Holy $#*^! faceplant, Batman...
Friday, March 17th, 2006 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanaleh
This morning at about 7:15, I was trotting down Prospect St. trying to catch my subway so I could make my train... and I tripped and fell on my face. On the sidewalk.
No bleeding, no bone broken from what I can tell, but I bet it's going to bruise up nicely over the course of today. There's just a little visible abrasion on my left eyebrow (where my hair tends to cover it anyway), and my cheekbone has swelled up just enough that I can see it out of the corner of my eye. So everything's a bit tender there (to say the least; I probably could use an icepack, come to think of it). But my teeth seem okay and such, and I managed to miss my nose, so I think I got off pretty easily all things considered.
The guy who was walking behind me (whom, in fact, I had just passed in my hurry to get by, so it's a freaking lucky thing I didn't fall into the street in the first place) did not even PAUSE to see if I was okay, just kept on walking. Jerk! I think that upset me as much as anything else. :-P I wasn't in any pain to speak of, but so rattled that I was in tears all the way to South Station. (Doing fine now. Also, caught the commuter rail with no problem, thank goodness.)
However, I also seem to have broken my Treo (which was in my left front coat pocket, so I basically landed right on it). There's no visible damage to the screen, but it won't power up. I have a spare phone at home, but won't get back to that until tonight, so don't bother trying to call or SMS me.
EDIT: Duuude! I managed to reset the Treo and it works!!! What a relief! -- However, my eye is getting steadily more swollen; between that and the kohl-like red streak emanating from the corner, I could have gone as Cleopatra for Purim a couple days ago. :-/
No bleeding, no bone broken from what I can tell, but I bet it's going to bruise up nicely over the course of today. There's just a little visible abrasion on my left eyebrow (where my hair tends to cover it anyway), and my cheekbone has swelled up just enough that I can see it out of the corner of my eye. So everything's a bit tender there (to say the least; I probably could use an icepack, come to think of it). But my teeth seem okay and such, and I managed to miss my nose, so I think I got off pretty easily all things considered.
The guy who was walking behind me (whom, in fact, I had just passed in my hurry to get by, so it's a freaking lucky thing I didn't fall into the street in the first place) did not even PAUSE to see if I was okay, just kept on walking. Jerk! I think that upset me as much as anything else. :-P I wasn't in any pain to speak of, but so rattled that I was in tears all the way to South Station. (Doing fine now. Also, caught the commuter rail with no problem, thank goodness.)
EDIT: Duuude! I managed to reset the Treo and it works!!! What a relief! -- However, my eye is getting steadily more swollen; between that and the kohl-like red streak emanating from the corner, I could have gone as Cleopatra for Purim a couple days ago. :-/
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Date: Friday, March 17th, 2006 02:05 pm (UTC)great story. We know tiger boy beats you.
"What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes?"
"nuthin', she's already been told twice already!!!"
Just kidding [yes yes abuse isn't a laughing matter. I know, firsthand, OK, and the joke still makes me smile]. Anyway, glad you're OK, and here's hoping the Treo is OK (try banging it again, maybe it'll jostle whatever back into place).
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Date: Friday, March 17th, 2006 02:21 pm (UTC)Bwahaha. He's never even raised his voice to me in a year and a half, and he'll probably be horrified that someone would even write this in jest. :-)
*waves*
All the same, though, I *am* a little glad that there is visible abrasion instead of just bruising and swelling: "Pavement! Honest to God!"
But speaking of smacking things around, I do still have to try some percussive maintenance on the Treo.
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Date: Friday, March 17th, 2006 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, March 17th, 2006 07:22 pm (UTC)