Paul Baker, who has grossed us all out at work with his many injury photos.

Tonight I was walking home after work from the supermarket and I was pretty weighted down. Big heavy backpack on my back: Check. Heavy bag of groceries in one hand: Check. Heavy purse in the other: Check. I came to that liquor store on School and Damen and there were some papers and leaves on the ground, but what I didn’t see was the circle of plastic, like a loop, a strap. Basically that thing lassoed itself around both of my feet and I face planted onto the ground. And since I was carrying to much weight it seemed to only take a millisecond and have an enormous amount of force. All I heard was the noise of the bag, but I’m pretty sure I made some sort of scream/grunt too. A guy in the liquor store made sure I was ok. I stood up and thought my pants legs would be gone, they were still there, but I just walked as quickly as I could home, everything stinging – I could tell there were some injuries. It was about a 10 minute walk.

The damages? Skinned right palm with a flap of skin hanging. Skinned and bruised left knee. My right knee isn’t skinned but is developing a really big purple bruise. It feels really deep. Both of my wrists are sore and my shoulders hurt too. I guess it was just that jarring. I don’t know what I’ll will be like in the morning but I have a feeling it’s gonna get worse. Right now I’m already hobbling around and the stairs are pretty impossible. I just feel throbbing all over the place right now.

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