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Personal Update
Well I've done it again, hurt myself! I'll live and the aches and pain will go away (soon I hope)
Last night or was it already early morning, I went out to the back deck to be with my girls during the full moon (minus one day). As you all know I've got some of my wifes plants perched on the deck railing helping to hide the plants from one of my closer neighbors (120 ft or so away through some heavily wooded cover). I went out an noticed right away that the basil plant was missing from the railing. It was there a few hours earlier, did my wife move it? Did it fall? Using the limited light from the Moon (behind the trees) It wasn't on the floor of the deck under where it sits and looking around I didn't see it anywhere else on the deck. Oh well, needed to cover the big gap that it's absence left on the railing, so I started reaching between my ladies to slide my wifes other plants over giving me some cover again. I moved a few over, working my way towards the corner of the deck, between my Bagweed#2 and the NL#5. Just tired I guess and not thinking too much about what I was doing, I reached out to grab the eggplant so I could slide it over a touch, when all of a sudden my right leg 'found' the hole that has been on the floor of the deck since I went through it once already about two months ago. I was fine so no mention of it then and you folks can't see it in the pics because I've been trying to keep it hidden. Embarrassing to have a hole in your deck! Well since I went through the darn thing once already, I've been very aware of it since. Last night I just wasn't thinking and was so intent on 'closing the gap' in my improvised camouflage that I just didn't realize that I was heading for trouble. Took one step towards the eggplant, reaching for it in fact, when down I went, happened so fast, one moment I'm standing on the deck the next moment I find myself up to my crotch in the deck floor! Right leg went all the way through, my right armpit now laying on top of the NL#5 pot. A few thoughts went through my mind at this point including, did I have any bones sticking out of my thigh and how much damage did I do to my poor plant! The NL was on it's side I realized. Well first things first. I was able to pull myself up out of the hole, again all the way to my crotch. Now sitting on my butt under the canopy of my ladies I assessed my immediate condition, no bones sticking out, that's good, I was able to move my knee (the bad one) so that was OK. While still sitting there in the moonlight, I managed to 'right' the fallen NL noticing that a few of the side branches were broken (attached but broken at the main stem nodes) Also a huge side branch from the mazar which was just behind to my right was laying on the ground, also still attached (barely) to the main stem. Well at this point I was coming out of the initial shock and the pain was beginning to manifest itself (all over). I figured the plant's weren't goiong anywhere so I pulled my self up (this is a good sign) and hobbled into the living to collapse on my chair. I remember telling the wife who was in the kitchen and up till now unaware of what happened. She was not a happy wife, in fact I had to ask her to stop yelling at me (for being so stupid and also for not fixing the damn floorboard) she was just scared and worried for me and for our situation. Her vehicle went out of service that morning (brake fluid leak somewhere) and she cannot drive my stick shifting Wrangler. Things calmed down as further examination did not lead to anything apparent, like a fracture or lacerations. I was lucky, very lucky, we have no insurance (both unemployed now) so a trip to the ER was not going to happen, Only a bone sticking out of my leg would have made that happen. Damage? contusions on my calf, inside of my thigh and the big one on the outside of my thigh (all on the right leg, No knee damage. My right shoulder may have dislocated momentarily, but is just very sore now, and I cannot raise it over 90 deg. The leg is very sore but I can deal with it. this morning I went out and straightened out the broken limbs (plants not mine) and other than one small branch from the NL that came off, the rest will heal just like I will. I'm alive and without any additional bills (hospital). My shoulder will heal, eventually, I'll know if there is anything floating around in there later after the initial pain subsides (torn cartilage). Hopefully just sprained. The leg is sore to touch in several places but is just bruised. By the way the Basil, had apparently fallen off the deck(?) and my wife recovered it this morning, shaken but also only bruised!
