First: thanks to all of you for your support and words of encouragement! because it Did get better!

Yesterday as I was heading home my front tire hit some kind of depression. (It was covered over by weeds on the very short dirt trail I use to reach the paved bike path.) Needless to say, my back tire went swinging out from under me and, as I was near the street, hit the curb and dropped. My First reaction was to unclip!!! I got my right foot unclipped and down and between my right foot and my left leg (still clipped in) I managed to hold the bike up! Please don't ask me how coz I have Not got a clue! Anyway - I didn't fall and I DID get my foot unclipped right away! Nothing and no one got hurt cept the chain jumped the chainring so I had to do a slight repair. So the answer to my own question is: yes - it Does get better!