Yesterday, I slipped off the pavement while running for a bus and ended up on my backside in the middle of the road with a great big double decker bus flying towards me. My life flashed before my eyes and then as I staggered to my feet and got off the tarmac just in time, I just felt insanely, incredibly embarrassed.
People were staring for heaven’s sake!
*blush
But it really was the icing on the cake of embarrassing moments that happened to me that day. Take my journey to work. I was walking along the pavement when I got distracted by a handbag in the window of LK Bennett, and walked smack bang into a roadworks sign.
Then, during a particularly busy moment at work, I was trying to write something on my notebook while walking across the office, when all of a sudden I realised I’d hit something squishy – the printer man – who was more than a little shocked by the blonde girl stomping all over his feet.
*cringe
Then, at lunchtime, I misjudged a corner and walked into it. Misjudged a gap between people and bumped into them. Misjudged the stairs and fell up them. Thankfully, I didn’t get as far as falling down them. But then there is always tomorrow.
I hate it when I have days like this. And once I’m on a roll, I’m on a roll. I mean last time I had an episode of extreme clumsiness like this, I dislodged a picture off my wall, sent it flying through the air, knocking over two cups of tea and a glass of water, filling my sock drawer with tepid liquid and dousing all my jewellery, in the process.
It was not fun.
So last night when I got home, I did absolutely nothing. I sat on the sofa, staring at the TV, feet up, lest I should kick something, a blanket to stop my flailing arms from knocking stuff over. I also made sure I had the TV remote to hand and some chocolate too, so if I got peckish, I didn’t have get up and risk hurting myself.
As you can imagine, it was an incredibly tough evening, but it was the only answer…
…really!
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5 comments:
haha wow;
I can relate! I'm the queen of klumsiness. I adore your blog, I think your life should be made into a movie or a tv show lol :)
love,
Rosalinda x
*laughs* , at least look at the funny side of it.
I do know what it feels like though - with my limited side vision it means I'm constantly bumping into people and things, not to mention tripping over the littlest things.
Thanks for the laugh :D
HI Rosalinda!
Thank you!
If it ever was a movie, there'd be a lot of pink in it! :-D ooh and nice handbags!
DG
And hello Amanda!
Glad I made you laugh!
Have added you both to my blog links list.
DG
I'm still laughing. Thank you.
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