moosh in indy.

March 10, 2008

I was coming off the Orange line in Downtown Chicago on Friday night headed for my hotel heavy with baggage. I had a large backpack containing my camera, an insanely large duffel bag with enough layers to keep one warm for ten straight hours outside in the middle of March in Chicago and my purse.

This is what I would have looked like had I made it down the stairs upright, I give you this illustration because it’s really hard to draw luggage on stick figures falling down the stairs :

(Oh yeah, I was wearing really kicky boots with tall pointy heels. I believe this to be what led to my downfall, pun intended.)

About halfway down the stairs it happened. How I’m not sure, I’m blaming the boots, but I knew I was going down and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

The first thing that should have gone through my head as I was falling is “GOOD HEAVENS DON’T BREAK A BONE AND KEEP YOUR HEAD FROM SMASHING INTO THAT REALLY HARD CEMENT.”

But instead it was “DON’T YOU DARE LAND ON YOUR CAMERA OR THIS WHOLE WEEKEND WILL BE A BUST, IT WILL BE MUCH CHEAPER TO FIX A BROKEN BONE THAN YOUR CAMERA.”

My first thought as I got up should have been “THANK HEAVENS I AM OKAY!”

But it was actually “WHO SAW ME?”

My response to the nice man who said “YOU CAN’T BE OKAY AFTER A FALL LIKE THAT. Can I call someone for you?” should have been “OW THAT HURT LIKE HELL CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ME TO MY MOMMY AT THE HYATT?”

But instead it was “Oh, I’m fine, it just ripped my jeans.”

Dumb me and my pride.

So what did the fall really do to me?

I also have several gigantic bruises in places I can’t photograph, either because I can’t reach them or because my underwear covers them.

I still walked around with my mom taking pictures for over 10 hours in the freezing cold the next day.

I wasn’t about to waste the opportunity that was being in Chicago childless with my mom and a brand spanking new camera. Busted up leg or not.

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Ouch.

I’m sorry you fell down the stairs and got all busted up and ruined your 2nd fav jeans, but boy did I laugh at your stick figure drawings. Tears and everything!

ashlee’s last blog post..Tiny Bubbles

I hear you about not wasting a weekend. I could land in a coma, but if it was a weekend away from the kids I would find a way to soldier on.

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OMG Casey!! And you continued to go around with an ankle that looked like that?!?! And bruises…um…elsewhere?!

But I can’t blame you…with a brand new camera and no kid I very well may have done the same…

Then again, maybe not. I’m such a wuss
Sadie’s last blog post..What walks on your grave?

I’m so sorry. Those young bones of yours served you well. Me? Only one step and I break something.

MammaLoves’s last blog post..Dammit Eliot!

So glad nothing is broken! You are a super star to keep going on your bum leg. I would have curled up in my hotel room and been pitiful and ordered room service I couldn’t afford!

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Ouch, but such a wonderful re-telling. I love your stick figures, oh yes I do!

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Oh, that’s horrible!! I hope you can get some rest and stay off your feet this week (super easy with a wee one, huh?).

Who knew I could learn so much from stick-people? Oh, how the stick people are a wise and diverse people.

And, you know, I’m glad you survived and all that.

AWFUL!
I do love your schematic depictions, though!

bru-tal.

i do crap like that all. the. time.

and that looks like one fancy pants camera…looking forward to the pics!

erin’s last blog post..why yesterday was different than most…

Yikes! I’m glad you weren’t seriously hurt. Do they make splints for injured pride? Because that’s definitely what I’d need.

kirida’s last blog post..oh yes she did

Oh… I feel your pain. I’m so sorry!

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So sorry about your fall… But really, you crack me UP!

Carol

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I do not know how your stick art could possibly be any funnier. You made me LOVL (laugh out very loud).

But I’m sorry you got hurt.

I think you should get rid of your boots that tried to kill you.

And you deserve that smurfy camera.

Honey, that sucks. Ouchie ouch. I’m glad you didn’t let it get you down, though!

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SO GLAD to see that you’ve put ads up. You’re so popular, you work so hard to entertain us all, you deserve a little cashola to pad your pretty purse.

PLEASE tell me that you saw Oprah!

PS: Glad that you semi-survived the fall!

Ouch, oh holy, holy, holy ouch!

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I think it’s the stairs fault. I mean, women have been wearing boots for years. You would think that they would have invented stairs that allow us to gracefully go up and down stairs in boots, high heels and platform shoes without risking life and limb (and expensive cameras.) It must be cheaper to invent new stairs then to change the entire Western World’s view on fashion.

