On the lookout for calcium, zinc and phosphorous - 21/5/09

All ready for cast removal? Check.
Physio appointment made? Check.
Bike chain oiled? Check.
Training regime? Check.
Plans laid for snow fun? Check.
Job? Come back to that one.
Scaphoid? That one too.

After 8 weeks of wrist in cast, and a lack of left handed motor skills (can't touch thumb to any of the fingers), the excitement of removing the deteriorating forearm from it's fibreglass containment was running high. The process revealed a withered, scabby limb with some tenderness (of the bones, not the saw). The x-rays revealed insufficient healing, and the doctor revealed the need for a further 4weeks in cast. To add torment to injury, he also revealed there would be no rugby or snowboarding this season, and no mountain biking or guitar for the immediate future. Almost choked.

Perfect conditions to be knuckling down to some hard work to keep the brain from going stale. However....
Economic downturns have spread to my back sky-rocket, via the ailing job market. Having taken a soaking, a wind beating, and avoided an earthquake on the way to an interview perhaps it is time the stroke of luck arrived. Still, luck comes in the form of the Design IT teacher, for whom one bakes cakes and pasta bakes. The one that arrives home with VIZ and Dylan Moran on DVD to cheer up the one-armed bandito. And the one that involves him in a 48hour film competition to exercise musical creativity.

So...more time will be spent in the library, and checking the recruiters are awake, cooking and cleaning (slowly), piano playing (one hand and index finger) and walking/running where possible.
The wind of late has been special (as previously warned) - the small girls hanging on to lampposts variety, the running down steep hills and being held back (at Makara beach) variety, and the light jog consuming the energy of a sprint in the headwind variety. Jog on.