Hi Everyone;

I haven't been on the site much lately but not for good, funny reason.

I want to share the story about what happened to me soon after I received my Cecilio, cheapo violin. May 7th, 2012, I received my violin and May 26th 2012, I broke my bow.

 First let me just say, when I start any project I'm the type that obsesses. So when I committed to learning violin I natural started practicing for as long as I could daily. I work from home so my violin is always beside me at my computer. When I have a few moments away from my desk I pick up my violin and practice.  

Well, one night while I was getting ready for bed it happened. I picked up my violin and bow, to put it away, but I took a detour to make sure my front door was locked.I had my violin and bow in one hand so I could check the door lock. I checked the lock, turned around and scurried back towards my bedroom. (I scurry everywhere, it's a joke amongst friends and family.) The bedroom was lit but from the front door to the bedroom was not. I walk this path every day so I know that nothing is under foot. I just zoomed at my normal high speed. As I was headed for my bedroom BLAM,CRASH ,SNAP! I was going through a darkened doorway and my bow hit the jamb and snapped in half.

The tip hit the jamb and the other end near the frog jabbed my chest. OUCH...that hurt.

All I said was, "I just broke my bow!" There it was just hanging there over my violin and hand the hairs no longer taunt and my mother's voice ringing in my head, "How many times have I told you not to run with a stick in your hand?"

The next thing I heard from my one man  peanut gallery was, "I wondered how long that would take?" (You can fill in who the peanut gallery is but I will give you a hint...husband.) I couldn't believe that I heard that, so I chose to say nothing. I wanted to but I bit my tongue, so now my tongue is bleeding, my chest hurts and my bow broken.

 All I could think was, I wasn't running, I was scurrying.

The  next day I awoke with an incredibly sore chest and a beauty of a bruise. What a dork I am but I still wouldn't say anything about it to the "peanut gallery."

I carried on like nothing had happened. Can you say stubborn?

I had an extra bow that came with my cheapo Chinese violin and I had just ordered Fiddlerman's carbon fibre bow not two days before so I could still practice.

I've not missed a day of practice since getting my violin but wowzers was I hurting.

I thought all the pain I was feeling in my body was just all the contorting my body had to go through to play this violin. I would keep practicing throughout each day until I just couldn't go any longer, then pick up the next day and so on. Remember I wrote earlier, I obsess.

I couldn't sit at my computer for very long, every part of me hurt.  I spent days trying to get comfortable because I couldn't sit, stand or sleep. Finally, almost a month later I asked my husband to drive me to my chiropractor because my back felt out. I honestly thought it was. I have many scurry related incidents so by then I had forgotten the bow incident.

My husband and I go to the same chiropractor so when we go together we go into the doctor's office together as we both get adjusted.

As my doctor was asking the usual questions and taking her test she said "You have two ribs out, your hips are out, shoulders out on and on she went. She uses a body chart and colours in the parts that need work in red. My whole body chart was covered in red. She asked me how I could have done all this, just what was I up to? Well, the peanut gallery chimed in and said," She walked into the door jamb and hit her chest with a bow, would that do it?"

My doctor touched the place I got hit and couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it either, it still hurt like heck. Apparently, a hit like that can put you out all over the body.

I'm getting and feeling so much better but it seems I have some more adjustments and time until I'm back to 100% scurry mode.

During this time June 11th I think it was, I received a private message from TerryT about Fiddlerman's birthday. As I sat at my computer, I couldn't for the life of me figure out where the reply button was. DUH! I was not focussed to say the least and somehow I lost the message. I just now went on a search for it to see if I could find it and sure enough it was in a file in my mail named Ancestry.ca. What the?

If you are reading this now TerryT, I'm sorry I didn't get back to you but thank you for the invite I appreciated it.

Pierre, happy belated birthday.

So there you have it folks...Fifi is a klutz but a tenacious one!

Oh, did I mention just prior to this accident I had smacked myself in the nose and blackened both my eyes with a vacuum cleaner? I still have the bump on the bridge of my nose but that story will be for another time. 

I will come online more and more as I heal. I just wanted to let you know that I haven't left Fiddlerman nor have I stopped practicing I didn't want everyone to think I'd quit.   

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Fifi La Klutz Fume

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