Biting It or Why I Laid In the Street At Nicollet and Franklin Last Tuesday

So, on Tuesday morning I was walking to Nicollet to catch the bus to carry out my latest shameful descent into the humiliating trap that is a payday loan when I stepped in a pothole, twisted my ankle, did a weird kind of pirouette and bit it in the street at the intersection of Franklin and Nicollet. It was very hot on Tuesday, the pavement was hot and I was LAYING IN A CITY STREET. That's gross!! Not to mention, my backpack (laden with the latest behemoth Harry Potter book and other goodies) spun around, caught my counter-balance and performed some twisted wrestling move on me that nearly popped my shoulder out of it's socket. A guy who was crossing in the opposite direction with a small child said: "Whooooaaaahhh! Are you alright?" When I realized I was, I said: "Yes, I'm fine. I just feel like a big dumb-ass. Stupid gravity." The 4 people at the bus stop were completely reactionless which was more humiliating. The weird thing is, part of me was wishing I had broken something so I would have a legitimate excuse to call in. Do I need a new job or what?