Black ice = evil
February 2, 2005 – 3:00 pmI’m generally a well-balanced person; I travel to and fro with few, if any, missteps along the way. Such was not to be the case yesterday morning, however, as when I got out of my car at the office I encountered the dreaded BLACK ICE!
Yes, dear reader, the parking lot at my office building was sick with the stuff. I’m assuming it was all re-frozen snowmelt, since the previous day had seen the lot plowed and salted to within an inch of its asphalt-y life.
Now, the problem with black ice is that it’s oh-so-easy to miss if you’re not specifically looking for it. I rediscovered this essential fact of winter as I rounded my front bumper, slipped on a lovely patch, and landed directly on my left knee, leaving me with an inch-wide hole in my slacks and a nice scrape-and-ache in the knee itself.
Sigh.
3 Responses to “Black ice = evil”
Yieks! I hope your knee is okay.
By april anne on Feb 4, 2005
Hey - small world - the day you posted this, I had a slippery run.
By jank on Feb 9, 2005
Black ice sucks - I wiped out on it with a bike and scraped my knee a few years ago. Hope the knee doesn’t hurt for long.
By Dawn (aka Pink Lady) on Mar 5, 2005