I have a black eye

@NJChicaa (119610)
United States
April 10, 2020 12:58pm CST
Charlie the Cat tripped me the other night and I crashed over the C2 rowing machine. I smashed like EVERYTHING. My foot hurt immediately the next morning and I think I broke my toe. My foot and my cheek were bruised pretty quickly. I figured that the bruises would go away in a couple of days. They mostly have. This morning I was outside taking the garbage out to the dumpster and I crossed paths with the woman who lives below me. We chatted for awhile and then she said "what happened to your eye?" I was confused but I told her about Charlie tripping me. When I got back in here I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and was shocked to see that I have a straight up black eye. I look like someone punched me. I fell days ago but only today it turned purple. Yesterday it was totally fine. Oh well. I guess it is a good thing that I'm not going out anywhere these days.
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
13 Apr 20
Ouch. Hope that toe is not broken. Ouch, ouch, OUCH! But you sound like Charlie made you into a hot mess. Yikes!
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
13 Apr 20
He is a handful
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
13 Apr 20
@porwest He needs a tranquilizer dart
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
13 Apr 20
@NJChicaa Sounds like it. Holy crap! I don't know. I think if I were the one with the broken toe and black eye, Charlie might need some medical attention as well.
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
10 Apr 20
Oh, how awful! Cats are extremely clever at tripping -- the late Jake tripped me down the basement stairs several times. After that, J told me in no uncertain terms that I was not to use the basement stairs any more.
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
10 Apr 20
This is not a pretty sight
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
10 Apr 20
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
10 Apr 20
@NJChicaa No it would not be. J just added his two cent's worth, and suggested that Charlie should be called The Mugger.
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@snowy22315 (180678)
• United States
10 Apr 20
Ouch! I tripped over a large plastic jug of cat food in the dark, and got a couple of bruises.
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@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 20
Well I'm glad you're ok though. Yah, sometimes that happens to facial/head injuries - happened to both my mother in law and mom last year (they both tripped and fell).
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 Apr 20
So sorry, I know how much a broken toe can hurt.
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
10 Apr 20
It really does!
@spiderdust (14761)
• San Jose, California
10 Apr 20
OW!! It sounds like you haven't seen yourself in the mirror for a while until today... or did the bruise progress to that level while you slept last night?
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@NJChicaa (119610)
• United States
10 Apr 20
No I've been checking my face daily because I knew that my cheek was bruised. The black eye literally happened overnight
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@spiderdust (14761)
• San Jose, California
11 Apr 20
@NJChicaa I've had that happen with bruises. Bruising is weird sometimes!
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 20
You could have worn a patch. The kids would have like a pirate for a teacher.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Apr 20
Sorry you fell and got injured! Cats have no idea, they can get in the way:(
@thelme55 (77061)
• Germany
10 Apr 20
Ouch! That must have hurt you so much. The comment of John Roberts made me laugh aloud.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
10 Apr 20
Sorry to hear about your black eye. If you broke your toe, you should get it set. It could be problematic in the future if you don't.
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