The Perils of Platform Shoes and Little Green Gods
Don't mind me. I'm just in a dark and twisty mood.
I tripped and twisted my left ankle Saturday afternoon en route to a friend's bridal shower. No, I didn't land on my gluteus maximus but would have were it not for a strategically placed railing along the sidewalk. It was my fault, really. I was irked that the guard at said friend's gated community was frisking me for ID. The nerve!
Of course, he was only doing his job.
As I stormed away on the downhill sloped sidewalk in my favorite four-inch clogs that my daughter hates, I failed to notice a clump of leftover dried cement from the sidewalk's inception. On it I stepped and on it my ankle turned.
I pretended to not notice and acted like it was nothing; I then proceeded in my huffed direction down the road.
Only a few hours later did I start to notice the throbbing. Ice was promptly applied and I ended up sitting out the rest of the games on my friend's expensive couch.
In her beautifully furnished home complete with surround sound piped-in music.
It was an added arsenal launched by the god of jealousy at my heart; the part wherein I say to myself, "Why do I not have money like this?"
It got uglier. "My other friend lives in a house where there are more cars than people"; "Friend from church owns a gorgeous mansion complete with 2:1 ratio for house help to family members"; "Other friend just bought a brand new car... again". One thought after another mercilessly hit me.
I stop myself now in mid-blog. I sigh and take a deep breath.
I force my mind to come up with at least three things I am thankful for today.
- My ankle is almost completely healed;
- Got to hitch a ride to work again;
- K got home safe and sound from her evening ballet class;
- I'm one step closer to maturity in the character molding process called wisdom;
- Tomorrow is a new day.
In true micro-blogging fashion, here is my earlier tweet:
current state of mind: jennifer aniston's in 'friends with money'. reminding self that this season shall pass. it always does.
I'll be fine. It was just one of those days.