A hard day at work

I checked out the local ER Tuesday. After spending four hours there, I can report they were good, but slow. Maybe that's the case for all ER's when you arrive for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. Here's the story. . .

I decided to bump my exercise level up this week by adding a walk to my lunch break. Monday was great weather and walking felt so good I was looking forward to my new lunch walk routine on Tuesday. As I was walking briskly on the Boeing plant sidewalk next to a construction area, a gust of wind came up. The loose orange snow fence (that was not properly secured) blew out and grabbed my back foot. It happened so quickly, I didn't have time to catch myself, and I hit full force on my nose smack dab on that concrete sidewalk. That net had such a hold on me that it actually pulled my shoe off.

Anyway, you can see the results in the picture above. The irony of this accident cannot be escaped. Mel is the Program Manager for all the on site construction at Boeing and has been in numerous discussions with the contractor about their attention to detail. The contractors all felt badly when they heard there was an accident due to an improperly installed construction fence. I can only imagine how they felt when they heard the accident victim was Mel's wife!

The good news is, no broken teeth or concussion. The x-ray shows two slight fractures on the tip of my nose and the ER doc didn't think surgery would be required. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he's correct. I visited a plastic surgeon to have my nose stitched yesterday and I'll see an Ear, Nose and Throat doc later this week. Not that I'm superstitious, but I had my pedometer on to log my steps that day, as it turned out, I had walked 13 minutes when I hit the pavement! How's that for luck?