Well I've done it again, hurt myself! I'll live and the aches and pain will go away (soon I hope)
Last night or was it already early morning, I went out to the back deck to be with my girls during the full moon (minus one day). As you all know I've got some of my wifes plants perched on the deck railing helping to hide the plants from one of my closer neighbors (120 ft or so away through some heavily wooded cover). I went out an noticed right away that the basil plant was missing from the railing. It was there a few hours earlier, did my wife move it? Did it fall? Using the limited light from the Moon (behind the trees) It wasn't on the floor of the deck under where it sits and looking around I didn't see it anywhere else on the deck. Oh well, needed to cover the big gap that it's absence left on the railing, so I started reaching between my ladies to slide my wifes other plants over giving me some cover again. I moved a few over, working my way towards the corner of the deck, between my Bagweed#2 and the NL#5. Just tired I guess and not thinking too much about what I was doing, I reached out to grab the eggplant so I could slide it over a touch, when all of a sudden my right leg 'found' the hole that has been on the floor of the deck since I went through it once already about two months ago. I was fine so no mention of it then and you folks can't see it in the pics because I've been trying to keep it hidden. Embarrassing to have a hole in your deck! Well since I went through the darn thing once already, I've been very aware of it since. Last night I just wasn't thinking and was so intent on 'closing the gap' in my improvised camouflage that I just didn't realize that I was heading for trouble. Took one step towards the eggplant, reaching for it in fact, when down I went, happened so fast, one moment I'm standing on the deck the next moment I find myself up to my crotch in the deck floor! Right leg went all the way through, my right armpit now laying on top of the NL#5 pot. A few thoughts went through my mind at this point including, did I have any bones sticking out of my thigh and how much damage did I do to my poor plant! The NL was on it's side I realized. Well first things first. I was able to pull myself up out of the hole, again all the way to my crotch. Now sitting on my butt under the canopy of my ladies I assessed my immediate condition, no bones sticking out, that's good, I was able to move my knee (the bad one) so that was OK. While still sitting there in the moonlight, I managed to 'right' the fallen NL noticing that a few of the side branches were broken (attached but broken at the main stem nodes) Also a huge side branch from the mazar which was just behind to my right was laying on the ground, also still attached (barely) to the main stem. Well at this point I was coming out of the initial shock and the pain was beginning to manifest itself (all over). I figured the plant's weren't goiong anywhere so I pulled my self up (this is a good sign) and hobbled into the living to collapse on my chair. I remember telling the wife who was in the kitchen and up till now unaware of what happened. She was not a happy wife, in fact I had to ask her to stop yelling at me (for being so stupid and also for not fixing the damn floorboard) she was just scared and worried for me and for our situation. Her vehicle went out of service that morning (brake fluid leak somewhere) and she cannot drive my stick shifting Wrangler. Things calmed down as further examination did not lead to anything apparent, like a fracture or lacerations. I was lucky, very lucky, we have no insurance (both unemployed now) so a trip to the ER was not going to happen, Only a bone sticking out of my leg would have made that happen. Damage? contusions on my calf, inside of my thigh and the big one on the outside of my thigh (all on the right leg, No knee damage. My right shoulder may have dislocated momentarily, but is just very sore now, and I cannot raise it over 90 deg. The leg is very sore but I can deal with it. this morning I went out and straightened out the broken limbs (plants not mine) and other than one small branch from the NL that came off, the rest will heal just like I will. I'm alive and without any additional bills (hospital). My shoulder will heal, eventually, I'll know if there is anything floating around in there later after the initial pain subsides (torn cartilage). Hopefully just sprained. The leg is sore to touch in several places but is just bruised. By the way the Basil, had apparently fallen off the deck(?) and my wife recovered it this morning, shaken but also only bruised!
Yikes brother....what a crappy end to the day...and then to get yelled at even if you know it is from concern. At least you know she loves you...she could of showed it by fetching the pipe and your weed though...and some munchies (after the first aid of course)...
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for a reason.
and healing vibes from my mountain cave.
But we'd get it done, it would be up to code, and we'd even put some Thompsons Water Seal on it for ya to boot!
