What a Rip....

So ... Thursday this week, late morning, I was inspecting a farm just West of Cavan ( almost in your back yard David! ) ......

I'd had a pretty rough rew days.... I got 15 hours sleep in four nights this week..... it wasn't a great week for reducing the bags under my eyes...

anyway.... I was measuring the house at this farm, quite a nice place....

...... when I got to the back of the house, in order to get to the far corner to get a measurement, I had to jump off the deck ....

I gracefully jumped down , much like a gazelle, now that I think about it....
......... from this deck.........



















I jumped off, but forward, so I wouldn't land in the flower bed....

what I didn't realize was.... that the ground was sloped...... a lot more than I realized.....














when my feet hit, given the fact that the ground was sloped, and the fact that when my body becomes desperate for sleep, I fumble around like a complete moron... given all of THAT, when my feet LANDED, the REST of me kept going....

....... I stumbled forward like a retard.....frantically trying to steer myself to the right so I didn't end up in the pool....

after I tumbled for several feet, my top heavy body went down on my face, rolled over and over, my clip board and my camera banging all the while...

I lay there in a daze, staring up at the sky......... soothed by the calming sound of the water pump in the pool, and the uncontrollable laughter of the farmer.....

"WHAT A SHOWWWWWWWWWW" he says.........


I grimaced.... "You're WELCOME," I said.... "it's just one more service we provide!!!!!"

Anyway, I staggered to my feet, with n'erry a shred of my pride, OR dignity intact, and continued inspecting as if nothing had happened!!!



When I got back to my car, I realized how soon I'll have a pair of black docker shorts!!!!





sigh....