Plenty of Nothing
I’ve gotten a few e-mails over the last few days asking where I have been or whether I’m alright. I’m here and I’m fine.
Well, actually I am a little banged up from an accident at work on Monday. I slipped while I was climbing down a scaffold and instead of doing the smart thing and let myself just hit the ground, I did the stupid thing and grabbed on as I came down. Cursed with a strong grip and good hand-to-eye, I ended up swinging into the scaffold and banging up my side. So I’m a bit bruised and tender right now. But that’s not why I haven’t been blogging.
I haven’t been blogging because…well…just because I haven’t. I just haven’t had much to talk about.
I almost wish I could say I have suffered some trauma that has temporarily taken away my ability and / or desire to blog.
Something like how I brought home a new kitten from the shelter just moments before it was due to receive a lethal injection (like I was the Governor of Pussachusetts) only to have it innocently and unknowingly climb into the chipper/shredder as I was clearing fallen limbs from the back yard. Of course I would have let my passion for animals overtake my senses and would have reached into the screaching hunk of machinery in an attempt to save my new friend, Mr. Wiskerpuff, from his fate as feline mignon. Unfortunately, it would have turned out to be life number nine and I would be left kneeling in the grass, with my arms outstretched to the heavens as a I cry out. “Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?” Even after I have cycled through guilt (”It’s all my fault. I could have reacted faster. I was blessed with good hand-to-eye.”) and the stages of grief and found myself needing to find closure by blogging, I simply would have been unable. How would I type with my blood-spewing hamburger-like stump?
As possible as all that seems, it didn’t happen. The fact is that other than my channeling George of the Jungle at work, nothing has much has happened. There was no Tennessee game this weekend. (Bet you’re glad of that! 
); I didn’t get laid. (I ain’t glad about that.); And the most interesting thing that happened with Granny was that she fell asleep with the TV on. I’m wallowing in nothing.
I did get my hair cut. I did put off getting new tires on my truck. I did hang a little bit with “J”. And I watched part of the Auburn-Florida game on TV with RJ and some of his friends (where this picture was taken).
I guess I could have blogged about some of that stuff. But none of it would have been even half as interesting as making a Kittycat Smoothie.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:37 am
Great picture of yourself Tony. Very sexy! Love your blog and how you write.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:32 am
Oh no! You fell. Was it a lost time accident (were you out of work the next day)? As an ex-safety person, I am just curious. No broken bones? Assuming not, thank goodness you are young or they could have been broken. Did you go to the ER?
Something similar happened to me. Hubby and I were had demolished a brick fireplace in our house and were tossing the bricks off of the porch and down about ten feet onto the lawn below. Hubs had just told me to be careful as the railing was not stable and so what did I do? You guessed it. As I tossed my next armload of bricks off, my wieght and the bricks’ combined went into the railing and it gave way. Thank god I was close to the post. I let go of the bricks and grabbed the post with one hand and as I swung around the post and slid down, I grabbed the adjacent railing with the other hand. As my body swung around, I hit my knees on the porch flooring. Ouch! So there I hung as hubs raced out of the house and grabbed my wrists and said, “I’ve got you!”. But, I extended my toes and I was on the ground. We replaced that rail and now we have one rail we are sure is solid.
I didn’t go to the ER. I might have if it had happened on the job though because of liabilities. Your injuries are probably worse. You might have fallen from higher up than I did. Can’t wait until the Vols play again!
October 18th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
I did somethin stupid two years ago. I was out in front of our house on a ladder hanging christmas lights and I hadn’t chocked up the bottom of the ladder(our roof line is very steep - English cottage). Well, you guessed it……..I’m at the top of the ladder as it starts sliding out from under me. What do I do? I try racing down it as fast as I can. I hung on through the first bounce of the ladder, the second bounce sends one leg through the rungs and the other on the outside of the ladder. Tlak about a bruised set. Not to mention the scrape from the rung from the top of my foot to the knee.
No, I haven’t hung any lights since………….
Tony, what a good post. It reminded me of this story.
Sorry you got injured!
Tonka
October 18th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
I’m not sure if Mr. Wiskerpuff should come back to cuddle w/you or claw you to death!
October 18th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
As a Georgia fan, I agree with what you said about appreciating an off week for Tennessee.
October 18th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Yay for candid shots and haircuts. Sorry to hear about your temporary cat. I work in Safety now, so did you report it? This is a reportable incident and recordable. If you don’t report it you’re not helping your company fully capture all safety incidents. Even though it was a near miss, it still is….blah dee blah. Did you go to the doctor? Glad you’re healing.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:47 am
Can’t always have something to say. But for me, I kinda am in the opposite mode. I have plenty to say after my first Pride experience in Orlando this last weekend. I merely don’t have the time to write, given the start of mhy internship and my evening ART History class.
Anyhow, something will get you jump started sooner or later.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:50 am
Take care of yourself, buddy.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Howdy Governor.
Feline mignon? I shudder to think what you might do with
a fat ‘possum…HaHaHa.
Pussachusetts? And you wonder why we love your
banged-up body.
Kittycat Smoothie? Maybe you could open up a
roadside stand? HaHaHa
You’re Awesome.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
i fell down once. i think.
October 21st, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Ouch! Feel better big T. And don’t sweat the blogging. It needs to be natural. Not everyone is a motormouth like me. *G*