah whatever, it's habit and that's just what I do.
Today was no exception, even though I was wearing a skirt and pretty red heels. My skirt was long enough that I was still being modest, and besides no one was sitting under my desk for me to accidentally flash.
Here's where the boneheadedness comes in. I turned my chair around and went to stand up. The pointy heel of my shoe got caught in the fabric of my chair and tore a little hole. My chair rolled backwards and I kept moving forwards with my foot in my shoe caught in the fabric of my chair.
And that's when I gave a little "Aahh!" sound and I fell.
All the way to the floor.
Hello giant rugburn on my knee and my hand.
I got up in time to laugh it off and tell a few coworkers I was okay, and then I got dizzy and my ears rang so loud I could hardly hear my office assistant talking and I got really hot and I felt like vomiting. I didn't hit my head and made sure my pupils didn't do anything funky.
My boss and coworkers freaked out when my knee turned black and blue: getting me Advil and water and a cold diet coke (for the knee, not to drink) and then some ice ice and a chair to elevate my knee and asking if I needed a ride to the doctor.
Which, no. Get serious. I didn't break anything, I will be fine. Just humbled for a bit.
My boss insisted I leave work early, and I obliged. Because the sunshine came out today, and how could I say no to that?
