A little stunned

I took the puppy out this morning after the rainstorm that had lasted all day yesterday. It was before anyone else was up - except the puppy of course. She woke me up by whimpering by the side of my bed and trying to wake Esme up in lieu of us. I slipped in the mud and fell backwards onto a tree - slamming pretty hard under the back of one shoulderblade. I'm glad that was the place I hit - as I'm just a little stunned with a sore back. If I'd hit my head that hard on the tree I'd probably still be out there lying in the mud *whew!* I'm also glad the puppy didn't get in the way when I was falling - that would have been awful too!