somebody needs a hug! I ended up in a somewhat awkward embrace with a middle-aged Suit on the crosstown bus this morning. As the bus slowed down and a cluster of air conditioning-dazed riders approached the back door, the driver slammed on his brakes, sending this man flying through two people. This buck stopped with me however, because via either a momentary sense of self-preservation or deeply ingrained instinct, my arms shot out, hooked underneath his and I somehow managed to break his fall. It's an odd thing, to say the least,prada outlet, to find oneself in a close embrace with a complete stranger (a man, no less!) without fully realizing how this came to pass. He quickly gathered himself,downfalls, jumped back — I'm certain dying of humiliation — and hurried down the back stairs. I was so startled I turned left instead of right when I hit the sidewalk, and rubbing my aching arm. I blame the old folks for this, you know. Years of working in a nursing home and being on the constant lookout for the oft-toppling 87-year-old set has absorbed into my muscle reflexes, and now I'm catching complete strangers, embarrassing everyone involved. I also blame this stifling heat, making me soft. [Thank god this whole global warming thing is just a farcical creation of the liberal media or it would be really scary, huh? Sorry, bad inside joke as I apparently work with someone who shares this view.] It was very un-New Yorker of me to not step aside and save my own ass, boasting Pollyanna instincts I'd never own up to if my brain hadn't steamed itself out my ears before 10 a.m. It used to be I just , now I'm part of it. I'm off to melt my flip-flops onto the sidewalk and try not to bear hug any more strangers today en route to the gym. One can only hope. comments (11) July 17, 2006 07:28 PM Floridagal July 17, 2006 10:14 PM July 18,prada online shop, 2006 08:15 AM July 18, 2006 11:41 AM Dupin July 18, 2006 01:48 PM July 18, 2006 06:44 PM Stephanie July 19, 2006 09:03 AM Cynthia July 19, 2006 09:30 AM Jess July 19, 2006 11:55 AM Uju July 19, 2006 12:15 PM July 21,prada online, 2006 12:24 PM post a comment URL: Remember Me?YesNo Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)