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I took Lord Dudley Mountcatten out for a walk the other day.
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Or rather, I tried to… as all he wanted to do was sit.
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Granted we’d just had rain and things were a little wet, as proved by this photo of our newly completed deck I lined up and photographed.
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As this was happening, His Lordship spotted a woodchuck in the day lilies and it started squealing.
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I pivoted, climbed to the second step, took a picture and then the Tasmanian Devil I had at the end of the leash decided to wind around my legs and make a dash at the chuck. This resulted in me stumbling off the steps, getting wrapped up in the leash and falling butt first in the flowers.
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See the large depression to the left? That was me and my ever expanding posterior.
I’m not sure who scared off the woodchuck, but I’m guessing it was the sight of my giant behind coming straight at him that made him beat feet.
No worries. I picked myself up, dug around the bushes for my phone and went inside where all was well.
Until I woke up the next day with intense pain on the right side of my bad knee.
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Something’s torn or strained or pulled because walking is painful and flexing my ankle makes me grimace.
As you can see, Lord Dudley was completely unharmed.
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River's world..... 
He didn’t try to eat your lunch, right? Small favors.
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Very small…
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😳 oh no!! I wish you a quick recovery. Take care.
Dudley looks so innocent asleep there with his toy mouse, but I’m sure he’s sorry and wondering how he could have done things differently to avoid your fall😿.
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As long as I can still open a can, I’m sure he doesn’t care. 🤣
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Think of it this way, Your Derriere, as you do delicately put it, helped that Woodchuck get away before Dudley could get it. So, your pain is worth it.
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The jury is still out on that one.
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I thought I felt the earth quake here in Ohio the other day. It probably wasn’t the same time you fell on your butt, because aftershocks are like thunder — the farther one is from a lightning strike, the longer it takes the thunder to be heard.Still, anything is possible. 😀
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I wouldn’t doubt it. I landed quite hard…
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Oh crap, sorry River. I know you already had issues with your knees and now this? Dang, hope you get well soon.
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That’s the problem, I’m prone to injuries with this leg from now on. It doesn’t take much.
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So, looking for silver linings, a crash landing on a nicely upholstered backside has to be less jolting than slamming a boney butt into the ground doesn’t it? Hope your knee is better soon!
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Cushion does come in handy now and then.
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😂
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The one and only time I tried to take my cat on a walk using a leash, he almost got me killed – taking your life into your hands there River! Hope you heal right soon!
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This is the first time he’s ever tripped me up. And a painful one at that…
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Cats are out to kill us! Lord D is surely updating his notes.
I hope you heel rapidly!
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Thus is His Lordship’s first attempt at matricide. It has not gone unnoticed…
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Ody loves to play speed bump laying in the hallway while my vision’s obscured by a laundry basket or something, and I’ve taken a few tumbles over him in the past. And of course, I get the mean look for interrupting his nap…
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Dudley crisscrosses in front of us when we walk down the hall. He’s a feline obstacle course….
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OH NO! He does not look concerned one bit. 🤣
How are you feeling?
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Still in pain and hobbling around.
😰
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Oh no. 😒
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A. I’m sorry for your knee pain.
2. Is there video?
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Haha. I had similar thoughts. First, “Oh no, Dudley, you didn’t.” Then, “Why didn’t River call out to her husband, who could have gotten a photo of her squishing her own perennials?”
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The husband wasn’t home, but thanks for the concern.
😉
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Thank you.
And no. There is not…. sorry.
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