I learned a valuable lesson tonight.

[thegiraffe]

Running across a tile floor holding water in your hands chasing after your roommate who just shut the light off in the bathroom while you're washing your face is NOT a good idea for the following reasons:

1 - water is wet, and slippery.
2 - hands, unless you have some sort of superhero mutation, are not watertight.
3 - floors, especially the poured tile variety, are very smooth.
4 - wet water + smooth floor = slippery floor.

Now that we've explored the demerits of running with water, I'll go back to nursing my hip and thigh, which will undoubtedly have a nice purple hue to them in a few hours. :wave:

[Seanette]

Now that we've explored the demerits of running with water, I'll go back to nursing my hip and thigh, which will undoubtedly have a nice purple hue to them in a few hours. :wave:
I really hope that bruises are all you did to yourself!

[thegiraffe]

Yeah - nothing spectacular like sliding into a wall or anything. I'm pretty well-acquainted with bruises and the like. I'm not the most graceful being out there lol.

[thegiraffe]

I now have a cross-shaped bruise on my hip. It's quite amusing, and very very purple. I'm SO glad it'll be warm tomorrow so I can wear shorts and show it off. (and yes - I'm serious about the shorts. It was pushing 80 today, and it will be 81 tomorrow. plenty warm enough for shorts!)

[Spiffy McMoron]

I now have a cross-shaped bruise on my hip.

Well, we all have own own crosses to bare...

:rimshot:

P.S. That "shorts" comment was cruel-I won't be able to wear shorts for another 5 months now... :(

[thegiraffe]

lol. It's actually not a cross anymore, it's developed into a strange black/blue/purple blob. I took pictures to show my friends at home when I get home (assuming it'll be gone by then, though it probably won't). I'll post them when I get them up.

And nanny nanny boo-boo lol. I was in jeans and a polo today, though a sweatshirt was necessary Tuesday, and the temp is going to drop 20 degrees (the high, that is) overnight from Thursday to Friday.

[DesignFox]

Man, I WISH I could wear t-shirts! I hate the cold weather! I'm freezing my fanny off and it's nowhere near the winter lows...this season has actually been strange in that up until December 2nd, I could still go horseback riding in my t-shirt...but now the weather has finally caught up to the season. :cry:

I hope your big bruise feels better, though. :(

[Zombi]

LOL, you should see my knee. I tripped over something the other day and hit it on the end of the bed. Then, would you believe, I did the same thing again two days later! :cry:
I am famous for my grace, balance and co-ordination. :D

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Last week I was folding up a really big box so I could stuff it in the bailer, and in doing so I managed to pinch my arm between two pieces of cardboard.

Got a nice purple and black bruise on my arm, that is now starting to disappear.

At work, I enjoy limitless opportunities to be injured, maimed or killed.

[Banrion]

I say that you are still in the safe zone. You know from whence your black and blues hail. On the otherhand is ME. Almost daily the b/f is pointing at some unusual locaton on my body, and asking how I got a bruise there. I never know. I fall down, bump up against stuff, and jam my head into so many things I don't even keep track anymore. I blame it on the higher than normal center of gravity.

[thegiraffe]

I say that you are still in the safe zone. You know from whence your black and blues hail. On the otherhand is ME. Almost daily the b/f is pointing at some unusual locaton on my body, and asking how I got a bruise there. I never know. I fall down, bump up against stuff, and jam my head into so many things I don't even keep track anymore. I blame it on the higher than normal center of gravity.

Oh I know where this one comes from, only because it was so spectacular. I constantly have random bruises, and I can't tell you where 90% of them came from. I'm also quite fair-skinned, so they show up.

This summer, I had quite the shiner on my knee. My dad even inspected it close up because it was blotchy - it looked like I had skinned my knee. Nope - just hit something. I think it may have been from blocking (or leveling...whatever y'all call it) at work. I tend to go up and down quite a bit to get to all the levels of shelves, and sometimes fall quite hard on my knees. It was pretty spectacular, though I don't remember getting it. Story of my life. Keeps things interesting!

And haha - an IM from one of my friends upon reading my myspace bulletin detailing the fun of last night:

Him: So you busted your ass, huh?
Me: Yeah, you could say that...lol.

I thought it was funny because it was so literal. *amused*

[Tanasi]

Thegiraffe you have to be very careful a person of your advanced years could fall and break a hip and then where would be?:)

[Banrion]

Tanasi, that comment is not nearly as sarcastic as you may think. I am 24 will be 25 in February, and I was just required by my insurance company to have a Bone Density scan. Imagine my shock when the results came back with a T-score of -.9 which is almost Osteopenia the precursor to Osteoporosis.

After talking with my doctor though, she told me that you are still building bone until you are 30-35, and so long as I am good little girl, and I take my calcium supplements, I should be OK. The main reason that there are young women with low bone density now is birth control. The added horomones have a detrimental effect on calcium absorbtion.

/health class dismissed

[purplecat41877]

About a week ago, I was coming home with my groceries in my shopping cart (the kind that can be purchased). My cart got caught in the sidewalk and tipped over and I went with it. Luckily, my groceries survived. I still have the bruise on my leg from the accident and I still have to be careful since it can hurt if I bump it even a little.:ashamed:

[Ree]

I am always covered in bruises that I can't explain.

Only 2 days ago, I was putting on my PJ's for bed, and I caught a glimpse of something in the mirror.
I had a huge black bruise on my upper arm. I don't recall hitting it at all.
Actually, that's not the first time I've found a bruise in that same spot.
One would think that a person would remember getting such big bruises.

