Sweet revenge

Approximately five or six years ago, I broke my hip. It was a serious injury that set me back considerably. Whenever it rains, my hip hurts. When the weather is changing from hot to cold or vice versa, the pain in my hip is excruciating. I can't run as fast anymore, and if I'm on my feet too long, my hip gets stiff and I have to sit down.

The way it happened, I was asleep on the top bunk of a set of bunk beds in the boy's room. I was sleeping really hard - dreaming even - when the back door of the house slammed shut. I was sleeping so hard that the jolt I received from the door slamming forced me awake and sent me tumbling off the top bunk. WHACK!!! Broken hip.

Of course when I landed on the floor, I did not realize that I had broken my hip. I felt pain, and a small twinge when I would try to walk, but I had no idea that I had a break. My roommate eventually figured out what was wrong with me and he took me to the emergency room. The rest is history.

Ever since then, however, I have been hell bent on revenge. My revenge has been sporadic admittedly, though, because I'm not 100% on who was responsible for my injury. For instance, today, while the kids were out playing in the snow, I followed them out. The tall kid and his sister were making snow angels. I immediately noticed that the shorter kid with glasses was trying to figure out how to participate, too. He is the younger of the outside playing crew, and he is always trying to figure out how to keep up with the older ones. As he was attempting to make his own snow angel, I made my move. The girl was in the snow on the ground, and the short kid with glasses made his way into the yard to make an angel himself. Due to the cold weather, my hip was burning with pain, but I managed to silently put myself between him and the girl. As anticipated, he didn't see me, and on his way to join in on the fun, he tripped over me and fell into a bank of snow. When he hit the ground, the tall kid and his sister burst into laughter, and the short kid with glasses started to cry. He gathered himself and ran inside to my roommate.

Of course, all of you probably think that I'm mean, but I can confidentially say to you that at least the little guy didn't break his hip!!