So lets review. I got motorcycle. Had fun with motorcycle. Crashed motorcycle. The question every one has been asking (among others): have I learned my lesson? Well I would like to think so. The lesson I learned was to always ride at your own pace an comfort level.
The other questions I was most often asked were "What does the other guy look like?" and "Did you have a helmet on?" It was frustrating for me to have to answer the same thing over and over, so I eventually came up with creative or shocking responses to keep myself entertained. Surprisingly I wasn't asked if I was wearing clean underwear, but I was. However, I was not wearing matching tennis shoes at the time of the accident, which I didn't notice until I was sitting in the emergency room with nothing to do. And that's all I have to say about that.
A couple weeks after my accident my friend Trent got married to his high school sweetheart Stacey De Joode. I made it through the ceremony without incident. Everyone was very understanding and accommodating. I even had a good time at the reception with the help of a few prescribed narcotics.
It's been a long two months of recovery and I'm ready to get back to work. The vacation in Pella was enjoyable. It reminded me of what it was like to have to summer off from school. Seeing old friends, making some new ones, watching the stars, grilling out, and eventually getting bored. I was so driven to boredom that I took on the task of sorting boxes of school and childhood memories and even organized the shop. My stuff never got organized in my move from Dubuque since everything got packed in a hurry. I can't say that it had been organized before that either but the point is that now it's done.
I had my first physical therapy appointment on Friday and the therapist says my range of motion is outstanding for being in the sling for 8 weeks. She will be checking with the doctor to see how much we can progress for next time. In the meantime, I took home a pulley system to put over the door. I grab onto the handles and use my right arm to pull my left arm above my head. I have another set of exercises to try to get the muscles in my shoulder to relax and hopefully in a few weeks I will be working on strengthening them.Other than that not much else on the horizon. I'm looking forward to outstanding seasons from all my football teams (Bears, Vikings, Hawkeyes, Dutch x2, and Spartans) and baseball teams (Cubs and Twins) even though I usually end up loosing interest in baseball in favor of football.
