Today I went rock-climbing with my younger brother. We climbed for about an hour and a half, and then decided to go get food. Usually we’ll climb for longer, but I think for some reason we both weren’t really feeling it. For me, I was pretty tired because I just couldn’t fall asleep last night, and I did a lot of climbing a couple days ago (top-roped two 5.11′s!). And for my brother, he’s not been climbing very much recently, and felt tired. We both did a handful of good climbs before taking off though.
Anyway, in Worcester, there recently opened up a new Five Guys Burgers and Fries place. I’m a vegetarian, and they have a good veggie sandwich (just get a lot of mushrooms) and so being able to eat at a fast-food location is pretty exciting for me. And I love mushrooms and sandwiches. I actually went there yesterday by myself, so this was my second trip in two days. Eating at Five Guys for me is worth about 4 meals (assuming I get french fries) so it’s pretty cool if I’m busy because I can just go there, forget to eat for about a day, and not really worry about it. Awesome!
So me and Seth (Seth is my younger brother!) were sitting down eating, and I had an obstructed view of the counter where people order. There was a crowd of people at the counter, and suddenly I heard a thud, and saw that someone was on the ground. It was a guy surrounded by some friends. People seemed really shocked, but I saw him getting up, so I assumed he was just very outgoing and had been demonstrating some story or joke a bit too openly.
So I went back to eating, when, BAM, a couple minutes later, I felt this body crash into me. It was really quick, messy, and shocking. Bodies are so heavy! This was just a normal guy, and his whole body was just like dead weight in my lap. I was taken completely by surprised, and just remember shouting, “Oh my god oh my god!” I thought I was being attacked at first. I like to think that I like to give people the “benefit of the doubt” but I guess in fact I’m pretty mistrusting.
I’m okay. My head got hit, and I think my elbows too, or at least somewhere else on my upper body. I might have a bruise, as my head thronged for a good 20 minutes after. But more than anything it was just plain scary. I really had a hole in my stomach for the next hour!
The guy was okay I think. He cut his arm falling on either a chair or a table, and hopefully he was able to get to a hospital to figure out what the problem was. I guess I’ve led a pretty boring life so far, because this is probably the craziest thing that’s ever happened to me. I would have stayed to get interviewed (SHOCKING! MAN FALLS NEAR GIRL EATING VEGETABLES!), but I had to get going to help some kids in need of belaying.
Update
This afternoon I was speaking with Carissa and we had a conversation that went something like this:
Carissa: I got a bloody nose today!
Me: I got fainted on today!
Carissa: I know. I WISH someone fainted on me.
Me: What?
Carissa: When I went to Five Guys later with mom I walked in and I was thinking wow I really hope someone faints on me but no one did.
