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stupid is as stupid does
By jelly | December 14, 2008
Well as for being stupid and not careful I think I win the prize. I was putting up xmas lights today. And I kept thinking all week that I should do this but I should do it only when the wife was home in case something happened.
Then I convinced myself that I’ve been on ladders lots of times and that I’ve never fallen badly 
I’ve fallen off before where the ladder was sliding to the right or left because I didn’t bother to put it on flat ground but I was always able to jump to safety and since I wasn’t going to be too high, except for when I did the second story, and I’ll make sure I’m more careful on that one, then it wasn’t a big deal.
Well saturday comes along and its really windy, didn’t help so I figured I would just rush through it to get it done. got the first section of and everythign was good, I got blown off the ladder once but as said it wasn’t a big deal because I was only doing it on the lower roof and could jump onto the grass.
then came the lights over the front entryway. Figured I would put the ladder up on the deck (nice new trex one) I remember looking down when I was putting up the ladder and noticed that the bottom was in snow. I think I kicked the snow away from the bottom but it would still defintiely be wet, as I was only climbing up one story, about 9′ it wasn’t a big deal. I’d just run up the ladder and get on the roof.
Well as I got to the top and was about to put a foot on the roof the ladder slipped out from under me, not tilting to the side or falling back the bottom slid out from under me, leaving me only one way to go down.
The rest is kind of a blur I dont’ know which way I landed, however I’m pretty sure it was flat on my back, on top of the ladder I think or maybe just on the deck. I remember from there rolling over to my stomach and being afraid to move because I was sure I would be hurt. I don’t know what time it was either at the time and no one else was home so I’m not sure if I was out for a bit or not. eventually I was able to move and figured out that although sore and a little groggy I seemed to be okay and moved myself from the front yard to the couch inside the house. I had a really bad head ache at this time but other than that seemed good. a couple parts of my body on my arms and hands seemed really tender but that was it.
The wife came home about 20 minutes later and wanted to take me to the hospital because I might have a concussion. I tried to assure her I was fine however she is still mad we didn’t go.
All and all I seem okay, my neck muscles starting aching the next day and continue to ache now. I assume they tried to stop my head from hitting the deck and stressed themselves. My abs and back mussels are also really tender but considering I did a back flop from 9′ onto a wood deck I feel pretty good.
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December 15th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
… this is why you need working external cams on your house. so I can watch and laugh at these events.
And call emergency services if you’re not moving 10 minutes later….