They’ve been there for a long, long time…. Network, phone, and TV cables stretching across the expanse between the living room and the two bedrooms. I knew it was going to happen one day, I just didn’t know when it was coming……

The careless me has been tripping over those cables many a times, though each time I was able to avoid falling and hitting something. A few days ago, at my in-laws’ place, they were talking about stretching some cables along their living room, too, and I said that it was dangerous and that someday someone might trip on them. Arthur readily said that it hasn’t happened at home yet, and that maybe I should just be more careful of how I walk. It’s not like I don’t pick up my feet. It’s just that sometimes those cables stick up into the air and my feet catch them….

So anyway, this evening, with an empty coke can, a large bowl and plate (thank goodness they were plastic and empty!), and two forks in my hands, I was planning on taking everything from the bedroom to the kitchen when I tripped (yet again). But this time, I actually fell. Everything went flying, and I landed on my knees. *ouch* I started laughing and tearing up at the same time, and was on my knees for quite a while. Arthur comes running out to see if I’m ok, and there I am, on my knees, half laughing, half crying…. not knowing how I felt or what I wanted to do…

After calming myself down, Arthur asks me why I was laughing… I don’t know… Maybe just the fact that it finally happened and that I felt stupid…. And I don’t know why I was crying either… Whether it was because my knees hurt, or maybe I was laughing too hard that I started tearing…. =P I also realized that I had slightly scraped my knee on the carpet…

But of course, the cables are there to stay…. Maybe someday I’ll learn to walk without tripping over them. Or maybe the wires can learn to stay low near the floor…. Maybe I need an area rug to cover it up so that I won’t trip over them….

So stupid of me….. =P *sigh*