Yep, I'm a klutz.

As my director so eloquently put it this morning- she made it 26.2 miles running last weekend and she falls and skins her knee in the church parking lot. I was walking in this morning in my cute sundress (since I figure it's probably my last chance to wear it this year) and heeled sandals. Let me point out that I have never fallen in these heels before and really don't fall when I wear heels in general, so I don't think that really played a role in the incident. I was walking across the parking lot and someone said hi to me and I saw a car coming towards me. I was briefly distracted from looking where I was going and just tripped. I didn't really have time to catch myself, so I went down pretty hard in my right knee. I pretty much knew immediately that I had skinned it pretty bad. Once I got inside the few choir members who had seen me fall of course came over to see how I was. Yes, my knee hurt and was bleeding, but I got it bandaged pretty quickly, so that was fine. However, worse for me was just the embarrassment factor of having all these people know that I took a header in the parking lot. Once I got out of church, I was able to properly clean my knee and get it bandaged better. That was when I noticed that my knee was not the only casualty of the morning's spill. My left foot has a prominent lump on the side of it. Pretty much directly across from the arch, there is a big bruise and swollen area. It's a little stiff when I walk, but I think that has more to do with the swelling than any other damage in the area. At least I'm hoping that's the case. Anyway, I've been getting a little antsy with my first full week of rest coming to a close. At least now I'm forced to follow through on my plan to give myself two full weeks of rest. With any luck, after the week is up, the foot will be good-to-go back to exercising. And I am making a vow to pay more attention when I am walking through parking lots.