Oh, I so wish that the title of this post was figurative. Oh, but it’s way too literal.
After my 40th birthday in October, I’ve been pretty much on a huge high. I ran the half-marathon, my libido finally decided to return (TMI, I know), I was getting motivated to getting my financial house in order, and our house projects are feeling more manageable.
On Halloween, after patting myself on the back a bit too much for my Martha Stewart worthy Halloween costume craftiness, Tim cajoled me into doing some exterior touch-up house painting. No biggie…I’ve been painting all summer. I’ve been living on a tall ladder for the last year and a half.
BUT…you know there’s a but in there, right? When I went to step on the ladder, it felt a little unstable. It was in grey breeze (fancy gravel)…I was annoyed, but sort of dug it in the gravel to stabilize it. I then I started to step up the ladder.
And, then I heard the screams. My screams. Really loud screams. I didn’t feel pain. I felt horrified. I realized somehow that the ladder collapsed on top of me. Actually, it was on top of my face. And, I quickly realized that my front teeth were gone. Gone. Fucking gone. More screams.
I think I scared the entire neighborhood. My really great husband does not think well in crisis. He wanted to call 911…I screamed twice for him to run across the street and get our neighbor, Brian, who is a dental hygienist and the neighborhood “sheriff”. (He’s the man you call for car, plumbing, general disasters). Tim was back with Brian in under 2 minutes. In the meantime, I was kneeling trying to catch the pools of blood. Still no pain. Just freaking freaked out.
Brian got me cleaned up and iced up. He called his dentist bosses to confirm his dental triage. Which were outstanding, by the way.
Suddenly, my house was filled with my costumed neighbors. One neighbor swept my son away in his costume to a block party so I could freak out without freaking him out. (Thank you).
I was knocked down and completely rattled…more tomorrow.
***By the way, I’m trying to participate in that NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)…yea, I wanted to start on November 1st, BUT…freaking ladder delayed me a bit.
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