Ever accidentally hurt yourself? Ever had the misfortune of having a lot of people see you hurt yourself? Or maybe you're just one of the lucky few who are aware of your surroundings at all times, and never did anything like run into an door, slip down a flight of stairs, etc... If so, then I'm jealous and I wish I had your life.
I can recall two stories that I can talk about:
One was back when I was about 12 years old, and it was late at night. I got up to get a drink of water, and thought I saw something run across the kitchen floor. It may have been a mouse, or it may have just been my tired mind playing tricks on me. Whatever it was, it scared me, so I ran back to my room...and hit my head against the door frame. Pretty sure I was seeing stars after doing that, and to make it worse, I had a pretty nasty bump where I hit my head. I had to keep a bag of ice on it for like half a day before it started to go down. Thankfully, I did that on a weekend, so I didn't have to go to school with a huge bump on my head...
Another time, I was registering for classes at the local college, and after that was finished, I walked down the flight of stairs to get back to the lobby. I looked up to see that a friend of mine was walking along the sidewalk. I guess in that moment of not paying attention to what I was doing, I somehow slipped and fell down a few of the steps. I have no idea if anyone saw this or not, because I quickly picked up my bag and bolted out of there as fast as I could. Once I got back home, I checked to see if there was any marks or anything from the fall. There was a bruise on my thigh and another on my upper arm. Nothing serious, but it was pretty embarrassing.
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