walking joint
12-02-2004, 08:43 AM
today is garbage day in my town. the boots i put on are old and i don't ever tie them...i loosen the laces from the loops, and then reapply them when the shoe is on, but i never actually tie the shoe again. so the laces always have the loop. this morning i decide i don't need to tighten the shoe because i only have to walk up my driveway and then i'll take them off again....mistake
so i grab my garbage can which is a bit heavy today because we missed last weeks pickup due to the holidays. so i'm lugging it up the driveway and about 2/3 of the way to the curb i notice my left foot had trouble moving and i'm now starting to fall...for some reason i look down at the shoe, see that the left foot loop is latched onto the hook thing on my right boot and this apparently was very exciting to me because I didn't stop looking at the problem. so instead of putting my hand out to break the fall i continue to look until i feel the pavement smack into my chin and the garbage goes rolling down my driveway. at first i didn't feel any pain, but became more concerned about the 2 cars coming up the hill about to pass my house...i become all emabarassed and take off and run like a girl into my house to hide my shame. when i get inside i go to the mirror and i now have blood rolling down my chin and its pretty bad...but it still doesn't hurt as much as my pride. i had to go back outside and get the garbage and one of the cars is still out there and comes over and asked me if i was okay. that made it more embarassing. i gave the guy a fake laugh and told him i was okay knowing i gave him a great story to tell people today. so now i feel like an ass and have a HUGE strawberry bruise on my chin, which should look really cool in a few days when the bruise starts to heel and turns scabby and black. i guess i'm lucky though that i didn't break any teeth or put a hole in my lips. but it is killing me now and the headache is just as bad. so if you read this far please tie your shoes.
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thanks for the sig SatCam...and thanks for bringing it back Furie
so i grab my garbage can which is a bit heavy today because we missed last weeks pickup due to the holidays. so i'm lugging it up the driveway and about 2/3 of the way to the curb i notice my left foot had trouble moving and i'm now starting to fall...for some reason i look down at the shoe, see that the left foot loop is latched onto the hook thing on my right boot and this apparently was very exciting to me because I didn't stop looking at the problem. so instead of putting my hand out to break the fall i continue to look until i feel the pavement smack into my chin and the garbage goes rolling down my driveway. at first i didn't feel any pain, but became more concerned about the 2 cars coming up the hill about to pass my house...i become all emabarassed and take off and run like a girl into my house to hide my shame. when i get inside i go to the mirror and i now have blood rolling down my chin and its pretty bad...but it still doesn't hurt as much as my pride. i had to go back outside and get the garbage and one of the cars is still out there and comes over and asked me if i was okay. that made it more embarassing. i gave the guy a fake laugh and told him i was okay knowing i gave him a great story to tell people today. so now i feel like an ass and have a HUGE strawberry bruise on my chin, which should look really cool in a few days when the bruise starts to heel and turns scabby and black. i guess i'm lucky though that i didn't break any teeth or put a hole in my lips. but it is killing me now and the headache is just as bad. so if you read this far please tie your shoes.
<img src="http://hometown.aol.com/satelitecam/images/sig_wk.jpg">
thanks for the sig SatCam...and thanks for bringing it back Furie