Caroline’s Kitty Corner

Well, the title about says it all. Today I went down town to the Wisconsin Regional Library to meet with someone that works at the Volunteer Services for the Visually Handicapped, which is housed in the same facility as our regional library. Everything went well, and I was ahead of schedule. The buses were on time, the weather was nice, and I was enjoying the day. The only problem was that since Milwaukee is right on Lake Michigan, every spring if the wind is out of the east everything smells absolutely horrible because of all the stuff that has been washed up on the shore, so I had to deal with that for a while.

So anyway, I was walking home from the bus stop, which is only about a block and a half away from my apartment building. I have to cross one street, but the crossing isn’t a big deal at all, and normally I have absolutely no trouble with it. Unfortunately, today I wasn’t so lucky. I brought Jim with me today just for fun, and he and I were talking while we walked home. When we were almost up to the corner this person on a motor cycle pulled up to the intersection. Those engines are so loud, and even though I seriously doubt that this machine was a Harley it was still loud enough. It messed up my orientation just enough for my left foot to slip off of the curb and I went down. Considering what could have happened I’m just fine. I’ve sprained my ankles so many times that normally every time I fall it’s because of a twisted ankle. Not this time. I can say that for once my ankles didn’t twist. I landed on my right hand and my right knee. I skidded a little bit and was expecting either torn pants, torn and bloody skin, or both. When I got home though I discovered that there was neither. I’m really sore from the knee down to my shin, so I’m sure it’s pretty bruised up, but I’m not sure I want to know. My muscles everywhere else are pretty sore now too; probably because I think I tensed up really bad as I was falling. I know, probably the wrong thing to do, but it was sort of instinct. So, we’ll see how I’m doing in the morning. Just call me grandma. SMILE! The only other averted tragedy in this was my Pac Mate. It landed face-down on the cement. Fortunately it’s working normally and was very well protected in the Executive Products leather case that I bought for it. Way to go leather!

Speaking of leather, me and my Book Port have had some interesting experiences all ready. It’s typically in my purse with me whenever I leave the apartment. Unfortunately, even with the keypad locked, I’ve had a couple of occasions where it had reset itself to factory settings, or lost my place in my book. So, I placed an order on Friday for the leather Book Port case, also from Executive Products. It’ll be here on Friday. I didn’t exactly like the $44.95 price tag for a little case, but I really feel that in the end it’ll be worth it, especially for protection.

Well, I’ve got to pack up my laptop because I’m going on another road trip tomorrow, and American Idol is coming on in about fifteen minutes, so I’m going to go for now. more later.