wiggle my nose and make this experience over

3 days in, packers won, sleeping on the floor, discomfort always present. teaching moment:  keep my attention focused.

sunday was hanging waiting for start of sb party @ jim & jan’s. drove down to  cottonwood to walmart to buy car camping sleeping bag.i wanted a coleman flannel sleeping bag w/ duck hunting theme. i only opened the sleeping bag in the van @ bed time that i noticed the  inside material was a slippery synthetic that i did not want against my skin. bummer, will exchange it on another visit.

super bowl party, regular biker crowd. learning how to manage my chemical state w/ pain pills, beer and medicinal pot.

yesterday i called the ortho doc. closed on monday. hung @ bnb.

yesterday @ my beaverhead flats camp spot i was contacted by a usfs resource ranger informing of the camping stay limits on the forest: 14 days maxim any 30 days in the whole forest. i danced around him about policy. he finally said that i did not stay long in any one spot i would probably be left alone. policy is aimed @ the people that set up residency. i am a sleeper and slink awayer.

today i drove back to cottonwood walmart and bought sleeping bag w/a more cotton liner. i have a backpacking sleeping bag made by wiggys which lacks comfort that the floor of my van avails.

called ortho,  person i need to talk to starts @ 10:00. called then, she told me to call back. meantime driving thru cornville i spied a sign advertising $10. haircut today only. i turned around and walked in. $10 for hair an additional $5 for beard, eyebrows are free. she spent more time on my beard, i now am cleaned up. connected w/ ortho person. no appointment, we negotiated that she would view my x-rays, if the break looked like it needed surgery repair she would call me back. no call back could mean good,   or, she didn’t complete her tasks. it feels like my bone ends are moving around. i want to aggressively manage my healing but others have knowledge i need.

this afternoon jimmy, scott, and matt went out for a ride that normally i would have been on. matt walked a tough tech spot on damifiknow and slipped to him broke his ankle. they were you can’t get there from here location. jimmy and scott were able to get matt and his bike to a road.

sleeping on the floor of my van on a thermorest what effort expended to lower myself to floor w/ 1 good arm, crawl into bag, zip it up, and get my head on my rolled up jacket for a pillow. i am forced to sleep on my back, an unnatural position. getting upright is even harder. 3 1/2 weeks more of this.

windy @ my preferred beaverhead flats spot. temps @ night are just above freezing. day is short sleeve shirt. i bought 2 short sleeve snap button foreign made shirts @ walmart. snaps join shirt parts easier than 1 handed buttoning. wearing topsiders w/ cord locks for ease of getting in & out.

thanks all for positive vibes. i plan on recuperating here in sedona area because the weather is so favorable.

tomorrow i learn more about my fracture and matt’s injury.

still left hand typing