aging continues to not be awesome

On Monday, while taking my daily stupid walk for my stupid health, I (stupidly) tripped and fell quite hard. It was bad enough that someone driving past stopped to ask if I was okay.

Basically I am okay--I didn't hit my head, though the jarring gave me a headache, and I didn't reinjure my back. But I do seemed to have pulled a muscle on the left side of my chest while trying to catch myself.

Things it currently hurts to do: raise my arm, roll over in bed, breathe deeply, lift much of anything. Not loving this.

It's making me glad I bought $chair, because I imagine my recovery from top surgery will be like this except worse and on both sides.

In related news, $chair is being delivered any minute now. The delivery company says they will mask if requested, which I plan to as well as masking myself. And hopefully they won't need to be in my apartment that long, but there is a certain amount of set up and making sure the chair works that has to happen. (I don't like having strangers in my space, even apart from the newest COVID surge.

(A GIANT truck has just pulled up outside. I assume $chair is in it.)

behold, a chair

$chair is here! It's not as ugly as I remember it being in the shop, which is nice. The floor model I saw was labeled as chocolate brown but was more like a beige; the chair that arrived is genuinely chocolate brown.

(I'm not actually a huge fan of brown furnishings, but the chair was on sale so there weren't a lot of color choices. Also I am stuck with hideous brown carpet in my apartment that I didn't want the chair to clash with, though I am looking around for a big rug to cover up as much of the carpet as possible. And to replace those brown privacy curtains--it's an efficiency, there is no separate bedroom--with something more colorful. Nevertheless, a certain degree of brownness can't be helped.)

Yes, I have lived here a long time and should have gotten a rug years ago. First I had no money, then I kept thinking I'd be moving to a nicer place. But nicer places are unaffordable, so I might as well make this place as tolerable as I can.)

Anyway, chair!