Too much chocolate

Sooo.... I tripped, slipped and fell the other night on my HARD, tile bedroom floor. I had just eaten some chocolate fudge and set the remainder down on the dining table (remember this part) before sort of skipping down the hall, swooping up my 17 year old cat, Little Walter, on the way. As we burst through the bedroom door I immediately got my foot caught in the edge of my bedspread (damn, clumsy Ugg boots) and went sailing forward towards a window. I went down onto one knee then shoulder and rolled (more like smacked) onto my back as quick as possible while trying to protect the cat who was cradled in one arm. As we went crashing to the floor I also pulled a glass memento down and it shattered on the tile, spraying glass. I had eaten dinner not long before and as I lay on the cold tile, stunned, accessing damage and how long it would take me before I could get up, I even felt sick to my stomach. That was even more unsettling. The cat wiggled out of my clutch after a few, walking on my crumbled body to jump on the bed, meowing all the way. After what seemed like minutes, I felt confident to at least sit up straight. When looking around to see where glass had ended up I noticed a small piece of chocolate fudge stuck to the floor near where my arm had been holding the cat. In my delirium I leaned back to reach it and just as I was about to peel it up I remembered... hey, I wasn't holding chocolate! MY chocolate was on the table in the dining room! This "chocolate" must have been a token from Little Walter on impact! Needless to say, I had to laugh at what would have been an even more humiliating end to my carelessness! Gawd, this getting old crap is for the birds (for apparently both me AND poor Little Walter). The end.

P.S. I'm sore, he's seems fine.

 

What's the moral? Slow down maybe? Quit eating chocolate? Don't wear Ugg boots (or skip in them!)? Lay memory foam on the floor? Wear knee and elbow pads? Don't believe everything you see? Listen to slow blues?

 

Blues Birthdays of Note: Jan 9 Barbara Carr (1941), Jimmy Page (1944); Jan 10 Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (1935), Sam Chatmon (1897), Jerry Wexler (1914 founder of Atlantic Records); Jan 11 Slim Harpo (1924). Katie Webster (1936), Michael "Hawkeye" Herman (1945); Jan 12 Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904), Long John Baldry (1941); Jan 14 Allen Toussaint (1938), Clarence Carter (1936); Jan 15 Earl Hooker (1929), Alan Lomax (1915 musicologist, writer, producer), Martin Luther King, Jr (1929), Queen Ida (1929); Jan 16 Barbara Lynn (1942), Lester Davenport (1932), Robert Wilkins (1896)

 

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Now entering its 8th year, the Clearwater Seafood & Blues Festival, presented by The City of Clearwater, Feb. 15-16, 2014, will feature some of the finest blues musicians live in concert and Tampa Bay’s Finest Seafood delights. Presented in Coachman Park, this annual festival has become one of Clearwater’s most beloved signature events, and appeals to thousands of visitors during February each year.

 

Proudly sponsored by Fresh from Florida, Clearwater Sea Blues boasts fresh seafood from local vendors. Visitors and locals alike are sure to enjoy the savory seafood from restaurants in the Bay area such as Abe’s Place Tap & Grill and Bay Star Restaurant Group. You’ll want to dive into every bite.

 

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The Prairie Crossroads Blues Society will give the 10-piece band Back Pack Jones a send-off party Saturday before it heads later this month to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. The party and fundraiser will be from 8 p.m. Saturday to 12:30 a.m. Sunday at Memphis on Main, 55 E. Main St., C. Benny Jenkins Bloodline will open; Back Pack Jones is scheduled to take the stage at 9:30 p.m.

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