Always Carry Wet Wipes (and Bandages)

The single use wet wipes we're given as cheap oshibori alternatives frequently wind up in my purse and stay there, and for good reason!

I am a bit of a klutz, which means sometimes I might need a wet wipe for getting some stain off of my clothes or, in worse circumstances, I might have to staunch some bleeding as I did the other day. Weirdly enough, this time the bleeding was not my own.

On a rare morning pokewalk (though it may have been a Monster Hunt), I wandered to a nearby park with a nice view of the ocean and took a few pictures as I took on the view. I was trying to clear my head after a few days of job hunting and feeling like I may have wasted my life by not choosing more lucrative, if also more demanding, work.

I noticed an older man walking around as well and thought nothing of it, until he crossed behind me and stumbled right out of his shoes, his head lightly colliding with the wall of the nearby seagate.

I asked, "Daijoubu?!"

He didn't respond for a moment but it seemed that the collision wasn't too bad as no immediate dents, bruising, or bleeding from the scalp seemed evident.

Then I looked down.

He had managed to fall out of his shoes and scrape one foot on the ground, resulting in one slightly deep gash.

I grabbed a wipe, apologized, and applied it with pressure to his foot until the bleeding slowed enough for him to get his shoe back on.

I then helped him to his feet and checked to see if he was ok. He said he was and asked if I was travelling.

I said I lived nearby.

There was an awkward pause.

I ran away.

But maybe I'm exactly where I need to be.

Though next time, I'm bringing bandaids.