Slip Sliding Away - A cautionary tale

[theincubus]

I've made it a practice to become progressively more deliberate in how I move.  As the years come flying at me, and my body doesn't handle the same way as I remember in my 20's and 30's I've found that some things I used to take for granted are now the kind of things that kick my butt.  Yesterday was a nice example as I spent an hour in the bright

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[marrus]

I'm sorry you hurt yourself, frenid:( I'm having to watch similar things, though not of the icy variety.

We re-attacked the front garden yesterday, cuz it's in the 70s & time to plant stuff. It's been a muddy, slippery mess, exacerbated by the fact that I can't feel my left foot, which SUX.

[phoenixskywind]

Jack told me about what happened. I'm so sorry. I almost did the same thing on the way out the front door to check on that woman who crashed into the telephone pole at the nd of our driveway. The road was so slick that when the Fire Chief showed up and parked on the other side of the road, he slid onto our side while he tried walking across the road. *sigh* Take it easy ok?

[monodemuerto]

damn...... Sorry to hear about that fall.
But let's be honest, even us young, spry types would have some distress should that have befallen us. I know I would have been a whiny lil' bitch.