Unexpected help

I think I need to rethink how I get out of bed --I wind up on the floor too often.

It happened again Friday after my nap. No one heard my first call for help, but my niece heard the second. 

She came in and said, do you want me to move the chair out of your way?

Yeah, I said, so she did. I was still pretty stuck, so she said, do you want help?

Again, I said yeah, assuming she'd go get a parent.

Instead, my skinny-as-they-come niece grabbed me under my arms.

She didn't get me up and went and got her dad, but in her defense, I was laughing and so surprised I was no help.