Shoulda stayed in bed this morning...

[calic0cat]

Ouch. That's all I can say. Big, big *ouch*.

Due to the power shortage, I didn't have to go in to work today (or Monday, or Tuesday, or most of last Friday...). This morning, my dad suggested we try hitching my Icelandic horse to the cart for the first time. I waffled, not sure it was a good idea; he thought it was. I caved.

Stupid me.

So far, I've been hurt *twice* by that horse and on both occasions it's been when I've gone against my own better judgement and done what my dad recommended (seeing as he's got more horse-handling experience than me). This time, I've got a badly scraped/bruised ankle (where she stepped on it), a nasty bump on my head and lovely gravel abrasions on my scalp from where my head hit the ground when she had hysterics and I couldn't get out of the way fast enough of her, the cart, and my dad. Oh, plus I have a very sore, bruised hip where I landed on the cart shaft and a sore, bruised lower back/butt where the horse landed on *me* when she tripped over the cart (she busted the harness and was dragging the cart, then turned and tried to go *over* it).

I did not *quite* blackout. I think. Though I definitely came darn close. I'm dreading the kind of shape I'll be in tomorrow morning; muscles always hurt worse the day *after* an injury.

Anyway, next part of Fragments should be out tomorrow (would have been out today but my head hurts too much to concentrate and it still needs a final editing pass).

I shoulda stayed in bed this morning...

Comments

ow...

[(Anonymous)]

wow, hope you are doing okay!!! getting a horse fall on you is NOT fun at ALL. i've fallen off a horse once, blacked out, work up to find that i had really nasty scrapes and broken collarbone -_- my parents wouldn't let me ride a horse after that. but i really miss it. i think i'll go sometimes this fall ^_^

anyway, hope the after effects aren't bad.. and i'm really looking forward to the next chapter of fragments! (yay~ finally!)

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

You see? That's what I've always said; horses are bigger than people! We're going to come out on the short end of any altercation! O.o
And you think you didn't black out?! Should that not be checked into? o.O
And here I had imagined you having a couple of horribly boring days off, sitting around in the dark twiddling your thumbs waiting for the power to return to normal. *snerk* Silly me...

[elle-hazard.livejournal.com]

Ouch sounds like quite the understatement.

Painkillers?

Oh that sounds too painful

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe you need to soak in a hot tub like the boys in your Winning Duo fic. Ouch and double ouch. When I was a child my father was a farmer and I remember having my foot stepped on first by the hourse and then when he told me to stop being a baby and put me on the house after about 15 min it threw me off and I landed on my neck and upper back. I still do not like horseback riding. Cars are much better forms of transportation.

I check every day to see if you have added more to one of your fics. I love them all!!

bkerrmom1

Re: Oh that sounds too painful - bad spelling oops

[(Anonymous)]

It is late - I meant horse.
bkerrmom1

[klingonpoo.livejournal.com]

Ouch is right. I'm so sorry! I hope you feel better real soon!

[calic0cat.livejournal.com]

Lots of sore, achy muscles today. Stiff neck, headache that comes and goes though that could be sinus-related since ragweed season is getting started. But I feel better than yesterday.

Thanks for the well-wishes! Much appreciated...

[calic0cat.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, "ouch" didn't quite cover it. "World of hurt" might have been more accurate. But tonight, it's mostly down to "owie, owie, owie" and mainly only when I try to move certain ways...

Painkillers - only Advil and only before bedtime and this morning before work (I would get hurt the day before the one morning this week that I actually had to work...). I hardly ever take painkillers - which means that when I *do*, they're pretty effective, thank heavens...

Re: Oh that sounds too painful

[calic0cat.livejournal.com]

I wear steel-toed shoes around the horses and when I *ride*, I wear a helmet. But this time, we were working with her on the ground and, silly me, I didn't think a helmet was necessary.

I like horses, I like riding, and I like driving them hitched to carts/wagons. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to be doing either with this mare. She's just a little too high-strung for my skill level.

[calic0cat.livejournal.com]

At least it was the *smaller* horse; this one only weighs 700-800 pounds. The big guy is around 1100. I really wouldn't want him to fall on me. On the other hand, it wouldn't have happened with him because he has a totally different temperament. Wasn't really the horse's fault either - she just got scared and things happened a little too fast to get her calmed down before anything bad happened. She, of course, doesn't have a scratch.

And yeah, I don't *think* I blacked out. If I did, it was only for a few seconds since I never let go of the rope; my dad had to pull it out of my hands while I was trying to get my breath back and figure out what the *&^! happened. Checked into? What's the point? I wasn't nauseous, wasn't dizzy after I got back up, my pupils were evenly dilated; who wants to go wait at emergency for a minimum of three to four hours under *those* circumstances? Doctor wouldn't do anything except say somebody had to wake me up and talk to me every hour or so anyway. (Note: when I write about folks not wanting to go to doctors, I write reality where I'm concerned - I have no faith whatsoever in doctors in general and unless I'm deathly ill, I don't bother. Just like I don't bother with painkillers as a rule...)

Boring days off - I wish... And I wish it was only a couple; only day this week that I'm working was this morning for a half-day only. *Hopefully* we'll go back to regular Monday but even that's not a sure thing...

Re: ow...

[calic0cat.livejournal.com]

Hmm, let me see... I've fallen off horses at least - geesh, probably twice other than my Shetland pony as a kid and I went off her about once every other month, I think. Had a horse I was riding fall on a slope and land on me once; had my collarbone x-rayed that time and it wasn't supposed to be broken but it *still* aches in damp weather. And the Shetland used to lie down and roll on me from time to time. And my cousin's horse ran away with the cart; tossed us both out and smashed the cart all to pieces, had to call the ambulance for her that time.

So I've really been lucky actually. Lots of horse-related injuries but nothing too severe, fortunately. Feeling better overall today though crawling out of bed this morning was - interesting...