I’ve mentioned before my accident prone nature. 9 times out of 10 if I climb up on something be it a chair or a ladder or pretty much anything with any level of elevation- chances are I’m coming off of it in a manner lacking grace.

Not only am I more than likely to injur myself, I’m also more than likely going to be unwittingly involved in accidents brought on by those around me. Case in point- yesterday MohawkMan decided it would be a good idea to yell “hey catch” at me, when I turn around I see a large purple ball coming towards me. Given the nature of the office, i assume this to be a water balloon, it’s happened before, it will happen again. Wrong.

I caught said ball, only to realize it was not in fact a water balloon, but a mid-size medicine ball. In the act of catching it, and realizing it’s not at all what it appears to be I somehow managed to have one knee come up and hit the underside of my desk. Not only did I slam my knee into the desk, I hit lenghtwise down the middle of my kneecap directly on the edge of the desk.

It took me down to the ground, apparently I actually began to turn a somewhat disturbing shade of purple. I don’t have a clear recollection of the 5 minutes directly after that. I recovered from that event, no bruise, nothing abnormal, just a little bit tender.

Today, same coworker, same medicine ball except now it would appear the idea of the hour would be to throw it at me while I’m walking past. It nailed me directly in the left half of my lower back. I think I actually felt my ribcage shift a little. I know it knocked the wind out of me. This time I don’t think I’ll escape with no marks, in fact currently I’m still finding it somewhat difficult to breathe.

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