Frozen Tundra

Let's talk about ice,shall we? Ice...yep, that frozen stuff,sometimes we see it ,sometimes it's black ice and we don't see it. Just as I did not see it on Tuesday evening when Brandi and I left Kmart to go to the car. I had no sooner said, "Brandi this is slippery,be careful and I was down! I heard complete silence from Brandi. I said, "I'm OK, it just hurts right now. Just give me a minute." "Brandi are you there?" She came up to me and had the most horrified look on her face and said "Mom are you sure you're okay?" I then had to figure out how to get my frozen wet rear off the ground,which is not easy when you are on ICE!! Brandi wanted to help me up and she still had this look on her face like I was seconds away from my last moment on earth! I came up with the plan of sliding on my knees towards the light post where I could get leverage and pull myself up. Well that didn't work,it was too cold(I thought for sure that hypothermia was setting in fast)and since I fell on my bad knee it would not work . New plan. Roll towards the shopping cart,push it into the snow mound by the light and use the cart as leverage. Yes, there were people watching me yet no one offered help. After three excruciatingly long minutes I managed to get up then limp to the car and Brandi began to breathe again. I know that some people find it hard not to laugh when a person falls(you know who you are,cause you laughed when your own grandma fell) so I expect no sympathy or even empathy from you! Later at home I began to laugh about it and asked Brandi what she thought when I fell. She said, "I was scared mom." I said ,"But if you think about it, it had to look funny."She got a little grin after that.Anyway I am fine,just a bit sore. Just be careful out there everyone. I was being careful and went down in spite of it. So the next time your friend Mike texts to tell you that Kmart has double coupons up to 2.00 you may want to defer the trip til daylight! On the bright side though I saved 15.00 and it gave me something to blog about!