Sue's notes to self

It’s funny how some things fall into place. I was contemplating our impending (and much anticipated) trip to the local theatre to see Giovani and Anton in their two men show. (In this case other dancers are not available). I got to thinking that once upon a time I could balance on my own two feet and even dance. If I tried it now I would undoubtedly fall over, as many will know I am rather prone to do. I got to thinking then about the many ways in which we fall.

In my life of falling over I have fallen down the stairs, up a step and on the mat. These have resulted variously in a many bruises, a broken elbow and a black eye. Somebody once commented that I should be put into one of those inflatable balls they use for ‘zorbing’ for protection. I declined, as I have trouble enough getting into spaces as it is!

You can fall in love, fall for someone and fall out of love too, assumedly when one or the other of you falls from grace.

You can fall into the water and you can fall overboard, probably into the water, but when it’s a moving boat it’s probably more serious. I nearly did that once! All could be lost if you fall to the bottom of the sea.

You can fall into disrepute, despair, dispute, decline and lots of things, like traps and bad habits. I once fell into a patch of stinging nettles and my younger brother wouldn’t come near me (win) because he thought he could catch it, my leg being covered in sore bits. As I did not disabuse him of this idea I guess he fell for it, while I secretly fell about laughing. These days people fall for it all the time, as they fall victim, or prey, to the many unscrupulous scam artists who target the vulnerable. You have to hope that they fall foul of the law one day.

You can fall short of expectations, supplies, and even time. Things fall between the gaps, especially between the cushions of the sofa, to be found later when you (maybe) decide that you have fallen behind with housework and need to hoover more rigourously. It would be great to say that housework falls outside my area of responsibility but it’s much better to fall to and get on with it. This falls into line with the commitments I made when I left paid work too. It would be so wrong of me to fall by the wayside after all.

Of course things can just fall down, like leaves from trees (in the Fall if you are from the US), cats trying to jump into basins, ornaments from Christmas trees that have been shaken by said cat, rain (like cats and dogs), snow, hail and lots of other, sometimes breakable, things. They tend to fall to earth with a crash. You can fall on ice, and through it come to that, maybe even flat on your face.

Sometimes things just fall into place, and sometimes your plans fall through. You can fall from the roof , as my hubby did once, though it wasn’t a fall from a great height. I didn’t hear it happen so I fell from favour then too. We learn to ride a bike mostly by falling off it. I know I did. Repeatedly.

Bills fall due, funds fall below zero, which is not good if the two coincide. It’s okay if you have reserves to fall back on, otherwise things can fall apart. Items I have sewn sometimes do that too, fall apart at the seams!

Christmas Day falls on a different day of the week each year, this year will be a Monday. That means that Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday, which also means lots and lots of church services that day, so I will be bound to fall asleep very early on the Monday. This will not be because of I have fallen under the influence of the wine at dinner.

I am sure there are many more ways to take the fall, but for now I will just fall silent.

Did I hear you say ‘thank goodness’? Best I fall away then. 😉😔🤣

July 28th 2023