Misadventures of Mom

I need a smiley of someone pulling their hair out. Anyone have one?

:cry::cry::cry:

This whole broken bone thing is starting to prey on my mind too. The more I think about it, the more apprehensive I get about actually getting ON the bike.

ugh

actually considering buying a nice safe hybrid... something to "take it easy" on.

I am bummed.

🙁
 
seems like a perfectly natural response, as that is the last thing that happened on a bike (sort of) - hang-in for a couple more weeks.
the canal path is paved...
 
Arwen's Mom said:
how about the car? 😛
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need more angles, preferably one of the hoo. . . . o wait, the hood isnt there. . . maybe one of the trunk?? either way more detail woman, and less people in the picture from what i have id guess 196x rust bucket 🙂
 
shrpshtr325 said:
either way more detail woman
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You called me "woman" :hysterica
actually made me laugh out loud.

Well, here's my early morning brain rambles for the day:
How do you tell a close friend that the gift they gave you is something you will never NEVER wear?

The art of communication is lost.

Do I really want to buy that hybrid? here's the scoop: I am in Halters. There is a very pretty purplish hybrid sitting there. I comment on it. Jason says "that would be a perfect recovery bike for you but its a lot to spend for something you will ride only a few months" Honestly, he could have easily talked me into buying it, but he is an honest salesman and really wants his customers to be happy. He would rather I spend that money on a bike I will ride every day for years. So he gently gets me to rethink it. This is why I love him 😀
But then I thought, well, I do a lot of riding in the winter on bike paths...and the suspension on my other bikes gets so mucked up from it, maybe a nice hybrid would be better for that? So then the Mr AM asks me "if the bike was any other color other than purple, and not black and red, would you have liked it? If it was orange would you have even looked at it?" :hmmm: probably not.

so....maybe I dont.

Norm is funny. So is Walter. Want to meet you guys some day.

a bike purchase WOULD cheer me up a little...

I miss riding.

The month I did little riding due to my back injury I gained a few pounds 😡 so the month I am doing NO riding I hiked and gave up cheese. Well, except for pizza. But I have pizza only a couple times a month. So far my weight has been fluctuating each week up 5 lbs down 5 lbs. I am not drinking near enough water. I like the hiking and it does work different muscles than biking so even when I get back on the bike, I may try to still hike a couple times a week.

Did I mention I miss riding 🙁

11 more days...
 
Why not just put skinny tires on one of the current bikes and bike path that? But new bike=good so there's that.😀

Broke my thumb at mountain creek opening day. I'd say today was the first day I honestly felt my technical skills were back to the pre-break level. And it felt really good today. Dunno if it was physical or mental but I was fully committed to the moves I did today. So, hang in there you'll get better, even if it takes a little bit!
Edit: did that help? Not sure that helped. I drank a little bit tonight...😱
 
Thanks Dave, that did help.

Sometimes I make the mistake of watching these really cool videos and I soooo want to ride like that. Then I feel my broken bone and I think "I am too old" or "I started to late in life" or just "I suck"

Then I think maybe I push myself to hard and all I need to do is slow down, practice more, and get a few lessons to reinforce the basics.

During a ladies day ay Mt Creek, Elinor told about how she felt she wasnt doing that well (she has won championships!) so she took some lessons just to reinforce what she knows and to boost confidence, maybe I need the same thing at this point.
 
Funny. We randomly joined up with another rider who was pretty strong and knew the park. And then of course Manny showed up, who's a truck. Point, having a carrot to chase gave me some incentive to push a little harder, and I'm glad of it. Your idea to take some refreshers might be a solid one!
 
1 more week!

excited and afraid all at the same time

The big bummer is all this time I would have loved to do some work on the bikes. Clean each part, take apart and grease all pivots, wax each and every bit of the frames, etc. But with not being able to use my left arm at all, well, doing even the simplest things becomes hard. For example, I cant even open a jar of sauce. As soon as I apply any pressure at all, the shoulder goes 🙁
So my poor babies are just sitting and getting dusty all alone :cry: I tried doing some light cleaning of the bikes, but its hard to NOT reach that arm out. So its best I just avoided it.

Think my bikes will forgive me? 🙄
 
You're going to be able to ride in a week yet you can't use your arm/open a jar? Please don't rush things...as much as I know you are anxious to get back out there, listen to your body.

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well, its more of a dont want to as cant. I was told not to use the shoulder, and when you open a jar, well, as soon as I feel the opposing force against my shoulder I stop because I dont want to chance shifting the bones or causing it to crack more. You would be surprised how much you use your shoulders for everyday little things. When I go for my xray on the 22nd, and he tells me its healed, he will give me permission to ride, but it will be flat, smoothed, paved only. At that point I will not be afraid to apply a little force to the shoulder as I will know its ok.
 
I had to get total reconstructive shoulder surgery on 2010 (torn bicep tendon, cuff and labrum). Do exactly what the doc says and work hard a rehab and you'll be fine. Yeah I was hesitant when I got back on dirt but that will fade eventually. Good luck and heal fast.


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I had a snotty comment for Kevin, but decided to delete it as it isnt worth getting riled up over.

So instead will give MikeP a big ((HUG)) for being supportive and motivating
Thanks Mike! 😀
 
It took a couple months for my hand to stop being sore and stiff and that was only in a cast for a few weeks. The orthopedic doc essentially said, "you'll get over it."😀 And I did.
 
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