Decisions

I'm not going to the beach.  My parents are totally cool with it.  They understand I don't feel well, can only carry so much stuff, and the jaw incident was a bit unplanned with my school and work needs.  Also, if I stay in town I can likely get my arch bars off this week.  They're starting to fall apart and poke me even more so that would be lovely.  Then I can go to the dentist sooner which would also be fabulous.  I might go to the beach later in the summer.  I did some calendar math and I can eat non-blended food on July 24 (assuming my teeth are up for it).

I got my bike back.  I thought I might be upset at seeing it but it was totally fine.  It's a tad bloody (I can't believe my friends stored the bloody thing in their living room with all of their bikes for all of this time!) but the only ill effects appear to be superficial scratches.  It was suggested to me that I might need a new helmet even though my helmet appears unscathed and I honestly believe only my jaw hit the ground.  However, it's probably good to get a new one just in case since they're only supposed to be used for one crash.  I mean, clearly, why chance it?  I can't 100% remember the accident anyway so who knows what hit the ground-even though my friend and I tried to recreate the position of impact based on my wounds.

Alright, back to my work before going to watch the European finals soccer game.  Last night a lovely fellow blogger asked via ghcat why I was doing work on a Saturday night.  I was shocked.  It hadn't occurred to me that was a strange thing to be doing.  That's how AWESOME law school is :)

Comments

[JeffO]

I hope the healing is going well. I feel for you with the reduced activity level.

I had a friend a week ago get VERY lucky. He was riding down a mountain on his Giant Aero GT at 25mph. Luckily, it was very high altitude so he was wearing 3 layers of shirts and actually had his cotton jeans on! So he's riding down, slowed a bit for some bumps, and his frame broke in two, right at the head-tube! Whammo. Cracked helmet, all three layers chewed through, but they had to have cut the damage in half. Still, he ended up with a very nasty gouge in his cheek and huge (HUGE!) gouge in his shoulder. And minor bach on the knee.
But the worst was his left middle finger got MANGLED. his finger-nail was barely holding on by some tissue.
He had surgery, and they think they saved his finger-nail.
He was registered for the WS100. So good for him WS100 got canceled.
But he has Hard Rock 100 in a week.
He is SO tough as nails.

And you are too, Audrey - keeping up good spirits and taking it all in stride.

As for work on Saturday - it's Sunday in Leadville and I finished one training run and I'm about to head out for more. I still squeezed in an hour of work in-between. It doesn't end when you graduate.

[Rebecca]

Hey there. Just catching up on your recovery process. I admire your fortitude. I have a feeling that if I were in your shoes, there'd be a lot more whining going on in the blog. I'll keep my finders crassed for you that you'll be able to eat July 24th. Take care and heal well!

[Meghan]

So, what I want to know is if you're already thinking about what you're going to eat when you're able to eat again?

Sorry to hear that the beach time fizzled. You're doing what's best for you and the recovery process, and your family understands, I'm sure.

Take care,
Meghan

[Chad]

OMG. I've been so behind on my blog reading and I finally got up to speed on everything that's happened the past month. I'm so happy that you weren't seriously hurt...I know you may think you were, but it could have been way worse.

If you decide to make the trek to Lake Placid, look me up. I think you have my email.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

~Chad

[dcrainmaker]

The whole working on Saturday thing wouldn't have been so sad if I also wasn't doing work both Friday and Saturday nights. :(

[Wendy]

Going to the beach later sounds ideal to me!