Have you ever done something really stupid? I mean so stupid you even immediately say to yourself..."that was really stupid?"
I do once in a while and that once in a while happened on Friday. It kind of smacks of the same stupidity of nailing that piece of wood to my dining table while I was practicing using a hammer and nail. Now that was stupid and I say so everytime I look at the hole in my table.
Anyhow on Friday we had no electricity as a storm whipped thru our area. As a result of this, our garage door wouldn't go up so my husband put it up manually but not all the way. It went up about 3/4 of the way. My car would not be able to go thru since it's too high with the roof racks and all.
I knew this. I went out to the garage to get some paperwork that I had copied the day before. I ducked my head a bit to get under the door. So I knew this. Anyhow, I went into my car, grabbed the papers, and since I was in shorts, and it was cold I hurried to get back to the house.
That's when it happened. My hand full of the papers, I was looking down examining them when I smacked my head right into the door. I mean hard smacked. Think Laurel and Hardy, Three Stooges. I immediately fell hard on my rump with my arms falling back to brace me. My newly copied paperwork went flying all over the place. I was soaked with the melting snow and dirt on the garage floor.
My first thought was "that was really stupid." My second thought was that was a hard cement floor I fell on. My third thought was my paperwork. Ughhh all over the place. I collected the wet messy papers and went into the house, madder than a hornet at myself. I put the papers all around the wood stove to dry out. Some were so bad they had to be thrown away. I was so soaked and dirty I had to change immediately. Then I realized I had on a brand new shirt with long white sleeves that were now all soaked with brown water.
My first feeling was that I had been punched in the stomach. I guess I landed so hard that it affected my insides. Today two days later, it's still very uncomfotable. I'm now wondering if I didn't do some sort of damage. The last two nights it's been very uncomfortable sleeping. My stomach feels like it's twisted or knotted or something way deep inside causing me discomfort when I turn or bend down especially. Last night it was a tough night sleeping.
I can't believe I did that. What was I thinking? Evidently I wasn't thinking. That was really stupid.