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Saras wobble and they do fall down

It will be shocking news to those of you who know me, to hear that I have been subject to a whole string of accidents. Fate has been against me from the start. The current issue has been with my right foot. The initial injury occured two weeks ago today. I did what can only be described as a complete air step, having tried to put my full weight down on the seat that was just not there. A big bang followed, along with some bruising and a small amount of swelling to the top of my right foot. Very serious, as it has prevented me wearing heals now for a fortnight. As the week I rested it before running again ended, I stubbed it quite badly into the door that allows access to the compressor for the fridge, left open by the other member of team Grace. This morning we went running at 6.10am (be impressed) and I managed to stub the same foot on a cat's eye and do a very dramatic falling roll in the street. The impact of this is not really serious, however I will be attending the 80s night this evening, drinking cocktails in flat shoes and Phil says that if I do not start to learn from my mistakes he will lose sympathy with me. I say keep buying me the cocktails!

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