I’m back, more or less.
One of the odder aspects of my now-infamous fall from the ladder two weeks ago is that I have absolutely no recollection of my ladder adventures that day. I was more or less unconscious in the hospital for the first two days, and slowly came out of it after the next day and a half.
So what that means is all of Laura’s worries about me, as expressed by her and harmonically echoed by friends and family, is all third-hand. I literally was not conscious, and thus the many expressions of concerns since then have been odd and interesting.
My personal favourite is how so many females, including my wife, have tried to forbid me from ever climbing a ladder again. First off, I have no recollection of the fall, so I have no knowledge of my error. And second, one accident did not install a mind-numbing phobia this time around. I’ll be up on the ladder in a few weeks, when needs must. In the meantime, of course I won’t head up the ladder—Laura will have to, to finish cleaning the eavestrough. But I will spot her. 🙂
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Tamiko says:
June 25, 2008 at 6:08 pm (UTC 0)
I’m much more understanding of the electricians at work now when I see them changing lights –it always used to bug me that there’d be one guy working and one (or more) guys ‘hanging out’ next to the ladder. Even tho the guy on the ground is yakking up a storm, he’s actually hard at work as a spotter!
Diane K. says:
June 25, 2008 at 10:05 pm (UTC 0)
Hey, Peter, I always knew you had a hard head. No need to test it again, okay? Now it’s time for me to come out of the closet about my shameful LOLcats addiction and direct you to this: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/06/24/funny-pictures-hoomanz-don-land-on-dere-feetz/