What a (Pink) Trip

I woke up this morning bright and early. I am on holidays but I am going into the office. Joking aside, I was pretty stoked about it. I jumped out of bed, relieved myself (don't cringe you know it needs to be done and we all do it) and took a shower. I stopped myself short from singing in the shower but you get the picture.
Finished showering I opened the shower curtain and found a surprise. There's a little girl sitting on the toilet ... well hello there! Good morning, are you doing a small one or a big one. A big one I hear. Great! Oh well, upwards and onwards.
Standing in front of my wonderfully overflowing closet I bathe in the glory of having options. After months of not having options I am loving every second of this luxury. I choose a new tube top with flowing bottom pink and orange and white and a white skirt. Boy, this is what I call being on a holiday in the Caribbean. I got my hair sorted and I was ready to rock and roll. Now the shoes. I can't just wear any shoes, they have to be rocking. Eureka moment! My new pink shoes!

The ones that are still in their box. I bring them out and after a lot of ooohhs and aaahhhss my ever wonderful little sister says: Maybe you should take a spare pair of slippers just in case. Of course I was thinking it because to be honest I knew there was no way I could walk on those the whole day.
So I put the shoes on and I am suddenly tall. Being tall is a good thing; the world looks different. You feel lighter and happier. With my bag, and my extra pair of slippers I walk out the door ... everyone else behind me. At the time I thought this was for support but now I know better. Anyway, I navigated the step outside my apartment with ease. I can do this! Just as I was thinking that ... I found myself on all fours.
I can tell you exactly what happened and how. I was walking and I forgot about the uneven ground. I got caught behind one of the stones, I tripped, box of shoes went flying and I ended up on the ground on my hands and knees. Did I see my life flash before my eyes? No. Did it happen in slow motion? No, it went damn fast. Did it hurt? Hell, yes!


Needless to say I am at work wearing my slippers.

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