Another time, I thought I had a huge bruise on my thigh, only to discover that the ink from my pen had leeched through onto my skin, because the cap had come off. :p

[Spiffy McMoron]

Another time, I thought I had a huge bruise on my thigh, only to discover that the ink from my pen had leeched through onto my skin, because the cap had come off. :p

You know, Ree, if you wanted a temporary tattoo, they have the ones that you soak with water and put on your body. :p :D

[AFpheonix]

I usually have a few small marks somewhere, but I haven't had a truly spectacular bruise since last spring, when my stinker of a horse kicked me in the ass, literally. My entire asscheek was purple and swollen.

Now I just have a dent where she managed to kill off some of the muscle tissue, and lump that's pretty deep. The doctor made me go get it ultrasounded, it just turned out to be a leftover hematoma. Whee.

Before that the best one I had was when another training horse kicked me in the side of my leg, just above my knee. Purple from mid thigh down around my calf. Couldn't bend that leg for days because everything was so swollen.... >_<

[Rapscallion]

Sometimes, you can get bruises without having hit yourself. All it takes is for a blood vessel to break and you'll have the same effect without the pain and ache.

Had one the length of my forearm after giving blood once. That freaked out a few colleagues.

Rapscallion

[Misanthropical]

I use to be the most accident prone person on the planet. Heck, I fell UP the stairs when I was pregnant with my oldest.

I fell into our oak kitchen table when I tripped on a toy and fractures three ribs. The doctors kept asking me if that is really what happened, was I sure no one threw me into the table. My husband actually thought I had fainted, since the only thing he saw was me falling to the floor.

After taking martial arts, I am no longer accident prone, since my balance is better and I can turn in such a way to not hurt myself.

I still get mystery bruses though. I joke with my husband that he beats me in my sleep. :lol:

[Broomjockey]

I used to get random bruises, usually found them upon waking up in the morning. Oddly, they never showed up in the same places as where I'd hit myself when I fell into random objects, the incidence of which has decreased in the past while.
But I just don't bruise easily anymore.
Last major bruise I had was when I was teasing a co-worker about her strength, and she hauled off and whacked me in the shoulder. Couldn't be upset though, since I literally asked for it. :D

[thegiraffe]

:puke: Not for those with a weak stomach. ~Ree

And time for yet another lesson:

Don't laugh while drinking....ESPECIALLY at a restaurant.

My roommate presented her undergraduate honors thesis yesterday. She took all of us (the roommates and close friends) out to dinner at Olive Garden to thank us for helping her and putting up with her for the past week of insanity. All was well and normal - well, for us at least - until the end of the meal. My roommate C ordered some sort of amaretto caramel coffee concoction. It came out as a cappucino, so she asked for what she actually orderd (nicely, of course). We got to keep the screw-up cappucino. I wanted to taste it, and everyone said NO! ... caffeine and I are a scary combination. Well, I convinced them to let me just have ONE sip. J, one of our friends, was sitting across from me, and as I'm taking a sip, said "well, too late now!" lol - implying that I'd have as much as I wanted now that I had it. Well, I started laughing, and wound up choking on it. I had to spit the remaining cappucino that was in my mouth back in the cup so I wouldn't spew on J or C or N, who were all within the splash zone. I'm choking on this stuff still, trying to keep my composure AND breathe. No can do. Next thing I know, I'm upchucking. At the dinner table. There was NOTHING I could do about it. I grabbed a bowl and made about 80% of it in the bowl, and grabbed a breadstick thing, dumped it out, and got the rest of it in there. We cleaned up the table (well, I missed some) and everything and left a big tip. I kept it incredibly well-contained. I had a white shirt on, and it survived completely - nothing on it at all. Everyone was thoroughly expecting projectile vomit/cappucino, but nope...I kept it pretty well-contained.

*sigh* It's been a banner week.

[Broomjockey]

Congrats on your containment skills!
But seriously, that's gross. :)
Reminds me of when I was five, and we were at the fair. I got sick, and for some reason, my aunt decided to catch it - barehanded. She then realized what a bad idea that was.

[AFpheonix]

Yum....

One of my sisters got queasy in church one time and there was no way mom was gonna be able to get her into a bathroom in time, so, being the quick thinker that she is, she opened her purse for her.....

[thegiraffe]

ewwwwww

My manager was telling me a story today about how when her youngest daughter was 4, she discovered the gag reflex. She thought it was so adorable to stick her fingers down her throat and make herself vomit. Well, in true child-like fashion, she decided to show off her new 'talent' at an exclusive restaurant when they were on vacation. Her husband had to catch it in his hands, which she said he was NOT thrilled about. Ewwwww.....

I actually caught some of it with my hand...it was oozing out between my fingers. Yummy....

[Tanasi]

Tanasi, that comment is not nearly as sarcastic as you may think. I am 24 will be 25 in February, and I was just required by my insurance company to have a Bone Density scan. Imagine my shock when the results came back with a T-score of -.9 which is almost Osteopenia the precursor to Osteoporosis.

After talking with my doctor though, she told me that you are still building bone until you are 30-35, and so long as I am good little girl, and I take my calcium supplements, I should be OK. The main reason that there are young women with low bone density now is birth control. The added horomones have a detrimental effect on calcium absorbtion.

/health class dismissed

Well yes my comment was heavily sarcastic but I do know of broken bones and especially hips. Several years ago I was trying to seperate some cattle and my bull knocked me down and stepped on me breaking my right hip. I spent the next 3 months recovering. According to my orthopedic Dr. I didn't heal so well and I'm due for a hip replacement. Oddly enough six months after getting back on my feet I was hanging Christmas lights and I had the ladder stood up in the bed of my flat-bed truck and for whatever reason (I think she was trying to kill me) my wife had to push in the clutch letting the truck roll forward and dislodging the ladder and myself. Well we both paid for that I broke my shoulder and left knee. With her having to care for me and trying to run her business she was rather busy.
Anyways good luck with growing some more bone.