Captured by slippery walks & phlegm

I believe I'm finally free of my captors. My former snot filled body appears to now be back to normal. The beginning of spring always seems to bring about a good congestion for me but this season I also had the pleasure of a tumble out at my front door. It all occurred on the 14th, the full moon no less, when I was headed off to work. During the previous night of sleep I kept noticing how my throat was getting more & more sore, so it was no real shock upon waking to discover I not only had a sore throat but I also had some severe congestion forming. Not a very great way to start my work week, but I got ready anyway & after taking only five steps outside to my car, my left foot slipped off the walkway and my ankle twisted underneath me. Somehow I managed to fall forward, smacking my right knee right into the cement walkway. And while I was in mid-fall my right arm tossed my coffee mug through the air, it also landed rather hard, but more in the grass than the cement. Still I only mention this point to say that in my then condition, watching my beloved instant coffee, which I had not even taken one sip of yet, fly through air and slowly drizzle out onto the lawn was the final blow to my morning. Especially since for a second I thought I had done permanent damage to my ankle. I had a moment of panic thinking I would not be able to pull myself up & there was no one around to get help from. I even called out in a rather feeble voice to my husband who was inside the house busily writing his senior paper. Of course he could not hear me & my cell phone was charging in the office so I couldn't even call him. Around this time I decided I was not going to work that day.
fortunately, I could hobble back into the house, but I'm afraid to say I couldn't help but cry a little, I just felt too miserable for words, my cream pants were all muddy & my coffee undrinkable & you know every inch of me feeling sore now. Big nose heard me trying to unlock our door through the sobs & at first just thinking I had forgot something he was quite surprised to see me standing there like a lost puppy. He went instantly into alert mode thinking something much more serious had happened. And of course when he heard that I had fallen he did all the right things, checking/bandaging my wounds & helping me back to bed. He even got me a walkie talkie to use to call him on in case I needed anything.
so now here I am back safe & sound.