This has nothing to do with the "that awkward moment" meme because this wasn't an awkward moment it was just this super awkward body thing I did today. I was walking to the store (all of three minutes, on foot, away), wearing my flip flops and tank top. Perfect weather.
I'm approaching the store, but I have to cross the street. I have two options: 1. wait until the traffic stops and I can cross (it's a small street, but with a fair amount of car traffic, especially on Saturday afternoon) but this could take up to three minutes of waiting. OR 2. At a lull in traffic going one way, dart through the cars. They usually aren't going very fast, so they all generally stop.
Option 2 is the option I usually go for, as do most of the people who live in my neighborhood. It's generally not dangerous.
Well, unless your wearing flip flops that you almost never wear and which are just slightly loose on your feet. As I start to run through the two lanes (one in each direction) I feel the bottom of my right flip flop fold under my foot, causing me to trip, in the middle of the road.
I fly forward into the second lane of oncoming traffic with absolutely no body control and a car approaching. I try to regain my balance, flailing my arms wildly as my flip flops fly off my feet. I stumble again, but manage to not quite fall as the approaching car jerks to a stop. I embarrassedly reenter the street and get my flip flops and finish crossing the road.
Upon regaining the awareness that had temporarily exited my body, I discovered that my left knee was in considerable pain, and my right big toe had a large piece of skin hanging loose as blood was pooling. I turned around and walked home, tail between my legs and bandaged my now throbbing toe before returning to the store.
Good thing only 25 or so people saw me, and all of them strangers.
Even more importantly, good thing I didn't get hit by a car, amiright?
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