Kliss is clumsy

I've been absent for a little while. I sort of have a good reason as I have once again fallen victim to my own clumsiness. It's taken a few days but I now realize that I am a total clutz. Really, no grace here. Saturday morning I suffered an unfortunate yoga accident. I wish I could say it was in an attempt at a crazy balance pose, but no I was bending over. A simple forward bend and I twisted my ankle. It made a loud popping sound and well... let's just say there was ice involved and I elevated it all weekend. So on the good side, I heard all of conference. On the bad side I am not a good sit around person and thus I might not have been very pleasant.

I was thinking about my bad luck and it occurred to me that except for the horse kicking me in the leg, all my bodily injuries have been the result of me being clumsy. My sophomore year I hit the wrong brake on Morgan Hunsaker's bike and end-o-ed myself into a soft tissue arm injury. I was in a little cast thing for a few weeks.

When I was working at Advanta, I got up to go to a meeting and put all my weight on a foot that I didn't realize was asleep and ended up falling flat on my face in front of several co-workers. Of course I was a few months pregnant at the time so it was all the more dramatic and I had to report it as a work-related injury which made it covered under workman's compensation. Awesome. I don't remember exactly what I did to my leg but I was on crutches for awhile.

I have always been a cautious person. I remember playing with Keiver Kauer when I was little and being afraid to jump over a ditches or off pretty much anything. It's fairly well known that I hate heights. I am way too fearful for hard core (or medium core) mountain biking. I have decided that my fears are actually my little built in defense mechanisms that have probably saved me from countless other injuries. So thankfully today I am pretty much back to normal, but you won't find me doing any thrill seeking soon. Apparently just getting up is a big enough adventure for me.

I took this picture today so this is what is left of the swelling on my left ankle. I don't have pictures of any of my previous injuries (come on Mom you could have at least taken 1 picture of me during my 6 week crutches stint) so I figured I might as well document one. I know it's not very impressive but it's the best I could do, it's a yoga injury after all.