Old Person's Oops

Yesterday at my doctor's appointment, I was asked the usual old person's questions including "Have you fallen during the past year?"

I think my question should have been "Have you spilled your tea in the past week?"

To which I would reply "Why, yes. Twice. In one week."

The first time, I set my tea mug down on the end table without paying much attention to where it would land. It tipped, and a bunch of papers got wet. Most of the wet papers were just pitched -- they should have been tossed long ago. However, there was a packet that included a detailed billing from surgery in 2022. Any time I noticed this packet I would think, I should move that. I finally did ..... after the tipped-over tea flowed through the papers.

The second time I spilled my tea, I bumped the mug against the arm of my recliner and it sloshed onto the chair. Not too terribly much, but enough to dampen a corner of the chair.

Oy vey.