Will Soon Be Graduating From High School This means, in some small measure, I have successfully managed to get him through 12 years of school and to the age of 18 alive. No small accomplishment, that. Today he called for a ride home after he rode the bus most of the way to our house. As it was about 90 degrees outside, I obliged. I'm a good mom, plus it got me out of a very hot house and into the sweet deliciousness of my air conditioned vehicle. My oldest and youngest daughters went along for the ride and they spotted The Boy before I did. "What's up with his pants?" Indeed. The operative word for his pants was up . He wears those extremely skinny jeans and he'd rolled them up to about knee level and he was walking towards us with a grimace on his face. He was in pain. You see, five hours earlier, in the throes of near heat exhaustion, he rolled the legs of his pants up and then his legs swelled up. He was unable to remove his own pants or roll down what he...
Does bad luck follow you round?
ReplyDeleteTom is on his way with his best massage manual.
Tell Tom to hurry!
ReplyDeleteYou've torn your what? My 35 year-old school chemistry memory reminds me that a meniscus is the curvy bit at the top of a column of liquid in a tube. What were you doing?
ReplyDeleteIt's part of my knee and that's about all I know. Oh, I also know that it can cause a great deal of pain.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had some exciting story about how I injured myself---alas, I do not. I pivoted. That's it. End of story. Who knew that pivoting at my age could be hazardous? I've been doing it for years and years and not a problem. Next thing you know I'll be having trouble with solid food.