2009-06-16 - 6:03 p.m.
My butt really hurts, though. Like when you get one of those shots.

Well, it was a banner day at the Ninja house today. I started it off by tumbling down the stairs so hard I nearly blacked out.

Yay!

Seriously. It hurt. I felt like an ass because I was talking to RD as I descended the very, very slippery carpeted stairs. I hit just the very edge of one wrong and it was off to the races. Up I fly in mid-sentence, landing on my elbow, butt and back. I usually pop right up after hitting the ground, but it took me a minute. Eventually, I pulled myself up and then made a few steps before realizing that I'd knocked the wind out of myself and was getting tunnel vision. Then my face got all hot like I was going to pass out. And then my ears started doing this crazy ringing thing where they weren't so much ringing as it sounded like somebody had turned static on a radio in my head. I kept asking RD if she could hear it. She could not, so I assumed it was some sort of brain damage.

It was quite the spill.

RD and I went to the pool after I ascertained that my elbow (among other things) was not broken. I swam quite a few laps before I got the foot cramp to end all foot cramps. My second toe was curled into a ball AND stuck behind my big toe! It was hideous! And excruciating! And stuck like that for a good ten minutes! At least the buzzing in my ears had gone away by then.

The rest of the afternoon was low key. I entertained two very earnest gentlemen - Elders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They laid their story on me, I tried very, very hard not to laugh, promised them I would call if I decided to "come to the true church" and ushered them out the door.

I also canceled a date. Very unlike me. Especially since it's the second I canceled this week. I canceled my Wednesday date because after meeting Gross Teeth Man on Sunday, I decided I just couldn't deal with pretending I'm not incredibly shallow and that his nasty teeth don't bother me. I canceled on tonight's date because, really, I don't feel that great. Maybe I did get a concussion this morning . . .

It works out that I canceled for tomorrow's date because I think I'll be going out with the dude that I went out with last night again. We had a very good time. And while it freaked me out that he's so open about wanting children and being a grown up, etc, he seems like a good guy. We'll see how far he can push my claustrophobic commitmentphobia. I give him two weeks, especially since I'll be out of town next week taking care of my youngest cousins while their mother recovers from knee surgery.

I won't name him, because that seems to be the kiss of death around here. Like the last guy I named - Henry. I actually liked Henry and then poof! He disappeared, using one of my own lines against me! I was very put out. Then I got over it. Anyway, for now, we'll just say I'll be seeing that Monday dude again.