Just another day...

It was just like any other morning really...cold, slippery underfoot, piggies hollering for their breakfast... the phone rang somewhere about my person... fumbling around trying to find the right pocket whilst taking off the mucky gloves... more haste less speed. Finally. "You wouldn't like to come in would you? I've had a fall".

"Been practising his jujitsu moves again" I thought, walking slowly towards the house --- speed would have induced panic. All sorts of demons ran across my mind. Relief to see him sitting on the kitchen chair - a little ashen-faced whilst clutching his arm. It wasn't Jujitsu training at all. Walking in anger from the study after an early morning aggravation with our landline provider The Big Boss was rudely accosted by the hall carpet - which clutched at his feet and flung his torso in the direction of the hall table.... a missing chunk of which bears testimony to the event...and his right shoulder bore the brunt of the collision...... We spent the next 12 hours at A&E in two of our local NHS providers... a very long 12 hours (Did I mention the incident occurred before we humans had breakfasted???No? I thought I'd forgotten that small point......). It's difficult to say who enjoyed the day least; The BB because he was sedated for a large part of it or Yours Truly who doesn't have the dislocated shoulder.... And we'll not be doing any ballroom dancing in the foreseeable future, that's for certain. It's off to the fracture clinic in the morning to, hopefully, get a clear analysis of the actual damage done and what happens next.  Meanwhile, the patient is under strict instructions not to move the arm AT ALL (it re-dislocated at least half a dozen times whilst being 'fixed' --- "very unstable" opined the extremely competent, charming and effective Dr 'Raj') and has spent the weekend heavily painkilled and sleepy.
The fact that we are about to enter the busy pre-Christmas Markets period, not to mention being well into the shooting season, does little to ensure sound sleep. The Big Boss is doubtless in pain though he won't admit it and I am doubtless in denial - which, if challenged, I will of course strongly deny..... "We'll see what tomorrow brings" I keep saying to myself.... and anyone else who asks.