Whoo-o-o-ps!

[stoutfellow]

I don't think we're in California any more....

Last night's "winter mix" left the front walk and driveway a sheet of ice. This morning, going out to pick up the paper, as soon as I stepped onto the (sloping) driveway I went down hard. I had to lever myself over onto the grass before I could regain my footing. Banged my left knee and tore up my big toe a little. (Abrasion only; nothing broken, cut, or even badly torn, but there's blood and a little pain.)

There's not a lot of food in the house; I'll have to make a grocery run. Hope I can do it without taking further punishment.

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[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

The knee seems to be okay, but the toe is definitely unhappy. I managed to make it to the grocery store and back without maiming myself, though it was touch and go at one point.

I've lived in places with real winter for twenty-nine of the last thirty years; I know how to walk. But that stuff this morning was slick.