This morning I was in the shower, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, the curtain – rod and all – came crashing down on my head.
It was a mess. I had soap in my eyes, I couldn’t get out from under it, the entire bathroom got soaked, and the whole time, I was envisioning my worst nightmare, in which I fall in the shower and an ambulance has to come and I am naked on one of those stretchers in front of my apartment.
Luckily, an ambulance didn’t come. But Jack, who loves a good ruckus, did and proceeded to jump all over everything, making the situation much, much worse.
I finally climbed my way out, figured out how to get the curtain to stay up for the time being, and took another shower because I still had soap in my hair. The rod is still broken, though, which means that Chris and I will be spending a good portion of the evening staring at the contents of our Ikea tool box in utter confusion.
On the bright side, things can only go up from here. Also, on the way to the gym this morning I realized that I was starving, so I stopped in a bodega to grab something and ended up with this:
I never eat before the gym because I’m not usually hungry that early, but for some reason, I was today. Weird.
I have that same fear! Also, we live a block away from the newspaper and I just know they’d capture it on camera.
Oh no!!! Hope the rest of your day is injury-free, and less chaotic – hang in there!
Oh no! That is so annoying – I hate being startled in the morning. PS. How was that kashi bar? Any good?
Oh my gosh, no way, what a disaster. Hope you didn’t get too hurt from that, that sounds like it’d be kind of painful!
LOL! i’m sorry but that’s kind of hilarious. at least in retrospect
glad you made it out of the debacle okay! naked on a stretcher in front of your house = bad news.
yikes! at least you are okay! this is the second post that i read today about a shower mishap.
how was your am snack? ive seen those around but wonder whether they’ll be too… too chalky or something?
That totally sucks about the curtain rod.
Every time you talk about stopping at a bodega I think of the movie Half Baked…
“Hey, black ass!!” Too funny…
nah- curtain rods are easy. they come spring loaded so you just twist and it wedges itself in.
the same thing happened to me except it fell on its own in the middle of the night and i thought someone was breaking in so i started yelling that i had a called the police and had a scortching case of herpes.
$3.99 at big lots, i htink? the shower curtain, not the herpes.
Is it wrong that I just assumed that Chris was standing in the doorway making pervy “Ohhhhhh yeeeeeeeeeaaaaah…” noises rather than actually helping you?
Probably…
My worst shower nightmare is that someone will sneak up behind me while I’m washing my hair, and, I don’t know, stab me or something (which is why I have a perv-y clear shower curtain). If the curtain rod fell on me and got soap in my eyes, I’d probably have a heart attack and smash my head against the toilet.
i have to say, a falling shower curtain and rod has happened to me many many many times. when you’re 99% asleep showering in the morning, it is not fun. i feel for you.
Had to post as i have been lurking around here for a while now. I must say: I litterally laugh out loud when reading your blog. I dont know why i find it so amusing (please dont take offense) But needless to say.. there i am, laughing out loud and then looking especially suspicious to my co-workers… Oh i dream of working at home…
But in regards to the post, i also have some lingering fear in the back of my mind that if i had an emergency i would surely be naked. Its just my luck. Not that it would be so embarrasing i guess… its not like i live in New York with all sorts of ecclectic (sp) folk walking the streets.. no i live in Montana and the only person who would be lucky to see me would be the crazy lady next door who thinks people break into her house and dip her nylons in coffee..
“ikea tool box” Oh my word, you crack me up!
This made me literally lol. Literally. While I was alone in the house.
My shower didnt fall on me, but a car almost hit me.
As funny? No. As dangerous? Just about.
Jenny –
Oh, that’s much worse.
VG –
It was, thanks.
Kate –
I like this one a lot actually. It’s chocolate pretzel. I like anything with chocolate and pretzels.
Kristie –
No injuries, thanks!
Anne –
It was funny, in retrospect.
Brookem –
No, they’re good. I don’t like the Kashi Roll bars (I think that’s what they’re called) but I like these a lot.
Chandra –
Oh god, I haven’t seen that movie in years. So funny.
Kelly T –
What about herpes? I’m confused. The tension rod is actually broken, so it’s not that easy, unfortunately.
Ben –
He wasn’t home. But if he had been, he would’ve totally been doing that.
Sarah –
I’m surprised I didn’t because I’m really jumpy and sometimes if Chris even comes into the bathroom while I’m in the shower I scream.
Betsy –
I was awake, luckily, because I’d already been to the gym, but it was really the puppy that made it suck. Thanks for the sympathy.
AshinMT –
Thank you! You’re laughing with me, right? Not at me? Nylons in coffee is pretty funny.
Karen –
It is no match for my tool set, which consists of a miniature flowered hammer and screwdriver.
Lola –
That is not funny and much more dangerous. I hope you’re okay!