Healing of Teh Vengeful Toe proceeds apace. Still stitched, still bandaged, still ensconced in a stylish blue and white rubber surgical boot. That bitch Manolo got nothin' on me!
I can walk or stand - shuffle or maintain a more or less erect position, 10 degrees off vertical - for about 20 minutes before the foot feels like it's on fire. One more day, one more day's healing, one day closer to being back on the bike.
Nothing new to report, except that when you're on drugs and can't face standing for 20 minutes to cook lunch and another 10 for cleanup, Chinese takeout food tastes divine.
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On a humpday like this, when you're sitting at your desk, legs up, throwing down painkillers like popcorn, it is soothing to one's soul to contemplate the harmony of nature, and the peace that reigns in a state of nature. If only we could be closer to the earth, and more like the animals.
Okay, maybe the Gentle Tortoise isn't exactly nature's own little St. Francis of Assisi. But you know what I mean. Enjoy what you have, embrace what you're doing, and when you're knocking out those shitty intervals consider some guys would give their left toe to be out their hurting right now.
4 comments:
You just wait until all that codeine turns into a big cork in your sphincter, then you'll be wishing you were turtle food. I distinctly remember 13 years ago when the criteria for being released from hospital after an ACL reconstruction was "evidence of bowel function". Kinda made me wish I didn't push the little button quite so often on my own personal morphine dispenser.
I'm actually not taking that many hillbilly heroin pills - only knocking down one at night because (1) the foot gets swollen toward evening, and is quite painful; and (2) I assume I'm going to whack the foot while I sleep at night and would rather not know about it.
Either way, I'm not worried because I've never found a bowel function problem wouldn't respond admirably to three double shots of espresso.
Maybe the turtle will kiss the toe for you and make it allllllll better.
Anj - ROTFLMFAO. Truth told, I think the turtle in that first video drowned the pigeon just for the f*** of it. Ever look a turtle in the eye? Pure evil. These University of Maryland people have no idea what kind of diabolism they are tinkering with.
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