Walk like a penguin.

Wow, I feel much better now.  When I'm walking on icy pavement, a parking lot, sidewalk, etc., I tend to take very small steps and go as slowly and carefully as possible.  The last time I did this I was internally scolding myself for walking like an old lady.  Of course I am an old lady (gasp, I really can't claim to be middle-aged any more.). More and more, as I take these tiny steps, I remind myself of Tim Conway doing his 'little old man' imitations. But, this evening on the local news a doctor gave some interesting advise. First he said that if you do slip on ice, hold your arms tight to your sides and roll up like a ball to avoid broken wrists and arms.  Really?  I have slipped on ice a few times in my life, most recently two weeks ago, and, believe me, as I was going down I really didn't have time to think about where my arms were. Luckily no broken bones.  But, what I enjoyed hearing in this doctor's advice this evening was "When you walk on ice, take tiny steps.  Walk like a penguin." Well, I feel better now.  I wasn't walking like an old lady, I was walking like a penguin. That sounds so much better.