Wipeout

Walking Laila to school today and she wanted me to carry her, so I picked her up. Why not--there's only so much longer that I'll be able to hold on to her, since she's already around 18 kg (~40 lbs) and carrying her for long distances is hard work! So when she asks me to carry her, I'll try to do it as much as I can. I already know that she's capable of walking for long distances herself if she has to, so I don't have any concerns about her ability.

Anyway, I was walking and all of a sudden I felt my boot hit a raise in the sidewalk. I took a step forward, still off balance, took another step, and then started falling. As I fell, I made sure to twist a bit so I wouldn't directly land on Laila, and her backpack cushioned her fall too, but I still spent a very scary ten seconds or so trying to get her to respond to me when I asked if she was okay. I asked her if she was hurt anywhere, she shook her head, and I had her stand up to make sure her balance was working okay. A couple bystanders were also there and asked if she was okay, then asked if I was okay, but I said I'll be fine and took Laila to school.

Well, I wasn't fine per se. I had a bunch of blood dripping from a laceration on my wrist, and when I got home my pants were stuck to my knee by blood. I got home and sashagee cleaned up the wounds and bandaged them, and now I'm sitting down with some ice on my knee. I was still able to walk just fine in my after-lunch walk, so I'll live. And so will Laila, and that's the important thing.