The Fallen Woman

[wiseheart]

That would be me. Coming home from the third or so food run today, barely 100 metres from the house entrance, I've managed to stumble and ended up on all fours. With two fairly heavy shopping bags. Fortunately, neither my bones nor the mineral water flasks broke (I had four of those in my bags), but I pulled my already bad back quite a bit. One knee bled a little, but only for a short while. Still, I'm glad I won't have to leave the house again until Tuesday.

However, I managed to get to the craft shop before the fall (as I already had to go to that shopping centre, which is the only one still selling Mum's favourite washing powder, and we were running low on it) and used up all my gift cards. I thought it would be better done now, before another lockdown happens, as they were only valid until December. I bought some lining and seaming stuff, also two sheets of printed cotton, so I can start Baby Emma's quiet book whenever the fancy takes me. She'll be two next summer - the best age to get her first quiet book. More so as she's utterly fascinated with the one I made for her big brother.

I've also figured out some background stuff for the 456 aliens (Torchwood fans will know what I'm babbling about) - I think I've managed to make them quite interesting, unlike the Rustoid who hasn't got the faintest clue about world-building. And I've posted the next chapter of "Sleeping Dragons 5 - The Old Terror" to AO3. Put up an update alert to antigwenallies; let's hope some of the old crowd are still around and still interested.

It seems that the weather is changing again. There must be lots of atmospheric electricity around the Astra satellite, as some of my channels are pixellated beyond the stage where one could still watch them. Too bad the one playing my favourite zoo reports is among them. But there are worse things than a missed TV-programme, which I've probably already seen years ago.

Comments

[meathiel]

Oh no ... sorry about your fall.
Hope your back will be okay again soon.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, it hasn't been okay for several months by now, so I won't put my hopes too high. But I hope it's not getting any worse. *sigh*

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

owie

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That about sums it up, yes. *g*

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Not good, but did you do that thing where you look round in embarrassment in case anyone saw you? Mortifying!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, actually I did that thing where I looked around in the hope that someone might help me, but no-one was so inclined.

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Ah... not good. :(

Last year I saw an elderly gent slip in the snow and land on his bum. I wondered if I should run over to help him up but he sprang up sharpish and gave that "I hope no one saw that" look, so I thought it more tactful to pretend not to have seen the slip. But then, Norskies are always boasting to me of how they are experts in walking in the ice, unlike novice foreigners. Being helped up by a foreign woman would probably have been insult to injury to him. (He didn't have any shopping mind.)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't think the elderly guy taking a sunbath in a chair some ten metres away could have done much anyway. But if our roles were reversed, I'd certainly go over and ask if he needed help and picked up the shopping bags, at the very least.

I mean, I could have easily broken my knee on the concrete walkway, and might have needed someone to call an ambulance or whatnot. Fortunately, I haven't but still, looking the other way in such cases is something that pisses me out.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Hope you soon feel better.Falling is horrible. Hugs,

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is unpleasant, yes, but fortunately, it was a minor fall.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I wish you had access to home grocery delivery. It's been a life saver for me, enabling me to only need to fetch milk and bread on foot. I hope your poor back and knee have time to recover before you have to go out again.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I won't have to leave again until Tuesday. Back and knee actually behave, which is a relief. I'm fortunate that all the grocery shops are really near my home; if push comes to shove I can go and return within half an hour and have visited two of them. I just dislike the fact that I can no longer carry as much as I used to; otherwise I rather like going to the shops.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you fell, and hurt your back, and greatly relieved you weren't hurt any worse. I hope you are feeling better today, and your wrenched back will be healing soon.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. As you can see, it isn't so bad; and my back has been acting up for at least half a year by now. I've given up hope that it will completely heal, ever. But as long as it isn't worse, I'm not complaining.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

{{{{hugs}}}}

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) Hugs from a medical professional increase the healing chances. ;)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

oooh, here's another, then. {{{hugs}}}

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

aahhh, be careful!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm trying but don't always succeed. *sigh*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh ouch! I hope you are already feeling a lot better. Good thinking about the gift cards.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Falls are so scary, thank goodness you were not seriously injured! I loved hearing how much baby Emma loves her brother's quiet book, especially since we all loved the books too. And now, she will soon have one of her very own :0) It seems to me that there is one benefit of Covid-19, a baby boom. Quite a few expectant Moms in our circle also.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The book is definitely in the planning phase. I've already decided that it will have a penguin page, a "birds in a tree" page (matching colours activity) and a bunny garden page, where she'll have to put the same vegetables into one beet. The other topics are still under consideration.