Bad day
This has been a bad day for me. Or at least the first half of it was. When I dragged myself out of bed at 7.30 this morning I could not have comprehended what a terrible morning it was going to be.
I discovered last night that I have a severe plumbing problem. There was damp in my breakfast room and a hissing noise coming from one of the pipes. Fortunately (there is some good news) I managed to get someone round quickly (a friend who installed a new bathroom for me a couple of years ago). He had to take up the floorboards (typically, it had to be in the room I use as a storage room for junk) but did manage to locate and replace the broken piece of pipe.
As he was doing this however, I went to fetch my car from the garage (there is nowhere to park in Old Town nowadays after a certain time of night). As I was parking up I heard a collision behind me and saw a young man had come off his bike (motor bike). At first I thought he had hit the kerb but then I saw that a car had been turning out of one of the side streets onto our road.
It was immediately obvious that he was badly hurt. I started to call for an ambulance but someone else got through before me. Fortunately they got to the scene within minutes. All I could do to help was two things: firstly help some other men lift the bike off him (his leg was trapped underneath it), and secondly, comfort a girl of about 10 who had seen the accident and was quite distressed.
I hope he'll be ok. He was able to move his legs so no spinal injuries I assume. He was severely concussed however and I imagine there'll be some broken bones, even if it's just his ribs.
The accident upset me for the rest of the day. It was very difficult to focus on anything else when I got to work. I guess it just came as a reminder of how fragile we are, and how life can change in an instant. It certainly put all of my problems in perspective.
I discovered last night that I have a severe plumbing problem. There was damp in my breakfast room and a hissing noise coming from one of the pipes. Fortunately (there is some good news) I managed to get someone round quickly (a friend who installed a new bathroom for me a couple of years ago). He had to take up the floorboards (typically, it had to be in the room I use as a storage room for junk) but did manage to locate and replace the broken piece of pipe.
As he was doing this however, I went to fetch my car from the garage (there is nowhere to park in Old Town nowadays after a certain time of night). As I was parking up I heard a collision behind me and saw a young man had come off his bike (motor bike). At first I thought he had hit the kerb but then I saw that a car had been turning out of one of the side streets onto our road.
It was immediately obvious that he was badly hurt. I started to call for an ambulance but someone else got through before me. Fortunately they got to the scene within minutes. All I could do to help was two things: firstly help some other men lift the bike off him (his leg was trapped underneath it), and secondly, comfort a girl of about 10 who had seen the accident and was quite distressed.
I hope he'll be ok. He was able to move his legs so no spinal injuries I assume. He was severely concussed however and I imagine there'll be some broken bones, even if it's just his ribs.
The accident upset me for the rest of the day. It was very difficult to focus on anything else when I got to work. I guess it just came as a reminder of how fragile we are, and how life can change in an instant. It certainly put all of my problems in perspective.
posted by Jon | 7:40 pm
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