Drove back to Hurricane yesterday, hung out @ OTE, and then drove out to JEM TH for the night.
I hung @ OTE yesterday, what a hoot. Talked w/ Slower than Snot Dave. Learned that last year he raced the Leadville 100 on a fixie! The first rider ever and since. he said that he got a 5 min conversation w/ Lance b4 the start. Let’s understand what Dave did: He raced 100 miles on a bike that pedals like a tricycle: his pedals go around w/ the rear wheel, no coasting. He finished in 12 hours 6 mins. This is to be admired for the difficulty of his ride. On the other hand, gears exist, as do full suspensions. His choice, my choice.
Word from ct scan was the hematoma is getting smaller, that was it. I called the urologist and asked for more info. Said results might take 2 days to become available. Scanned images on a network. Today I called and insisted on a reading of the entire scan. Played phone tag and then learned from a nurse the radiologists exam: Lots of good stuff still working inside me. My kidney is healing and I am released for increased activity w/ full use in 3 weeks. Still no definition on why my rib in front still hurts. No definition of what increase is supposed to look like. My definition. Tonight I sleep in my bed. I pumped up the tires on the road bike. Tomorrow I plan a short road ride to get conditioning started. I did hike the JEM trail for almost 60 mins while buzzed on pain pills. I pedaled the Spot out the lane to the hwy & back. Felt good, need more. 5.5 inches of PUSH suspension soaks up a lot of bumps.
Yesterday i bought Grisham’s The Summonds and read it almost non stop yesterday & finished it today. Stopped @ Walgrens for another pain pill prescription supply & picked up The Associate. Quick reading, engrossing in the story, hard to put down, escapist reading w/ no real redeeming justification, just escape. Tonight I will be propped up in bed, between the sheets under covers and will read until I fall asleep.
Pistachios are locally grown w/ the claim that the environment here is similar to their native land of the middle east: Iran & Iraq. Taste the difference conditions make.