this am i received a call from dyno dan, of hurricane fame, brother that dan had died and that he was calling people he found in dan’s phone. i will miss him while @ hurricane. he was my role model for continued living w/ lethal health issue. along time ago i put to bed any self pity i had and dan was one of my models. we talked several times a year catching up and abreast. several years ago i gave him a wide handle bar because he scared me by watching how twitchy he was and i knew the wider bar would increase his control of the front wheel. it worked. bye dan.

the new heater works great, at night i run it on low which makes for a chilly vs cold bfast.

ohio state won. i watched the game @ pooles, place of many football and baseball video screens.

i felt a pop in my shoulder area as i bent down to open my bike gear clothes. burn, nausea. please be attached. gotta go for  a cold night walk.

to go to 1st pt session. the preceding wed is when i learn of successful attachment.

i am still sleeping propped up in bed which is not my normal position. i so look forward to laying flat.

my painted nails are flaking as i am unable to open w/ 1 hand the polish jar.

i envision starting to use exercise equipment after dr review, just the leg machines. 4 weeks of non aerobic activity has allowed junk to accumulate.

i have been looking for land. i harbored hopes of buying a piece up the hill from my former house. i contacted the 93 yo man. he said his son thinks he can get $300,000o which is not in my league. yesterday i drove around foothills looking for sale signs, i found a few to follow up on. Sat i have a meeting w/ a realtor to see property around chatteroy.

i have a new support group named RAP for recovering active people to help cope w/ the medically forced layup as we count down the days to getting back at it. i am the charter member.

i have been learning about mapping software. trimble appears to be the leader. there are several additional data  manipulation steps to perform. great that the entire US is on 1 map. except that is on line which consumes my bytes.

i seemed to have mastered adding music to my ipod. however next step is to access music stored in my external hard drive. i have taken over the dining room table w/ my electronic paraphernalia.

new heater is installed and works better than the previous one as on low setting all the propane is burnt which doesn’t set off the alarm. i run the heater on low @ night to keep the water liquid and to be warm for my breakfast. temp is below freezing @ night.

been doing lots of reading building a stack of consumed books.

i spend the weekend watching football.

b4 surgery a sneeze would flop my right arm around causing pain. i used to brace myself against a wall.  now when i sneeze my arm stays put w/o a brace.

4 weeks out and i can sleep w/o prescribed pain meds. i make up the difference w/ self medication. i did like the percocet buzz.

time to get after it.

discovering muscle pain across the back of my shoulder, i presume it is from how the sling traps my arm and that it is just sore muscles. i have stiffness when i do the elephant trunk swing. my shoulder joint feels like it has been hit when i touch it. may the recently attached parts remain where they were replaced. b4 surgery when i felt a sneeze coming on i would brace my right shoulder against something. i sneezed 3 head spinning sneezes while free standing and felt no pain which had to have come from a detached tendon allowing the shoulder joint to flop. no pain must equal connected shoulder pieces.

nice fall weather. leaves are showing color. time for the best riding. you readers had better be getting after it. how about you send me a story about your ride? yes, i long to ride again. i know that my body needs rest to heal.  my life’s experiences give me the patience to accept this time of no use.

i have postponed my alaska trip because of season change and my healing.

my  latest computer task is loading music cds into my external hard drive then to load into my ipod. i am still figuring where the data is stored. path seems to be hidden. alphabetical.

i have been catching myself recently riding a past ride in my mind. right now it is michaux state forest near gettysburg, pa. rock gardens. i googled my name then looked thru what was me. i saw a pic of a rocky trail in canaan valley, wva. i captioned as the rockiest trail ever ridden. looking @ it 5 years later it seemed to lack a bite. and if so  i credit it to improved ability and better bike.

mon the attorney that closed my house will lead me thru research of court records of this piece of land to gather info for an unsolicited offer to sell this land.

2 weeks this thurs is 6 week recovery checkup. i have a pt appointment scheduled for the next day.

yesterday tom invited me over to his house to watch the huskies game. tom took a splatter from the car hood jump. his wife attended to him during his recovery of his plated collar bone.

the new elk type pub opened on tues. i visited for dinner on thurs. kept the former restaurant name, ginos. same name but really different. i like the feel, it nailed it. i will visit here prolly more because it is this side of town from where i am staying. funny: my left hand fingers scoot along the keyboard hitting the keys correctly most of the time yet i flounder on the gps keypad which is alphabetic.