Once again I took
more days off than I intended. Yeah, I’m
injured and all that. Who gives a
shit. I really just felt like being
away.
I still hurt. Quite a bit, thanks for asking. When I sneeze, laugh, cough, etc. it feels
like someone is stabbing me with a dull, rusty knife covered in dog shit. Also, I haven’t slept worth a damn because I
can’t get comfortable. I move during the
night, roll over onto my broken bones, and the pain keeps waking me up.
So I’m kinda cranky.
Plus, I’m a little
depressed about the whole thing. The
fact that I can’t do anything for a while really bugs me. It’s not just about the racing either. I can deal with that. But, I love riding my bike and nothing else I
do makes me feel as happy. I’ve tried
other things like playing a little guitar, and of course, self medicating.
With beer…
I like beer, but
quite honestly I haven’t been drinking that much (so I can keep from putting on a gazillion pounds during this long period of
inactivity.) Just as I started whittling
my way down to race weight (225 pounds in my case) I have the potential to
balloon up to well over 250. I don’t
need that, especially since I drink really
good (high calorie) beer. And no, I
won’t drink anything less.
I’m actually
getting a little bit better though. The
swelling around my rib cage has gone down and the healing has begun. It’s all I can do not to rush it, but I promised
myself when I got to the point where I could move around normally without much
pain I’d go for a little bike ride. I
think that time might be this weekend.
I’m not gonna do
anything to jeopardize my recovery, so the first (and probably only) ride this
weekend will most likely be a quick trip up to the store, or to dinner with the
little lady. Something easy, with
nothing but smooth pavement under my tires.
I’ll keep both wheels on the ground too.
I pinky swear.
I just want to be
back to normal so I can ride bikes in the woods (and mountains) again. If I heal up properly and feel like racing
again later this season, then I’ll do that.
But for now I just want to ride.
So that’s my Fun
Friday/weekend plans. There will be
beer, and possibly (hopefully) bikes.
This sitting around shit is getting old.
I can only play so many video games and eat so much food before I turn
into something (even more) undesirable.
Mmmm. Food.
See y’all next
week.
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