Falling.....

I had a fall last night that could have been very bad face altering bad.. I was exiting the Sbahn in Munich and as usual I was running up the escalator its a simple thing I do often to mostly get away from the people lighting up their cigarets before they get into the open air.. Because it was cold I had my hands in my pockets of my bright orange jacket.. When I caught my toe on a step the first thing that flashed through my head was a memory of my little brother (well he was little at the time) splitting his chin while roller skating on Ila Vista with his hands in this overalls..

When I hit face first all I could hear was a crunching in the nose area. I did happen to get one hand out to try and break my fall but its was too late and it caught on the edge of a step giving me a matching cut to an old injury on the opposite palm.

I rolled up as if I had gone down snowboarding and continued but holding my throbbing nose.. My first fear was the cracking sound that had flashed through my head so I was most worried about having broken my nose. But even though it hurt really bad it was not loose or did the pain increase when I touched it. My eyes where watering and with the cold air I was having trouble seeing I must have looked strange walking from the underground holding my face with tears rolling down my cheek.

My hand was bleeding and as this bright orange jacket I have shows everything it comes in contact with I just kept walking and soon my tear ceased. This could have also been because they froze. I kept walking trying to not to drip too much blood , in retrospect I should have held my hand above my heart as that is what you do with an open flowing injury. but then the blood would have run down my arm to my bright orange jacket..

I made it to the restroom at the venue I was heading for and found to my relief that I didn't do any major damage to my nose it was swollen at the bridge and there where a few marks I guess the impact was quite forceful..

I headed up stairs after washing the cut to my hand found my friends and sat.. Dancing was out of the question as when Andrea brought me a towel with ice my head took the cold and slowed the blood flow creating an instant headache..

This morning when I was thinking about the hole incident I looked at my hat knowing if I hadn't been wearing it the possibility of have received irreparable damage would have been immanent. I found two lines that had indented into the material with quite a bit of force.. When I was on the escalator on my way out I realized its design is to I don't know maybe keep people form slipping when its wet or maybe its just necessary for the internal workings of an escalator but wow can you imagine what my face could have looked like if I hadn't been wearing my hat..

I can.. And trust me with out major facial surgery you may not have been able to recognize me..

Thank you to who ever, what ever is watching over me.. I feel very protected..

Dec 2 2008