I can not believe how much snow there has been this year!!! Sure it is pretty to look at, but when it makes your drive twice as long forget it. It can just melt and go away for all I care.
Today we** drove to St Louis to pick up Erin and Linda***. Linda was told to take the same flight as Erin, but she decided that she would leave 15 min earlier than Erin…. I am sure she thought she would arrive earlier than Erin too, however we were waiting at the airport for long time between their flights. We are just glad they both made it safely home. We arrived at the airport and things were ok, but it was snowing.
We went down a set of stairs that were half indoors and half outdoors. The top was outdoors. So the top of the stairs was wet. I noticed a bag sitting at the top of the steps alone and was thinking about whether or not to turn it in or if someone was just putting the rest of their luggage in the car at the curb there. So, no, I was not holding on to the rail or thinking about the wet steps, and my feet slipped, and somehow ended up behind me, and I fell. In my head I could see myself doing a somersault down the stairs, but no, that didn’t happen. It felt like some one was holding me back by my left shoulder, keeping my head up. And my toes caught on the steps and stopped me after hitting three steps and I was able to reach my hands over to the slats in the railing and pick myself up. Jacob and Karen were already down the stairs and Emily was behind me a few steps. I think I believe in angels. My bones were not broken. My hands ache, and my ankles too, but the worst of it was a small scratch on my leg. I had better get a really cool bruise from this; it isn’t worth falling if there isn’t anything to show for it. And no, people can not see pain the way we feel it.
Because of the snow, it took us 6 hours to get home!!!!!! Just crazy. We saw some scary looking accidents along the side of the highway. I just hope the families are all ok. We went really slowly, and made it home intact.
FYI boil order was lifted when we got home.
Here is a picture of the janitor’s cart we saw.
*I am writing this after the fact as though it is current, and pre-dating my post. As it is my site, I reserve the right to do so.
** Karen, Emily, Jacob, Marcia
***Our friend and Erin’s roommate at school