Oh NO

Reading about 'writer's block' is not the same as experiencing it.   I have a lot to say but am not sure I want to talk about it.

But, okay, here goes:   The high seas were beckoning to me about a month ago and two of my friends asked me to join them on a cruise.  

Sounded delightful...get away from here for 5 days.    Now I know I'm getting older, but so is everyone that I know.   But I did take a cane with me because I have fallen a few times and so I assume I have a balance problem.

Before I left on this cruise, I worried about a fall....and it did come to pass.     I wasn't using my  cane at that moment.`

One of the reasons l attribute it to was that I only had about 5 hours sleep that night.   Another reason is that I climbed 5 flights of stairs before it happened to me.

I'm not used to either one of these, so I assume I wasn't in the best of conditions.    Anyway, I did fall on my back and messed myself up....I broke a bone in my lower torso.

Now I'm wearing a brace, hoping that it will strengthen my spine and I won't walk bent over.

I am using my cane whenever I leave my home.   I don't want to tumble again.    All the people here worry about a fall.   Nobody pushes us over....we just fall.

When we were little children we fell all  the time.   I recall all the scabs I always had on my knees and then  was painted with iodine or mercurochrome by my father or my mother...but when you're old,  you break your parts.

I'm very grateful that I didn't get hurt worse and didn't break anything more.

I consider myself lucky!  This is Judy, my roommate, who helped pick me up, along with Estelle.