Commedy of errors

I have not written in my blog for the last two weeks and there is a good reason for this. A simple incidence led to a 'comedy of errors', and then the law of 'unintended' consequences, kicked in.

Ruth and Cassia went back home on the Sunday evening (Nov.29th.) My snoring must have been particularly bad on Sunday night, in any case Rona removed her self to the farthest corner of the house from our bedroom. Waking up at about 7am I decided to take a tub bath, which I do when I'm feeling particularly low or achy. I started the bath and promptly forgot about it. Now the upstairs bathroom is on a landing between two upstairs bedrooms, and the bath drew attention to itself by the noise of gently flowing water. Th tub had overflown, the water had worked its way out of the bathroom, onto the landing and had gently begun to run down the stairs like a nascent Niagara. "Oh my gosh" I said" I've got to clean this up before Rona finds out about it?" Actually those were not my words, but on a blog designed to be read by the whole family they will have to do.

I put my foot on the top step and slipped on the water. I put out my hand for the banister, but unfortunately, I had left some sheets there to be put a way. The net result was that I ended up at the bottom of the flight of stairs clutching some Martha Stewart patterned sheets, with a crash that awoke the whole house; and me wondering what bone I hadn't broken! Luckily none, but I did have a huge bruise over by left hip and buttock, Which later took 4 units of blood to replace!

By daughter Ruth suggested I should post a picture of it on this blog, but the same considerations that prevented me from posting my original language prevent me from doing this. No point in putting the younger female readers off sex for life, as a view of my scraggy ass would be sure to do!.

I will continue the saga a little later.

Frank