Wah bam!!

And if I stand, let me stand on the promise, that you will pull me through…Rich Mullins

Today, after several years of becoming reacquainted with bike riding, it finally happened.  I fell.  I was actually heading towards the home stretch of my ride today, which happens to take me through a parking lot with speed bumps.  I don’t like to take my bike over speed bumps so I cut the front tire to the right to avoid it…but I cut it a little too far.

Realizing quickly that I wasn’t going to be able to compensate in the other direction to miss a curb, I threw my hands up into the air and attempted to leap off the bike as much as possible and, wah bam, pretty much face planted right into a decorative bush which happened to planted in the median strip where I now found myself.

Sometimes life is like that, right.  Going a long, everything fine, you swerve to avoid an obstacle and wham…face plant!

I stood up quickly, laughed at my ever present lack of grace and inspected my body for injuries.  I only had small cuts on the palm of one hand and the opposite knee.  Fortunately, my face seemed to have landed in a sweet spot of the bush that left me with both of my eyes and no other facial orifices invaded or injured.  I picked myself and the bike up, thanked God that I wasn’t hurt or that someone hadn’t come along to take advantage of me in a vulnerable moment, and went on my merry way to descend my favorite hill…the one that makes me feel like I’m flying.

I hope your day starts a little more smoothly…

Comments

[Mimi]

Ouch. Glad you are relatively ok.

[Laura]

Yup...2 minor cuts. I am a-ok!

[Ian]

Yikes; what a way to start the day. Hurrah and thanks you are fine. And a good connection to life in general as you wrote.

Hope the next time brings smoother travel...

[Laura]

Thank you, Ian!

[Elizabeth @ The Garden Window]

I would have given up and walked the rest of the way ! I am glad you are ok, and made of sterner stuff than me :-)

[Laura]

I didn't have time in my schedule to walk back...just had to get up and get going!! :)

No really...it wasn't actually all that bad, fortunately. I few scrapes, but all in all, no big deal.