absolutely exhausted today. getting up was painful. started rebuilding the rear brake assy on the bullit only to realize that I broke it more than i thought when i hit that tree. it snapped the little fitting that the line fits over on the lever end, and now that piece is lodged in the brake line. emailed Hayes to see if they could help me out. these brakes are seriously cursed.

i have to give a small presentation to our sales staff in a few hours and i’m too tired to even focus.

i think i’m going to head out to wakefield at some point this weekend, perhaps sat morning to get some pedalling in. just some gentle rehabbing of the knee. for some reason, the idea of pedalling my singlespeed jump bike around those trails sounds really fun to me right now.

One Month.

nothing exciting. got my brace, i am robo-man. ryder is still super cranky and tired from his weekend travel. that’s all for now.

Day 28.

lots of potential change on the horizon, and it’s all good stuff. big stuff, but good. ma & pa, we should do a video talk someday this week, as ryder is crazy active now. crawling all over at 50mph, pulling up, standing and tottering around the edges of things.

rode the cx bike up to a meeting in tysons last night and my knee felt really good. still working on the quad to get more stability, but most of the power is still there. got my new helmet in last night, can’t wait to try it out. full on moto snell approved 661Hurricane Flight in matte black. looks evil, i like it.

Day 27.

back from raleigh, had a really, really good trip. i’m further convinced that is where i want to be. it’s everything i want in life right now… less people, but same access to all the stuff we’re spoiled by now (groceries, retail, a&e). we looked at a bunch of houses in different developments and now i feel like i really have a handle on the area and where to look.

ryder’s first easter was yesterday, pretty uneventful… just a trip to the aunts & uncles. he did really good this weekend, but it certainly tired him out.

Day 26.

doc says nope, your PCL is completely torn. everything else looks good in the MRI though, so no surgery for me. rehabbing, rehabbing rehabbing before the first race of the year in a month (May 13th).

heading out to NC tomorrow morning to see carol, lee and ethan. have a good weekend all!

Day 22.

beautiful day out. not a cloud in the sky. jason and i grabbed veggie calzone’s from zpizza and ate in a park across the street. made it hard to come back to work.

had PT today, my therapist thinks that my PCL may not be completely severed, but only partially torn. i’ll find out the truth tomorrow when i get my MRI results.

Day 21.

got fitted for a PCL brace yesterday. thank god for insurance, i only have to pay 10% of my shiny new $1400 brace! what a friggin scam. heading down to raleigh this weekend to see carol and lee, ryder’s 2nd big trip. we’re going to have to rent a trailer to haul all of his stuff along.

oh, and if you’ve left a comment in the last 30 days or so you’ve noticed that it didn’t show up. somehow in the egoinc downtime, i’d forgotten that i had set comments to be approved before they’re published. and then i stopped using the egoinc email.

comments should be good to go now, continue asking maury questions

Day 20.

MRI scheduled for Sat @ 8am … start into physical therapy next week. finished up the 8 Months of Ryder DVD last night, so ma & pa, keep an eye out for that in the mail. anyone else who wants one, let me know.

Day Sixteen.

went to my ortho guy on a hunch today to get his opinion on my leg… cos it still hurts in a weird way and i wasn’t comfortable with the ER folks assessment of ‘contusion’. he’s pretty sure i tore my PCL. no good knees left over here. lucky for me, he says they rarely operate on PCLs, just do rehab. so i’m on that path, trying to get back to golden before the first race of the year in a month… lucky it’s a pretty easy mtn, so i should be fine.

ergh. this old body just ain’t keeping up… anyone want to trade?

Day Fifteen.

quite tired and sore today. may have exhausted my healing self running around too much yesterday, not getting enough sleep. i’d resolved to be in bed by 10:30 all this week and i haven’t done that yet. i’ll try for it tonite.

Day Fourteen.