My dumbest move ever. Definitely.

You know those times that you do something stupid, and you think, "That may be one of the stupidest things I've ever done."  Usually, if you thought really hard though, you'd realize that this one incident is NOT the dumbest thing you've ever done.  I've done a lot of stupid things.

Last night, though, I achieved the "Stupidest Moment of my Life."  To fully get the idea, I'll have to tell HOW I did it, so bear with me.  It'll make it worth it when you get the huge laugh at me at the end.

The girls and I were hanging out in my room, watching the Olympics.  This isn't something that I always do, but I try to show them history making things when possible, so I was opening their eyes to some gymnastic events and swimming events that they've never seen before.

After some little Chinese guy did an awesome job on the rings, he had an amazing dismount and I said, "Too bad he didn't stick the landing."  The girls asked what I meant, so I explained it the best I could.

Later, I was on the back porch, smoking a cigarette, and the Monica ran from the living room, past the dining room and jumped out the door to the back porch.  It is two steps down to a cement floor.  She tried to "stick the landing" and throw her hands into the air, but she didn't quite make it happen.

Then Natalie tried to no avail.  I was laughing at them and teasing them.  They just couldn't land smoothly without a hop or step.  They made three or four attempts each, and I said, "dang, girls, even I could do this!"  *sigh*

Someone who is overweight, out of shape, and clumsy should never, I repeat NEVERattempt this seemingly easy task.  I landed, and although my bare feet slid about 2 inches, they did NOT leave the floor, so I swear, I stuck the landing.  And, my heels were sore the rest of the night.

I woke up this morning, swung my legs over the side of the bed, and tried to stand up.  It took 10 minutes to go the 10 feet from my bedroom to the bathroom, and I was crying when I got there.  I don't remember ever being in this much pain in my life.  I have severely bruised my heels...plural...BOTH feet!  The left is far worse, but both are miserable.

Kevin gave me an anti-inflammatory and retrieved the crutches from the shed.  With them, I can walk...sort of.  They all just went to get some lunch, and I can't go because I'm not mobile right now.  They wanted to help and make it possible for me to go, but I knew it would be a pain in the butt, so here I sit...feeling stupid.

I have NO earthly idea how I'm going to get to work tomorrow, and make it from the parking lot to my desk, but I guess I may have to use the crutches.  I really don't want to.  I guess, however, if I'm willing to share this with you and let you get a laugh at my stupidity, I should offer the same opportunity to my coworkers, right?  LOL

OK, I'm going to elevate my feet and watch some NASCAR, now.  I hope I can walk again some day. 

Stupid Olympics!