On the mend

[pjthompson]

Parts of me are feeling much better today, other parts much worse, but all-in-all I'm on the mend. And I have a lovely shiner! It should be interesting to see who avoids meeting my eye at work tomorrow (as I intend to go back). I remember that from my accident five years ago, how uncomfortable it made people to see a woman with black eyes, how some people scrupulously avoided asking what happened.

There's some kind of societal testament in that, isn't there? And not necessarily a good one.

Onward.

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Ghack!!!!

Very glad you are feeling better.

[pjthompson]

Thanks!

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

Man, there's all kinds of societal testamentary going on there.

I'm glad some of your parts are better. :)

[pjthompson]

Thanks. I think my parts may attempt work tomorrow. :-)

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

How is your arm? I hope it hasn't stiffened up, or won't stiffen up by tomorrow.

As for people, I contemplated attaching a big sticky notice to my back say, 'No, I haven't been fighting,' but then I thought that they wouldn't believe me anyway. Aside for the people that saw me fall, there wasn't one question from anyone else as to how I came to be like that. It is ... uncomfortable.

[pjthompson]

My arm is doing better this evening, but earlier in the day I couldn't lift it beyond shoulder level without discomfort. It still hasn't bruised, which I find remarkable, but the area is still sore to the touch.

Aside for the people that saw me fall, there wasn't one question from anyone else as to how I came to be like that. It is ... uncomfortable.

It's weird, isn't it? I can certainly understand about the sticky note.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I am absolutely intrigued by the prospect of you going back to work now... You need to take copious notes!

[pjthompson]

lol--I'll probably post if anything untoward happens. Maybe this time I won't get the same reactions, but it will be interesting to see.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you are mending. I wish you a swift total recovery, and a brave face for all the scrupulously blind folks you may meet.

[pjthompson]

Thanks. So far the reaction has been subtle. I've only had one person drop their eyes. And I'm feeling much better today.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

dude, I'm totally with you on this one. Mine actually makes me feel guilty for going out. I constantly want to explain myself. Do you feel like that too?

[pjthompson]

Yeah! I feel like wearing a sign around my neck: "I tripped and fell face fist into a Dodge. Really!"

[handworn.livejournal.com]

Maggie bruises remarkably easily and often, so I've often worried people will jump to the wrong conclusion about me and her. (Fortunately, she doesn't usually acquire bruises in places that would be characteristic of abuse.)

But yeah, there might be some kind of Kitty Genovese thing going on there.

[pjthompson]

It's distinctly weird. But some people are being extra nice to me, so not all bad. :-/