Whoops, there she goes!

[piplover]

Yesterday, when I was getting out of the troop carrier, I caught my foot on the lip between the tailgait and the floor the carrier. I think I can honestly say that it was one of my more spectacular nose-dives.
Now, I'm the kind of person who trips on air on a fairly regular basis, so I didn't think anything of it. I just brushed myself off, laughed at the image I must have made, and went about business as usual.
After we got back from the range today, though, I mentioned that my knee was hurting, and in all honesty I couldn't think why, because it wasn't the normal arthritis pain. My sgt looked at me kind or worried and asked, "Because of the fall yesterday? It looked like it really hurt."
And I'm thinking, Oh, yeah, the fall!
Doh!
Now my knee, on closer inspection, has turned an intersting shade of brown and blue. Really, I don't know how I've managed to survive this long without a broken bone. My foot doesn't really count, as it was only cracked. :)
Anyway, I think I just lost every cool point I ever accumulated after that, lol! Not like I had many to begin with, though. As I said, I frequenly trip over anything and everything, including thin air.

Comments

[g-i-dennis.livejournal.com]

Ouch. No good. With the excpetion of a bout of tendonitis in the heel, I have remained largely injury free in the Army. Shin splints once and a while, but I've gotten those on and off since 1989.

[gtaotaku.livejournal.com]

Tripping over thin air is a commendable skill. You should be proud *LOL*

Put an ice pack on that knee, or better a packet of frozen peas if you can get them (stay with me here) because they're easier to mold around the bruise so everywhere gets a bit of cold.

^_^

[glorfinniel.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, you sound like me!

Even if I had the confidence to wear a skirt I wouldn't because of all the bruises and cuts on them!

We clumsy folk should stick (or is that trip?) together.

:)

[shirebound]

Wish we'd been there to catch you! Hmmm, methinks you can find a story idea in there (as usual). Pippin trips over nothing (again), but this time an arrow whizzes right over his head, where he would have been standing. So he feels better about his "lucky" clumsiness, and thinks it's a wonderfully Tookish trait.

>)

[baylorsr.livejournal.com]

Nice! I fell down the stairs a couple a weeks ago trying to carry packages and wear heels. Fortunately, it was only like four stairs and no one saw me.

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

Good heavens! I bet you are sore now. If it is any comfort, you handled with all the insouciance that Pippin would have. Too bad your Merry isn't there to fuss over you and make someone carry you around!