Tifu by going to the grocery store

Running dangerously low on essentials and having been forced to take vacation time at my work from home job, I decided to go to the grocery store this morning.

After loading up at TJs, I started my ~1 mile walk home.  The pedestrian light to cross the street was counting down so I started to walk quickly to catch it.  I’m watching the light and didn’t notice that they had just installed a row of very short bike racks (about a foot and half high, thin, silver arches) at the corner.

Before I know it, I have tripped over one and when I go to right myself, I hit a second one.  It felt like everything was happening in slow-mo and for a second, I thought I was going to be ok.  Then the weight of the groceries propels me forward into the last arch which causes me to face plant into the sidewalk.

I am bleeding and can feel something isn’t right in my mouth.  I put my hand up and half of one of my front teeth is gone.  A construction guy runs over to see if I’m ok and all I can say is “I lost my tooth!”  He runs away scared of the hysterical bleeding person without another word.  Eventually I pull myself together, used my face mask to stop the bleeding, and called an Uber home.

Long story short: after an emergency visit to the dentist who wasn’t hesitant to throw around fun words like “root canal” and “I’m not going to lie to you, this isn’t good”, I now have a funky tooth cap and two stitches in my lip.  The PA who stitched me up joked that I look like I have lips people pay for, so win?  Until the medical bills arrive.

I may be a klutz who lost a tooth, but at least I saved the groceries.  The eggs weren’t even cracked.

Tl:dr: Ran to catch a light, tripped, face planted, and lost a tooth (but saved the groceries)! So don’t be like me and look where you walk.  Dental work is expensive and painful.

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