Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed!
by Todd Tannehill on 01/08/14
Yesterday was not a fun morning. I woke-up at 5:00 like every morning and walked around the bed. I always give Noah, the dog, a nudge so he comes down with me and doesn't bark in the bedroom.
Noah and I walked towards the bedroom door on the other side of the room. I reached for the handle and… BOOOOM! I fell!
I fell hard taking the brunt of the impact on the left side of my face. I felt the carpet as it hit me and face met floor. My arms were nowhere to be found. I was like that boxer who just took the final blow; falling to the mat with arms dangling along the side.
Dee rushed to my side still asleep herself. She was trying to figure out (1) what that large crash was and (2) why her husband was passed out on the floor by the bed. Dee would later say she heard me say “I’m Hurt” right after the house jolting crash.
Note I said Dee found me by the bed and not by the door I had already opened. In fact my head was just at the foot of the bed on my side. Noah had not even woke yet from his dog bed!
It seems my getting up routine was just a dream and my head was way ahead of my body. William Arthur Ward said, “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.” I was dreaming the whole getting up ritual! In my mind I was already out the door and the dog was right with me. At some point the body decided to catch up. I must have stood up and then crashed my ever shrinking 300-lb frame to the floor without ever taking a step!
I woke with a rug burned face, fat lip, and sore left side. I saw Dee there, but I wasn't sure if she was helping or counting me out! I thought for a minute I heard my trainer say “Stay Down!” Kidding aside I stayed there motionless testing parts of my body to see what was hurt.
In the end it was my foggy recollection of the event that kept me thinking about it all day. This morning when I woke, I put my feet on the floor and slapped myself on the face to see if I was awake! I didn't want to wake up on the wrong side of the bed again.
Talk Soon - Todd
(-3.6 lbs since 1/1/14)
