Its official. I'm a klutz.

Its official. I cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.

Just after getting home last night, unpacking all our stuff, giving the kids baths and then tucking them in for the night, I went to go downstairs to relax w/Jase for a bit... and didn't quite walk downstairs.

Instead, I tried free-falling.

I've been thinking about it all day and I think what happened was, I stepped on the narrow part of our stairs, forgetting that there IS a narrower part and missed the step. All I remember is starting to step, slipping with my heel and flying down the entire flight of stairs, feet way out in front of my, level with my head. I landed on my left elbow, and the back of my head smacked the edge of the step above me. Jason said I passed out briefly, came to and began sobbing and moaning from the pain. I don't remember any of this.

Our good friend Jason Bliss was super kind and rushed over to stay with our kids so Jase could take me to the ER. The Dr. was worried I actually broke my clavicle bone, in my back, but thankfully, I have a strong clavicle bone. He said it can often break without the patient knowing. After some heavy pain meds (percocet is like a dream) and about 12 x-rays later, turns out I just badly bruised several bones on the left side of my body. My shoulder, back of my head and elbow got it the worst. They put my arm in a sling, told me to ice it once an hour for 20 minutes for a week. I need to go back to my regular Dr. in a week for one more xray to make sure there was indeed no fracture and that its healed nicely.

In the meantime.... I'm out of commission. And I hate being out of commission. Its hard to lay upstairs and want to go join my family, help Jase with the kids, make yummy food for them, clean my house I've been gone from for a week, etc... you Moms all understand. On the other hand, God knew this would happen, in His will it has happened and I'm doing my best to roll with the punches. I've done some reading, lots of praying (its been a while since I've had my bed all day, with endless amounts of time to just talk with God), Jason started me on BattleStar Galactica (which is an awesome show) and I've been pampered with food and drink in bed all day.

It could be worse.

Jason goes back to work tomorrow (unless I am, for some reason, worse) so I wanted to ask that you pray for me. I need to baby this arm as much as possible so it will be well in a week's time. So please pray that I'll be wise in how I use it and that the kids will be extra well behaved for me :)

Aside from this lovely news, its been wonderful being back home. I didn't realize how much I'd miss being here. Today was another gorgeous, deep blue sky, sunny day. Did I mention its freezing cold outside? I think it was 12 degrees when we left the ER to come home last night. I will not complain though. I'd much rather get cozy and warm, than suffer in the heat and sweat to death. If you can't tell, I'm not a fan of hot summer weather. I think what we love most about the winter in WA (so far) is that everything stays beautiful and green! It doesn't all die off and still look dead and brown. Its breath taking every time we walk outside. Everyone says we'll get used to it, but it still amazes us everyday.

Anyway, there you have it. If anyone of you were on the fence about whether or not I'm a klutz... rest assured, I am.