Talk about embarrassing! I went to go see The Return of the King for the 2nd time last night. I was already seated waiting for the others of the group to arrive so I could bring them their ticket. My friend Tony arrived so I went down to give him his ticket. As I walked back into the isle where my seat was I slipped and popped my knee out of place!!!!
I don't remember how loud I really was but I was yelling because of the pain. Sam and Tony were wondering what the heck was wrong. I felt like I yelled that my knee was out of place. I couldn't pop it back in... It was stuck. It hurt like CRAZY! It's the most annoying/painful feeling ever! I finally got to sit down and Sam asked what he could do for me. I again felt like I yelled that he needed to straighten my leg and it would hopefully pop back in because I couldn't straighten my leg myself. He did that and it went back in and I remember just crying and shaking because of the pain. And wanting to crawl into a hole and hide!
That just happened in front of over a hundred people waiting for the movie to start. I felt like EVERYONE was staring at me. One guy was sweet enough to come up and see if he could help them carry me out or something. I just wanted to sit down and hide.... I ironically had just received a packet of kleenex from a promotion they were having for "Monk" on USA network. So I used that to dry my eyes and cover my face.
Sam was awesome though. He tried everything to make me comfortable. Made sure to get me some ice. Made Tony go give everyone else that we were waiting for their tickets. But I wanted to kill Tony when he came back in because as he walked back in at the bottom of the theater he looked up at me and mockingly reenacted me holding my leg screaming. A few people in the crowd looked back at me and smiled. I so wanted to hurt him at that moment. But I was laughing too hard to really worry about what exactly I was going to do to him. ;)
Throughout the movie my leg just throbbed in a dull pain. My muscles were all tight. It felt like really bad growing pains from the knee down. When the movie ended I really did have a hard time walking. I hadn't realized how long it had been since my knee popped out. It's happened maybe 6-8 times in my life but the last one happened a good 3-5 years ago. Either way it was hard to walk down the stairs of the theater. I made sure to wait till most people left the theater to even attempt walking.
When I got down to the lobby I decided to file a complaint about the grease that was on the ground that caused me to slip and humiliate myself. ;) So I told the manager and she gave me 10 free movie passes (I gave one to Tony cause he had to deal with the embarrassment of being with me when it happened, and of course Sam will share them with me since he did most of the work and is usually my movie partner anyways.) and they gave me information to send a letter to corporate and all sorts of stuff. I believe I will write a letter but it's not like this is the first time it's happened. I mean it's not good that they had the grease on the ground, but if I didn't have a bad knee the worst that could have happened is I fell on my butt.
Anyways, today it's still a little tender and tight. But I'll be fine. I'm enjoying my day off. I'm gonna go spend all the gift certificates I got for Lane Bryant for Christmas. :) Big Sales!
Bye!
posted by Charity at 12/27/2003 11:33:00 AM 
