Whoopsie!

Yes, I'm still excited by the prospect of my new job. I had a little difficulty getting into the current one on Saturday, though!

Let me tell you the whole sorry tale...

Friday night was the Team Christmas Party, and typically, snow hit Cork that afternoon. As it's now known that I'll be moving to another job in January I thought I'd better turn up to be sociable. During the course of the evening I was chatting with one of the managers and explained that I wouldn't be staying out late as I was at work at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning. He laughed and said he was pleased to hear that someone who knew what they were doing would be in.

This was still in my mind when I walked out of the house at 6 o'clock Saturday morning and found that the snow from the previous night had half-thawed and then frozen again, leaving the pavements somewhat akin to a skating rink. I'd slipped over once within a few yards of my front door and landed heavily on my hip but managed to get my hands down to protect my head. I distinctly remember muttering to myself "Okay, so it's slippery. Be careful."

About 10 minutes later I was over again. My legs just went out from under me and I fell hard. This time I didn't get the chance to get my hands down and gave my head a nasty rap on the pavement. I nearly gave up and went home at that point, but pressed on On reflection, I'm not sure that was best option.

I live on a road that descends into the city down a steep hill and by the time I reached the bottom of it my nerve had gone completely and I was shuffling along clutching at lamp-posts and window sills. Despite that I made it to the Bus Station in time to catch my bus and got to work.

When I asked someone if they had any painkillers, they seemed to look at me closely and asked "Bloody Hell! What happened to your head?"

To cut the story a little shorter, I was sent, chaperoned, up to a local medical centre for a check up. They established that nothing was broken but recommended that I should go home. So here I've been. I've had 3 lovely ladies checking on me by text and my very own Lovely Lady has phoned a few times and is coming round tomorrow. My head has been gradually improving - at 9 this morning I was nauseous, dizzy and in pain. It's now faded to a dull throb and my hip is giving me far more gyp after that first fall.

I haven't been outside the house at all since the taxi that work paid for dropped me back at the house. I'd like to pop over the road to the shop tomorrow but may need someone to help me to look for my bottle first!!