Great, I Guess
So a week ago Saturday, Dec 27, we drove back from Indiana. Wait. I’m getting ahead of myself, so let me start over.
Twenty-five years ago, when I was a starving grad student and lived in a cheap, nasty rental. The window unit was broken, and I was going to replace it — important, because unlike summers here, summer in Indiana is muggy. Very muggy.
The idea was to crack the window, and slowly work it out. Well, it was stuck. So I opened the window a bit more, but it was resistant to gentle wobbling and rocking. After a while, I got frustrated, and I yanked on it. It fell into my arms, and I could hear something go CRACK!
That’s how I fractured a vertebra and why I spent a summer flat on my back. That was a long time ago, and it hasn’t been an issue for years. Until we came back.
Flash forward to Dec 27. It was obscenely warm in the Ohio Valley — as high as 70 by Pittsburgh. Not here. The snow was still all over the place, and as I found out, the driveway was solid ice. The minute I stepped out of the car, I fell hard, flat on my back.
Guess where I fell?
Right on the vertebra I’d fractured. When I get up, it’s sore. As the day wears on, it gets worse. Going to sleep is a problem, since it’s hard to find a position that isn’t painful. So I went to the clinic. I got x-rayed, and thankfully, I didn’t fracture it again. But doncha know the ice storm started right before I left, and 45 minutes later when I went back to the car to come home, it was encased in a solid sheet of ice. And the driveway? Well, we could have a hockey game on it.
And the remote still doesn’t operate the DVR. But God, I really do love this Sony Bravia. What a picture. And what vivid color.
rightwingprof :: Jan.06.2009 :: Odds 'n Ends :: No Comments »
