I figured out the bruises

[cjsmith]

My tendency to bruise easily leads to occasional minor mysteries in my life. Lately it's the outsides of my upper legs.

For several days I thought the car accident must have jostled me harder than I'd thought. But no; NEW little bruises kept adding themselves to the constellation.

Took me until last Friday to figure it out. They're from climbing over the handbrake.

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[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

They're from climbing over the handbrake.

And not even in a fun way, apparently! ;-)

I'm always looking down at some extremity and finding a cut or something and having no idea how I got it. Often there will be a decent amount of blood and I won't feel it. Until I've noticed it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The whole "mystery injury" thing adds surreality to life, doesn't it?

I'm slowly building the habit of NOT pulling the handbrake until after I get to the passenger side of the car. Here's how the habit goes so far:

-turn off car
-automatically set the brake
-realize I'm about to climb across
-release the brake
-climb across
-get out of car
-lock and close the door
-realize the brake isn't set
-open door again
-set the brake
-lock and close the door

I'm sure there are some optimizations that can be done. I just... somehow I know they've got to be possible. ;-)