Back on the Ladder Again
Sunday, February 10th, 2008No, “Back on the Ladder Again” isn’t meant as some metaphorical mumbo-jumbo.
I actually did get back up on a ladder for the first time in more than two months yesterday to take down the Christmas lights on the outside of our home. So what’s the big deal?
Well . . . while putting up those same Christmas lights the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day, I fell while stepping off a ladder, jamming my extended right arm in the process and fractured a bone in my elbow and tore some ligaments near my wrist. No, not fun.
After about six weeks of healing (no cast, mind you), my arm and wrist got back to mostly normal. (I can straighten my arm to about 175 degrees or so, but that’s okay. The fracture happened on my jacked up right arm anyway, the one I got the shoulder surgery on a couple of years back, so what the heck?)
So . . . yesterday was my first fateful day back up on the ladder (and on the roof too). And yes, I was a bit tentative, particularly since there’s a fair amount of snow on the ground still. (Thankfully none on the roof.)
The good news, is that there is no news. The lights are all down and packed away, and I’m no worse for the journey.