My Latest Awesome Adventures 7/11/10

I mentioned the minor collision I had with a truck a few posts back.  Here are a few more scrapes (no pun intended) that I've gotten myself into recently.

2 weeks ago I opened a door on my foot.  There was no good reason for this.  It made a blue bruise and bled.  The bruise on the outside of my foot still really hurts when I wear flip flops.

1 week ago I sprained my ankle playing soccer (all by myself).  I was at a park and there were lots of people around.  It was pretty classic.  I'm dribbling the ball around the field in my little Sambas.  I'm having a grand old time.  It's the first time I've played soccer since I got hurt in '07.  "La dee dah!  Oh what fun!"  And then my left ankle turned, I bounced down to my knees and then my head did a little bobble and I made some awful shriek.  I kind of limped back up and hobbled around until the sting went away.  I thought it was fine until I got home and iced it and it swelled up and I had to use crutches for the next few days.  That was a first for me.  I've never needed crutches before and I've never sprained my ankle before.  It was a fairly useless experience.

A couple of nights ago I topped every dumb thing I've ever done.  It was ridiculously awesome.  Yes.  I was with friends at the Fox Theater.  We were sitting way up top -- like 2 rows from THE top.  I had to pee.  I didn't want to make everyone on my row move.  The 2 seats on the 2 rows directly behind me just happened to be empty.  I decided to climb over them so's not to disturb anyone.  So, I clear the first row just fine.  I go to step over the last row and decide to do a cute little leap.  There was no floor behind the last row.  Yeah.  So, I free fall 5-10 feet in the pitch black darkness.  I was falling long enough to say, "Ooooooooooh craaaaaap!" with arms and legs flailing. Then I made my loud splat onto the concrete.  I caught myself with my left knee, hip, boob and right hand.  I have some bruises and minor abrasions to prove it.

After my less than graceful descent I noticed that a young girl on the top row had seen the entire event.  Her eyes were as big as saucers.  She probably thought she had just witnessed a suicide attempt.  No, little girl, I'm just an idiot.  I promptly hopped up before any ushers could come to my aid.  I whispered to the little girl that though I made a lot of noise I really wasn't hurt and I scurried to the bathroom to do what I had set out to do in the first place.  I emptied the old bladder and shook my head in utter disbelief at what I had just done.  I also put my sweater on and took my glasses off in hopes that I could disguise myself and not be recognized by the bystanders of my little stunt.

I was in utter disbelief that I had just launched myself over the cliff of the back row at the Fox.  Oh my!  I still laugh out loud when I think of it.  Yep, that was the most awesomely awesome thing I've ever, ever done.