close but no cigar

i heard the cutest song lyrics today... "how long do you wanna be loved? is forever enough? is forever enough?" i think it'll be my new favorite song until a better one comes along.

i wanted to write about the two bruises i have across my legs, one on each leg. they span all the way across my leg and then downward about 3 inches on my right leg and about 5 inches on my left leg. the are definitely darker at the top and fade downward, kind of like what DNA looks like on a Argos gel thing... at least i think that's what they are called. how did i get these bruises? doing something cool? me? never. doing something incredibly stupid? "does syrup have sugar in it?... THEN YES!!!" yes... doing something stupid. am i thankful that this incident didn't result in a head injury? yes. very. so anyway.. what happened?

there are canoes, about 8 of them, stacked in no logical order in our aisles of the back room at work. its like a canoe maze and I'm sure its a fire hazard because you couldn't run through the back room in case of emergency because of our collection of big green floating devices. i strategically placed a ladder between two canoes, because i had to get some boots for some guy at work. i finagle my way across the canoes and make it safely to my ladder and start my climb. I'm minding my own business on top of the ladder, standing on the very top step. you know the one that says never ever ever stand on this step or set your paint can on it? i know everyone is like "wow you would think she'd learn to not stand on that step after the shelf on the wall broke off and knocked her off the ladder that one time..." but i never learn lessons. but the badness didn't even happen at the top of the ladder. i SUCCESSFULLY got down two boxes of boots (boots are heavy) and start working my way back down the ladder. I'm thinking ahead though, and realize that the way i slithered between the canoes to get to the ladder is not reversible, and i would have to find another way out. thinking quickly, i decide i can jump off of the ladder and make it across the span of two canoes. i chuck the boxes across the boats and they land just perfectly on the other side, then i hurl my body off of the ladder.

i almost made it. seriously, another half a foot and i would have cleared it.

but instead i landed inside the last canoe and broke my fall on the edge of the boat with my shins. luckily my hand eye coordination is much better than my foot-eye coordination and i put my hands out just in time to save my face from smacking into the edge of the shelves. good thing... i only allow myself to mess up my face once a year at work and I've already used up that allotted injury.