I fell over sideways this morning. (I’m fine.) I was standing one moment, saw everything close in and leaned to the right for support.<\/p>\n
And then I heard a crash, terracotta on marble. When I opened my eyes I was sitting in a heap on the bathroom floor. This incredibly detailed recreation all happened within a second or two:<\/p>\n
Everything about the morning flashed through my mind, like a dream.<\/p>\n
Was it a dream? Then I’m still asleep. This is an uncomfortable position in which to sleep.<\/em><\/p>\n
I open my eyes, look around. This is the bathroom.<\/p>\n
I blink. Open my eyes again.<\/p>\n
Where am I?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My brain had shut down, rebooted and found the RAM and ROM lacking. <\/em>It usually is. <\/em><\/p>\n
This looks like a bathroom. Why am I in a bathroom?<\/em><\/p>\n
Hey, she looks familiar.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Yankee heard the crash and found her way to … wherever I was. She says I didn’t recognize her at first, but, really, I was just trying to overcome the lack of processing my brain was doing. It was like waking up with that brief uncertainty of where you are, but it was taking a lot longer than the half-second it should.<\/em><\/p>\n
Finally I figured out I was not in a bathroom, but our bathroom. The extra one, to be exact.<\/p>\n
The color scheme, I think, was throwing me off. Try it. The first time you wake up in the second<\/em> bathroom of your house is disconcerting.<\/p>\n
So I recognize the place. I know who my lovely bride is. We talk.<\/p>\n
She decides I’m OK. We make a joke. “Can’t wait to tell our friends about this!”<\/p>\n
I have two bruises forming on my left shoulder, where I apparently fell into the counter. My jaw is sore. I clipped it on the corner of the counter, too, but is OK. My other arm took a go at the counter as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Manual dexterity tests are fine. I can speak, smile, raise both arms. I don’t have any other symptoms, so no stroke! The Yankee is a doctor, you know. And she used to be an EMT.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the rest of the day I’ve been laughing at myself. I’ve blacked out three times in the last 15 years. Two of them have been in a bathroom.<\/p>\n
A bit light headed for most of the day, but that could be the school work. I’m building a lecture on punctuation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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