Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they've gone (Sunscreen)

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Wie geht's?

The advice about knees comes in Baz Luhrmann's Sunscreen and it's a key piece of the puzzle. 

It's advice that's always worth bearing in mind, as I sometimes forget to look after my knees. Yesterday, that message flooded back to me in a torrent of emotion as a rush of blood to the head had me running through the rain for about 50 metres. 

I immediately regretted it.

Friend and colleague Clare and I were heading to the main staffroom to get essential supplies for the maths/English departments' staffroom (tea, coffee, milk, sugar). 

Unfortunately, we needed to go across the field to get there.

Now I need to explain about the asbestos. 

Ongoing building improvements to our school library have revealed the presence of asbestos. Apparently, on the long weekend it somehow got loose and now poses a health hazard. A wire fence has been extended to contain the outbreak.

I can't believe I just wrote those last two sentences - as in, it all looks and sounds totally implausible. I'm shaking my head in disbelief.

Anyway - our usual avenues of access have been forbidden, hence our going cross country in the rain, hence my knees being savagely abused. 

Damned asbestos!

Love and peace - Wozza