That being said, I am glad you are ok, and your illustrations rock.

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That’s gonna leave a mark.

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Please tell me you didn’t walk around for 10 hours in the heels…I imagine that would hurt even with out the fall!

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owie!!

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did you wear the kicky boots around the city the next day?

…so sad about the jeans too! But, glad you managed to salvage the weekend in Chicago…

and now you can use your busted up ankle to ignore chores around the house! it’s a win-win!

emily’s last blog post..Mod Mum…slingin’ it for the win!

owie… I’m sorry for your fall, but I couldn’t help buy laugh at your stick figures falling down those stairs. I laughed so hard I cried. Thanks for that.
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Woopsie. Thank goodness the camera is fine!

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Oh my goodness, I hope that you feel better soon.

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Oh honey, now that you’re home Don’t Walk On Your Foot. Trust me. Just don’t. Take care of yourself and get better.

Nell’s last blog post..Learning to be Sneaky

You are one tough camera toting biatch now! But condolences on the jeans. I know how hard it is to put a favorite pair to rest.

ashannie’s last blog post..We Have a New Kermit

Damn those kicky boots. They should be arrested. If it makes you feel better, ER was filmed in Chicago and there is one episode where Nurse Carol Hathaway takes a tumble down a flight of stairs that look suspiciously like the one in the picture. With a pie, in the snow, and pregnant with twins that she later gives birth to.

If it makes you feel any better, you can embellish the story by adding that info…

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Holy Bologna! Ouch! You are one tough cookie. Hope everything is healing nicely.

Laura’s last blog post..rotten Tuesdays

Wowie, owie!!!

That’s gonna leave a mark! Oh, it did.
I hope you’re on the road to recovery. I had JUST written a post about my clumsy family before I read this. You are a trooper! (And that pride? Gotta have it. Otherwise, we’d look like fools. Yes, it’s the PRIDE that keeps us from looking foolish. MmmHMM.)

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When I read that you fell - my first thought was, “I hope her brand new camera is okay. Because that would be really tragic if it wasn’t.”

And then I thought about your bones

Glad both are okay.

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Ouch….but the stick figures made me laugh.

What kind of camera did you get….and for the record, the jeans are not ruined…they are now ready to boost you into rock star hot mommy level.
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OUCH! Big hugs coming your way and hoping you feel better soon

I’m glad your not badly hurt, other than the pride. What is it that demands we be independent in the face of humility? I never take anyone’s help, preferring to limp off on my own to snivel in a corner for a bit. Take care of those bruises and get better soon.

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owie! sad to say it but I’d be the same ‘who saw me’!!!???

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Glad you were not permanently injured. The stick figures were priceless.

I would have placed my camera before myself as well. It’s worth more than I am
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You poor thing! This sounds exactly like something I’d do - I’m such a klutz! Hope you feel better
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Poor, Poor Casey!

But where was tiny Gramma during the fall?

I love tiny Gramma!

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Wait, were you going to wear those crazy boots walking around town, taking pictures all day? You are waaay more woman than I’ll ever be. Craaazy!
ps Oweee (as the kids say these days)

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Casey sorry to hear about your “Britney” moment as Auntie Nettie called mine this weekend. Hope you’re doing better. Can we blame Daylight Savings Time?

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Wow….good to know I am not the only one who does things like that in public. I still remember my first day in DC on my way out of my first interview I fell down the escalator…….It ruined my hose and seriously dented my pride. Lol!

PS~there’s is DEFINITELY a future for a new caped crusader!

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Oh, my leetle graceful one!

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I just laughed until I snorted. I am so glad you are okay, but your stick art is second to none.

Kristin and Casey,

To clarify, I never said that Kristin had a Britney moment. What I called it was a GRACE moment, as in we don’t have any when we fall down on our butts — even if it’s the stairs/boots/gravity/ice’s faults. I’m blaming DST for anything and everything for as long as I can, including PMS and the state of the economy.

Feel better Casey. So sorry for the pain and aggravation, but LOVE the stick figures and the comments. Every day with a new entry on mooshinindy.com is a good day! Keep on posting.

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Kristin and Casey,

Feel better Casey. So sorry for the pain and aggravation, but LOVE the stick figures and the comments. Every day with a new entry on mooshinindy.com is a good day! Keep on posting.

Auntie Nettie and Casey

Yes, sorry, I quoted the wrong blogger! Gasp.

eeks!

and yes, the stick figures are the BEST!

Kristin’s last blog post..Yes, Princesses can wear Hockey Skates

Owie owie owie! I’m convinced I’m actually going to meet my end by either falling down a set of stairs, or cancer.

