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In No Mood For Dogs

About midnight last night I went down hard, crashing like a 747 into a brick building. Dropping my paint brushes, water cup, cell phone and canvases. Thank you puppy dog! I landed on my bad knee. The one I injured seven years ago I weigh twenty extra pounds now Which did not help Such wailing and screaming came out of me I began howling and keening. I woke up road kill. The dogs were so frightened, they ran off. My husband professed not to hear me. I was shriek-screaming! I called him on the cell phone. I fell over the dog and I can’t walk! I wailed. He came out with my walker. I crutched my way into the house. My knee is bigger than my head this morning. I am icing it, and in no mood for dog.

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Date: 9/18/2021 9:29:00 PM
Oh my goodness. I hope you are better by the time you read this. That was quite a fall...well-described, too. Jaw has ached all day long...pain pills...just going to relax if I can tomorrow. Maybe try to write, but the muses have left me to my own pains. I have a feeling they are working in the back of my mind, though.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/19/2021 3:32:00 AM
Rest up! There is nothing like rest! My knee is all swelled up but I am shopping with my eldest daughter today, and nothing is going to stop me!
Date: 9/18/2021 12:36:00 PM
Okay I really laughed at the knee…as I have been suffering this old age bang up of travesty. Do I feel for you - oh yes! Would we both be on the floor crying or laughing. Wondering if you have a sense of humor. Of course stars like fairies circle around our heads. ;) If I’ve at least cheered you up, then I’ve done my job.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/19/2021 3:33:00 AM
I figured I was dying when I realized which knee I fell on.
Date: 9/18/2021 11:20:00 AM
The love of painting should quicken the healing.You may need an assistant for the leg work. Get well by sleeping in ... your studio.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/19/2021 3:33:00 AM
I have been sleeping and sleeping and sleeping.

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