"it won't last... hold on fast..."

So let's revive this near-forgotten site. My own way of sharing my blessings to create good karma... Since I'm on dial-up it takes me around 40 minutes to upload a song so I have no choice but to do it one song at a time.

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I fell down our flight of stairs yesterday. Foul luck never seems to take a vacation in my place. My 4-year old son and I just came back from a dip in the pool on a lovely Sunday morning. Still dripping wet I sensed that he had to take a dump, so I sat him on the toilet upstairs. Realizing that his wipes were in the bathroom downstairs, I rushed down to get it before he gets his business done. It's just me and him in our condo and since I cannot "leave my child unattended", I had to mind him every single minute. Last time I left him upstairs by himself, he ate half a tube of toothpaste. Anyway, being the absent minded klutz that I was, I rushed downstairs still in my damp bikini and with wet bare feet.

Wet feet+narrow steps+poor eye-foot coordination=unsightly accident.

I fell on my back and slid down to the landing. My right arm still hurts as I hit my elbow during the fall. Like the world stopped. I just wanted to lie there and writhe in pain. But in a split second I remembered my kid upstairs, I remembered that I cannot afford to have a fracture as I have no health insurance and am down to the last few pesos in my bank account. I forced myself to get up. The world in slowmo now. And as I urged my aching limbs to move, this song by Low faded up in my head...

Embrace