Glad you’re ok.

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I know I don’t really know you but I gotta say… At first I felt bad for you that you fell down the stairs. Then I became sort of jealous that you were in Chicago childless with a new camera. I’d consider breakage for that. Does that make me a bad person?!

oh wow…at least you didnt break your camera? lol hope it heals fast, and ps, your blog is showing up weird? the text is below where it usually is, is it just my comp?

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I’d like to see those boots…

Good & Crazy’s last blog post..Daylight Savings Woes

wow. if you had man balls you’d be a lot worse off, according to the second illustration. thank god for that, eh?

seriously though, i hope you’re okay!!!!! i’m sorry about your jeans!

Not to change the subject, BUT-

They are opening a new bar in Dallas called “Moosh.” I will have to steal their sign for you.

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Another mortifying story, to hopefully ease the pain: I once fell on ice on my way to a guitar lesson in a house on one of the busiest streets in my hometown. Fell ON TOP OF my guitar that was resting in a supposedly super-sturdy case and totally broke it. I couldn’t walk without pain for about a week and a half, but it was definitely the highlighting of my apparent lack of ability to stand upright and my broken guitar that was most upsetting.

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Kiss kiss! Hope you’re feeling better! Good enough to see Oprah? Poor woman! And poor pants! They looked hot!
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Hi Casey - Delurking to tell you that I saw you “twin” in a Salsaritas restaurant in Cary, NC yesterday, sitting with a kiddo with definite Moosh-tastic curls. I took a double, then triple, take.

I enjoy your writings, and I hope you recover quickly from the tumble (and torn jeans).

Have a fantabulous Wednesday!

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Ooh, that’s rough. But glad you’re ok. I too would have been worried much more about who saw me. And now that I’m upright is my hair a mess…you know those kind of important things.

Worker Mommy’s last blog post..What would you do Wednesday?

ouch.
way ouch.

ali’s last blog post..no pressure, no problem, no service?

*wince* That looks painful. And totally like something I’d do. I hope it heals quickly.

Major Bedhead’s last blog post..Overheard In The Backseat

As my son would say OUCHIE WAH WAH!

But I did get a little giggle from your animation style photo evidence.

Feel better!

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As my son would say OUCHIE WAH WAH!

But I did get a little giggle from your animation style photo evidence.

Feel better!

Pgoodness’s last blog post..Kindergarten update

Heal quickly! Glad to see the spill didn’t damage your sense of humor.

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Ack, posted this on the wrong post…

lol! I can laugh because that reminds me of the time I tried to jump a chain cordon fence at the train station to make it to my connecting bus. I guess I was asking for trouble. I ruined a perfectly good pair of work pants with my gore. And, of course, all occupants of said bus witnessed my shame. It was standing room only and I was really shaky and about to collapse from shock (could this be any more mortifying?!) when a seat finally freed up. Thank goodness I worked at a hospital at the time. Guess we’re right up there with Bella Swan…

god help me, i can’t stop laughing. not because you fell (because seriously? OUCH), but at your friggin awesome drawings.

i’m sorry about your jeans. that’s right up there with losing a pet. ok, maybe not quite, but it’s really close…

and i still want to know what kind of camera you got! so! fun!

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so sorry! but hey, ripped jeans are also quite awesome.

maya’s last blog post..Hump Day

[...] ← Casey vs. The Stairs [...]

I can’t believe that in your injured state you thought to turn around and photograph the deadly set of stairs.

Only a blogger would do such a thing in anticipation of the story that she would tell us all! Thank you for thinking of your loyal readers at a time like that!!

At least you turned an embarrassing and bloody fall into something amusing for the rest of us. (Not that your injury is amusing, but my goodness, those drawings!)

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OOOUUUCCCCHHHH!!! oh, thank goodness your camera is okay…oops…i mean you! thank goodness YOU are okay!

this post reminds me of a post i wrote back in July 2007…but i only showed pics of the bruises, not the bloody bits…did you take a pic of your knee right after it happened??? crazy girl!

glad you didn’t break anything…and my condolences for the loss of your jeans.
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[...] been a week since I took a tumble down the metal staircase of death. I can’t feel a four inch patch of flesh on my shin, and it stings whenever I step down too [...]

i love stick figure illustrations and I’m sorry to say that I laughed before wondering if you were ok. I have to say I would have been more worried about my camera then busting my own limbs too

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[...] busted up leg, two weeks [...]

[...] I’ll be the one with the dent in my left shin. You know, from falling down the stairs in Chicago? If you ask I may let you see it up close, maybe even touch it. Heaven knows I won’t be able [...]

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