”Gloom, despair and agony on me
Deep, dark depression
Excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck
I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair and agony on me”*
So… BikerChick and I went to the spinning day yesterday at Rosepath Weaving in Lindale. We headed west about 9:30 am and when we were about 1/2 way there I saw some small white flecks hitting the windshield. I thought…NOO…can’t be snow. We went a bit further and it became obvious that it was snowing. SNOWING…. IN APRIL…IN TEXAS. Yes..we were quite incredulous about the whole thing, but since it was above freezing and nothing was sticking we went on. We got to Lindale and arrived at the shop and were greeted warmly as usual. We visit for a bit and I go outside to the truck to get my wheel. I’m carrying my wheel and I step up over the curb and all of a sudden I feel myself falling. I really don’t know what happened, but I know I tried to toss my wheel out of the way so that I wouldn’t fall on it and maybe it would land safely in the soft bushes to my right. No such luck. I was tangled up in my wheel and my bag of fiber and stuff that I was also carrying.
I land..I hear some crunching sounds. I hit my chin on something and hit my head on the sidewalk. I rolled over onto my back so I didn’t have to look at my wheel. Apparently no one in the store saw me fall (thank the Gods…how embarassing), but someone looked out and saw me laying on my back. They came outside and I said “I’m ok..I’m just not looking at my wheel.” Michelle, the wonderful woman I bought my wheel from, snatched up my broken baby from the sidewalk and whisked it away into the shop and hid it in a closet. I’ve yet to see the damage. She told me she’d be wheel doctor and fix it for me. Others that were there told me that the wheel part wasn’t broken, but other parts were. I just hope it can be fixed. I left the wheel in Michelle’s capable hands and told her to call me and let me know what she needed to order to fix it and I’d bring her a check.
*sigh*
I think maybe I did hit my head, because I was all out of sorts the rest of the afternoon and I was a bit anti-social. Angela and Regina (from the LSSK mailing list - do you have a blog?) was there along with some other people and I am sorry that I wasn’t more sociable.
One good note..I got to spin on the new Kromski Sonata and that was fun, but not the same as my wonderful Prelude. The shop had goody bags for those that were present and I won a free Rosepath T-shirt! Woot! We had good food and chocolate cake since it was the owner’s birthday as well.
Check BikerChick’s blog later for photos of the snow and the many assrags she’s been making as well as details of her yarn purchases yesterday.
Maybe my luck will change soon.
*Yes..I grew up watching HeeHaw
