Don't Be This Girl - DIY Danger #1

You see crown molding, the ceiling and if you look carefully, there is a hook where my small crystal chandelier used to hang. I moved the light to the other side of the room to make room for my new floor lamp we bought at the Erie Estate Buyers. When I moved the light, I noticed the ceiling could use a touch up.

Now visualize a step ladder up against the wall and a DIY'er up on the ladder with a cup of paint in one hand, a brush in the other. Now visualize this DIY'er with her long hair put up in a bun-like thing with clips and clamps and whatever is needed to keep the hair out of one's face while working. Very carefully I ran paint along the edge of the molding. In other words, I got my face right in there with my tongue out in ernest effort and .....

What the heck!! Somehow, someway, my hair got caught in that hook. I couldn't bend down to put the paint down and I'm somewhat leaning backwards on the ladder steps with my hair tight into the hook. I can't reach up with my hands as they are full and I can't turn around as it hurts. I'm just slightly off balance but am alright if I don't panic. What runs through my mind is how do these things happen? They happen all the time! I'm home alone, doing something that I thought was pretty safe.

Slowly I start wagging my head left and right, a little up and down. If someone saw me they probably would have thought I was bopping to a beat, winging my arms around dancing not knowing it's a balancing act. I manage to finally free myself minus some hairs that I really can't afford to give up. My neck muscles hurt for hours afterwards.

You don't read about that danger in those home improvement books.