Brakes only work if they are ON THE GROUND

So 7 wanted to ride the scooters down the hill, a short hill, nothing like what I did back in the day on my much less reliable skateboard (although to him, perhaps it would appear the same). He had on his bike helmet but we couldn't find mine, so I told him I would just not crash. Right? Right!

So we push ourselves up the hill, then down we go down the hill. I am picking up speed, since I outweigh a 7 year old, go figure. I start to pump the brakes...the suddenly discovered to be barely existent brakes. The pace does not slow much. I am not sure what to do, so I turn toward a patch of grass ('cause if you are going to crash head first, grass is softer) and after that, who knows what truly happened except for my head banging into the grass and dirt, blood pouring out of the corner of my eye, a dent in my forehead, dirt and road rash (from GRASS!) on my shoulder and both knees. Luckily, my husband is napping this afternoon so I could clean my sorry self up in the shower before he could freak out about it.

I am not sure a helmet would have helped except for the whole "you look like a prize fighter who lost" thing. While my eye is hurting badly, my shoulder is by far the worst of all injuries. Thank heavens I don't need it for my spin class tomorrow, much.

I just wish I would stop bleeding.

So the moral of today's story is to never use a scooter without checking its brakes first. That thing is HISTORY - and it's 9's so he is going to be pissed until he sees my battered face.

ThatGirl