Be Careful What You Ask For

You know how you are forewarned about doing something and you do it anyway? Thinking it will never happen? 

My sister warned me about leaving magazines on the bathroom floor. They  would cause her, or me, to fall. She wasn’t kidding!

On a Friday night three weeks ago my sister was in the bathroom getting ready to go out. I was talking to her and not watching where I was going.

Before I could stop myself, I went down like a Barbie doll and landed on a copy of New Jersey Monthly. I ended up at the doctor’s office the next day and learned that I had fractured three ribs. Ouch!

Ah, I thought, now I won’t have to do anything. Well, that grew old pretty quick. I mean how much television can you watch? 

I read, did crossword puzzles, yelled at my soaps. I have learned my lesson. As for my wanting another “me” day? Ha! I don’t think I’ll look forward to one for a long, long time.

Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it.