Car, meet PJ's face

[pjthompson]

In another of my moments of stunning (get it?) grace, I slipped and went face first into the grill of the roommate's car (heavy Dodge).

I was on my way out to my own car this morning to go to work when I stepped wrong in the little drainage channel that runs at the edge of the lawn next to the driveway. This channel was put there to prevent this patch of lawn from flooding, but it's tripped more than one of us up over the years. This time I was the (really) unlucky one. I went down faster than an extremely fast thing.

Fortunately, I broke the fall with my face and armpit. :-/ Must have been reaching out to break the fall, but missed, so my cheek and my pit hit the steel frame at the edge of the hood, then I bounced and hit the ground. All faster than an extremely fast thing.

All things considered, and despite the horrible mind pictures, I'm not in bad shape. Badly scraped knees, lots of bruises and very sore muscles, but I'm still apple-cheeked. Literally. My right cheek resembles an apple. Okay, okay, maybe not that bad. Maybe just half of an apple. I've been icing it, taking it easy, took some aspirin, but I didn't break anything.

I'm not sure if this tops the time (about five years ago) when I hydroplaned on my flooded kitchen and wound up with a goose egg on my forehead. Quite possibly. At least this time it was the other side of my head that took the blow. Wouldn't want my brain hemispheres to be uneven, after all.

ETA: Apparently, the Terminator Takeover has begun. What else explains this sudden hostility of the machines?

Comments

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Glad it wasn't worse, but owie.

[pjthompson]

Thanks. I figure if I'm well enough to be embarrassed by it I got off easy, though.

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Ouch, that beats my two falls this past week.

[pjthompson]

I don't know. You may get points for quantity. Let's both stay steady on our feet. :-)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

duuuuude!

Thank god you armpit and face saved you!

[pjthompson]

Srsly. Taking one for the Gipper. (I have no idea what that means.)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

It means you got hit in the face by a car!

[pjthompson]

Oh right! My brain must have sloshed.

[purdypiedad.livejournal.com]

Oh, ow. I'm glad your face hit the vehicle and not the other way around, but still. Just ow.

[pjthompson]

Very ow but I was very lucky.

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Thank goodness you didn't damage your teeth or break any other part of yourself.
Take care and mind the gap.

[pjthompson]

Thank goodness you didn't damage your teeth or break any other part of yourself.

Thanks. I am SO grateful.

[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear! That's a terrible way to start the morning. I'm glad it isn't worse, but it sounds quite bad enough! Hope all the bruises heal quickly.

[pjthompson]

Thank you. It was something of a shock. :-)

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

Owww, hugs. You are going to have a nasty purple bruise on your face.

[pjthompson]

Thanks--and yes, I'm going to have a nice shiner.

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

I thought you might. A couple of years back I chose to go pavement diving for some obscure reason that still escapes me. After a trip I went face first into the deck with some considerable force. It came up immediately and I ended up looking like I had gone a round with Mike Tyson for the better part of two weeks.

Ice and raw meat doesn't seem to do much to calm a shiner. My poor dh got some very funny looks.

[pjthompson]

I remember those funny looks from five years ago when I hydroplaned. People were really uncomfortable looking at me.

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, those 'looks'. People staring and looking away quickly when they thing you have noticed. People carrying on a conversation with you and not mentioning the shiner. People looking embarrassed. It was worse than the actual fall.

Have a care you didn't hurt your neck in the plunge. The angle sounds like it might be possible. As I was on works property and the shitty surface was their fault, I got worker's comp light duties with full chiropractor coverage. I needed it for upward of three months.

[pjthompson]

Yowza. Yours sounded bad. I seem to be doing better, though I still didn't go to work today. My ribs were aching and the armpit, which also took the initial impact, is very sore. But my neck hasn't given me any trouble, thank goodness. My shiner's getting more and more impressive, though. :-)

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

OW. I seriously got a chill of adrenaline when I read this. OWOWOW.

Feel better soon, okay?

[pjthompson]

Thank you. I'm limping towards it. We'll see if I can get out of bed tomorrow morning.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Ouch...

ouch.

Now work that into one of your stories.

[pjthompson]

No, thanks. Once was enough. ;-)

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Feel better.

[pjthompson]

Thanks!

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Yeep.

Glad it wasn't worse! Sorry you had to suffer that much! Darn cars. :/

[pjthompson]

Thanks. Me, too. (And you just can't trust cars.)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh, yikes!

So sorry to hear that you're hurt. I hope all the hurt parts feel better SOON.

[pjthompson]

Thanks!

[windsong5.livejournal.com]

Gah! I hope you're okay!

[pjthompson]

On the mend, thanks!