24 December 2009

I have a bald spot now.

As a child I had an inhaler that I was supposed to use every night. One night, shortly after moving into our new Albuquerque home, my inhailer went missing. I don't actually remember where it got off to, but for some reason I was possitively certain that I needed to look in Robyn and Lesley's room to see if they had it. Looking back, I realize that there could not of been any rational reason to suspect that it was in there, but I was determined to check. Robyn and Lesley, however, were equally determined to keep me out. They blocked the way as I resolutely tried to accend the stairs, with Robyn in front pushing and Lesley in back pulling. Thinking about it I realize that I should never have thought that I could take on both my sisters at once. As should have been expected, I was quickly toppled down the stairs and hit my head on the corner of the railing on my way. It bled for a while and I gave our new carpet its first stain. I learned a valuable lesson that day: contention leads to baldness. 

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