If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy. - Jack Handy
You could say I re-enacted this quote on Labor Day, playing the role of the "free dummy," using a step stool in my closet for the part of the Sears Tower. No one was there to catch this dummy but Murphey heard my fall loud and clear downstairs as I crashed into the built-in shelves in our closet. Fortunately, the shelves broke and gave, saving my back. No broken bones here, just a very bruised back and sacrum, some very, very, sore muscles, and a newly reborn respect for a stable, appropriate stepping surface.
So, suffice to say, Nora is on hiatus from this 'mama-razzi' as I have been confined to our bed since Monday, so I don't have any new pictures. Charlotte has been with Nora every day from the time Nora lifts her head first thing in the morning until Murphey gets home from work. If I were to take pictures of them I'm sure all you'd see is Nora contently playing and a red-headed blur (Charlotte) tearing through this house like a graceful whirlwind, cleaning, cooking, feeding, and tucking in everything that lives and breathes under this roof. Maybe watching her is what's making me so dizzy, and not the cocktails of ibuprofen, vicodin and valium (to treat muscle spasms, not anxiety) I've been prescribed. The only time I've taken vicodin before was just after having Nora. Ibuprofen is my friend, and valium, I've decided, that when the prescription reads "take 1 or 2 by mouth at bedtime or every 6-8 hours as needed" that the pharmacist should discreetly point the recipient of the medications towards the Depends undergarment aisle. This would have saved us from the frenzy that occurred in our house at 3:30 this morning when we thought my icepack leaked all over the bed. Hmmmm...
Ah well, this should make next weekend especially interesting. Ginger, who's in 'the industry' has decided to celebrate her 35th b-day (which happens to fall on Sunday the 16th!!!) at the Emmy's with some very lucky friends (including me!!!) This trip has been in the works for quite some time, and I booked my plane ticket months ago. I explained this all to the ortho doc I saw yesterday and she said that I can go!! Of course, the plane ride may be especially uncomfortable, but she said that going will not do any damage. YES!!! I just hope I am not a burden to these girls, after all, they are the ones who nursed me through my food poisoning on our last girls getaway. I have a feeling after this they will think twice before inviting me anywhere!! I'm also sure that if any of them read this they will be drawing straws to see who gets to share a bed with me in the hotel.
So here's to a speedy recovery, to give Charlotte a break from Nora, Murphey a break from my lame a$$, and to allow me to wear my smokin' shoes at the Emmy's (and not be wheelchair bound). In addition to thanking Charlotte for coming to my rescue this week, I need to thank Martha, Kim and Ginger for the excellent food and company they have brought us. I don't know what I'd do without them all.
6 comments:
Sexy Shoes!!!!
I hope you feel better soon. At least it was the closet that broke, and not your back.
Mia - I think you're a PRICELESS dummy ;0)
Ugh, glad nothing turned out worse than it did.
The shoes are serious hoochers..hot and saucy. Be careful in those, I don't want your next post coming from you in traction!
Love the shoes....but I have to be honest! My back aches just LOOKING at them! What are you wearing with the shoes? Also, I would like to give my thanks to Charlotte, Martha, Kim and Ginger,too. God bless all of you--Mia certainly is lucky to have the best mother-in-law in the world and such wonderful friends around her at a time like this.
Mom, I'm only planning on wearing the shoes, they're THAT hot. :) HA HA HA... I'm going to wear just a plain black dress. Actually, Martha is taking me shopping this afternoon to look for some more sensible footwear for the occasion. :)
Sorry about your back!! Have fun at the Emmy's ....
You crack me up. I say that you should write a book because honestly truth is stranger than fiction. The events of your family this past year plus are too much! Are they beginning to know you all by first name at the ER? Kidding, I jest. But when I thought about you writing a book, I realized that maybe someday you can just get the contents of this blog published. I think it would be entertaining to anyone, even if they don't know you. Go see a PT so you can get off the drugs and have a dry night's sleep. Wish I were there to help :(
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