The “comma” is putting me into a coma

After you all responded to my poem yesterday, I realized I haven’t been fair to you.

You have been there with me on every other “trip” I’ve taken with all the ups and downs.

Yet I’ve pretty much shut you out of this one. Why? I’m not sure but I think it’s because I felt that sharing it would just be whining.

It wasn’t until this weekend when I surrendered to whatever is going to happen with my lower extremities and my life, that I understood so much good has come from the last 4 1/2 months. I will tell you it feels like two years.

Over the next few days I will try to fill you in. And, of course, it’s easy to scroll past so you don’t lose consciousness.

Speaking of losing consciousness, though, one of the most important things I’ve done in this 4 1/2 months is write my next book. That will be an entire post most likely because things didn’t turn out as I planned them (as happens so often in life). But, although this book won’t be for many people, it has much more important information than “It’s Not About The Miles” but I’ll talk about that another time.

What I’ve been trying to get done is the editing so I can send it to my exceptional proof-reading/publishing team.

It’s become very obvious to me that i never took any English classes even though i thought i did.

If I have to correct one more “missing comma” or “unexpected comma that doesn’t belong here, bozo”, I will be in the inevitable coma.

Resuscitation is only temporary until I get this part finished…ugh!

Out of prison – on parole

Of course, I am already violating my parole conditions but oh well.

After 3 1/2 months of imprisonment, I am escaping and going to do the 100-hour (4 days and 4 hours) race at Jackalope Jam starting Wednesday!

There is no goal, It’s going to be an experimental event.

I will see how my foot responds during and after x number of miles. If I have to rest then, I will. I don’t know how long a rest that would be but that’s part of the experiment.

My primary goal is to see how doing more than a few miles at once and in a row will affect my foot.

Despite “recommendations” otherwise I did 4 walks in a row (4 days in a row) and although they were short miles (11, 6, 11, 7) they were a test to see how i responded. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t as bad as it has been.

I have to know where I am as far as training for HOTS and Vol State goes. Do I need to pull out of HOTS to be able to do Vol State? Or, will my foot be able to handle both? Inquiring minds want to know.

I have even more disappointment in the medical establishment after this experience, however. They don’t understand people who do ultras. sigh.

I have learned a lot and accomplished an amazing amount in the 3.5 months so i am grateful for that. I’m now on edit #3 of my new book (From Tipping Point to Turning Point). It’s definitely different than I thought it would be when I started but that’s half the fun.

I will post updates. It’s weird finally having something to write about again.

Nothing like going straight from the feet to the head…, Today I had a YAG capsulotomy (often there is a film that develops over a cataract repair and it can be split easily with a laser). Hopefully I will be able to read better and for longer (once the dilation goes away – lasting a lot more than 4 hours..lol – a day of rest – why not since I can’t go walking anyway).