all broken

[ritaxis]

So I finally rode home my rummage sale bike today. Well, I got more than halfway home anyway. I hadn't been on a bike in a long time, but I remembered my strategy for making it down the steep Laurel Street hill and I tried to apply it, but I couldn't control the bike or slow it down so I tried to ditch on a piece of grass but I missed the grass and got the corner of the curb right in the middle of my nose so I have a big hole there now that I think will leave an ugly scar. I also have scrapes and bruises all over my face and on my hands. And I broke my glasses -- both lenses and they're expensive, being progressives and in glass -- and the bike is somewhat bent. And I bled all over my second-favorite shirt which is salt-and-pepper color with black dragonflies woven into it. I was only three blocks from home but I passed about six people on the way who didn't ask the shaky little old lady with blood all over her face if she was okay. I would have said yes, because I kind of was, but it would have been nice if they had asked, just in case.

Comments

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Eek!

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you *are* okay. And yes, I do think in many more perfect worlds a person or two *would* have asked you if you were okay. I guess if somebody is up and moving purposefully, a lot of them would rather *not* be bothered.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I hope you feel OK now and that you're wrong about the scar and everything heals up just fine.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Eek is about it. I'm glad you're as OK as you are, and I wish I was there to wipe off the blood and make you a cup of tea and give you a hug.

How are you going to manage until you get new glasses?

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Currently I'm wearing them, because the lenses are staying in the frames (one is is six pieces and the other has deep scratches). It's like having extremely dirty glasses.

I also have old glasses somewhere. I saw them a couple of weeks ago, but I don't remember where. I may use the old glasses -- which are annoying because they have a dark blue rim, but not far off -- until January, when the insurance allows for a new pair and the price is cut to a quarter of what it is otherwise.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're basically ok, and I wish your neighbors had been more neighborly.

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

Ouch! So sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you're not feeling too achy today.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I'm considerably worse today than yesterday, but the good thing is that my face does not look as deeply wounded as I thought. I'm going to see the doctor monday, I think, instead of driving up to the Bay Area to see my high school boyfriend (not the Hare Krishna one, the Labor Zionist Youth one -- you know what I'm talking about, Ken)for about an hour. Anyway I've got three other commitments that day: band momying, helping my friend with her computer, being around to tell my kids I'm glad they're around and have gotten another year older even if it means I have too. Frank is the age I was when he was born. Talk about scary.

[mayakda.livejournal.com]

Yikes!
Hope you heal quickly.

[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Glad you're mostly all right!