I fell down the stairs.

Yep. That’s some excitement I could gladly do without. Just minding my own business, going down the stairs after getting ready for work, bringing my cereal bowl down to the kitchen. Next thing I know I’m flying through the air and then crashing down on my back onto my wood stairs. Shards of broken bowl everywhere. Me trying to get on my feet so I can reach around the corner into the kitchen for my purse before laying down on the floor and trying to BREATHE. The wind got knocked out of me pretty bad. Got my phone out of my purse and called mom, called the office since I didn’t figure I’d be feeling too great once the adrenaline subsided and the pain really kicked in. It was not a graceful fall.

I don’t think there was any serious injury. My insurance has changed as of January 1 and I don’t have any of the info (numbers, etc) for my new insurance to even go to urgent care or anything. I’m not paralyzed, so I think I’ll be ok anyway. My back just hurts when I walk, bend, sit, turn. And just hurts in general.

I’m partaking of the Advil and just trying to take it easy. After calling into work while laying on the kitchen floor, I got up to clean the broken bowl before the cats got into it (or clearly clumsy Ang steps on anything sharp). Discovered that using the broom and bending down to pick things up did not feel good. I knew those ballet pliés would be useful someday. So I laid on the couch and watched Rocky 3, then took a nap. Got up not long ago to have some lunch and try sitting at the computer for awhile to see how sitting feels. For the record, not fantastic. I’m not in any excruciating pain, but it definitely hurts.

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