It was a tree that was my downfall and American Idol

I was asked by David McMahon at authorblog (http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/) to explain how I had received a broken neck. And my "mostly recovered" comment. To put it quite simply, one morning Mac and I were pruning the big old pecan tree out front and feeling 22 rather than 52, I was swanning about on a ladder that was leaning against the big old limb that Mac had been working on when the chain saw got caught in the cut. So, he asked me to hold onto the chain saw and idiot that I am, I obliged. You know I never do what he asks me to do till I've had time to think it over and decide what lies in my best interest. I should have stuck to that policy, but noooooooo. I grabbed hold of that chain saw (whose motor was still running...no one thought to turn it off) with one hand and wrapped my arm around the limb of the tree. He pushed up on the limb and I swear it exploded like a gunshot in my ear. The limb (which had to have weighed forty five pounds) hit the ladder, leaving me holding the chain saw and no place to go but down. And down I went, (wondering if the chain saw was still going) breaking two ribs and as it turned out, my neck, in the process. Lucky girl that I am, later when the paralysis hit (neck to toe) and the doctor told me I'd never walk again, I just asked him to do the best he could, that I would leave the rest to God. I knew a lot of people were praying for me and I just felt it in my heart. No one was more surprised with the outcome than Dr. Santiago. While I don't dance much, I do indeed walk. While the swing in my stride that Mac once adored is more of a halting movement, it's movement. Sometimes it's more halting than others, depending on the weather. I still tend to get a bit of paralysis if I sit to long (hence no long trips if it can be avoided). And of course, there is no tree climbing anymore. I ran into a friend a few weeks after leaving the hospital who had fallen off the roof of her house while repairing the chimney. She told me we were getting to old for climbing trees and doing roof work. I tend to agree. But in my head, I'll be climbing trees when I'm ninety.

I was so bored last night with American Idol, it's hard to put into words. K(C?)risty Lee Cook was the only one I stopped cleaning the kitchen for. David Cook sent me back to heebie jeebie land...what ever made him choose that song, and then that cheesey "give back" written on his hands? My prediction is Syesia and Brook will be sitting in the bottom two...I just hope next week is more entertaining!
Hope your week is a great one.