Diary of a Fat Man

Getting Old Sucks

11/7/2005 11:19:12 AM
Happy birthday to me!
 
Mentally, I still feel the way I always have.  Physically, I feel like an old man.
 
The birthday celebration this weekend was cool.  My sister-in-law made some kick-ass lasagna; Laurie made my 'Nana Pudding.  I drank my first Diet Coke and Jack Daniels (not too shabby...put enough Jack in and it kills the aftertaste of the Diet Coke) and I enjoyed way too much of all three.
 
I got a TON of shirts (which were sorely needed) and I also got a prepaid cellphone.  I would have never thought about asking for one, but it turned out to be a great gift.  One of the casualities of the "Great Layoff of 2003" was my cellphone and I really haven't missed it too much, but it's nice to have one when you need it.  I've been leeching off of the in-laws whenever we've needed one when going somewhere, so now I won't have to do that.
 
My diet was on hiatus for several parts of the weekend, but I did go out and ride about 4 miles on the bike.  I bought a padded seat cover and that seemed to fix the painful ass problem that has plagued my other rides.
 
New pain came into existence, however, when the chain fell off the bike when I was hopping up a curb into the grass.  Without the resistance from the chain, my foot ROCKETED down to the ground at the speed of sound, making my shin smack into the pedal; my thumb got cut open on the brake handle, I aggravated the shoulder pain when my arm slipped off the handle, AND to add insult to injury (literally), my balls introduced themselves to the frame of the bike when I fell off the seat. 
 
You can guess which injury was the most painful, but at least that pain wore off relatively quickly.

Comments

- 11/7/2005 12:17:32 PM
Happy Birthday! Yeah, I knwo what informercials you're talking about...Those were so GAY. Chuck Norris isn't even a good enough actor to star in an infomercial for a product he came up with.
- 11/7/2005 1:52:30 PM
One word for this one... "Ouch." ~ Fat Chick
- 11/7/2005 2:17:29 PM
Happy Birthday to you! Hope you have many many more to come. Unfortunate about your bike incident. I'm sure that has to sting hehe.
- 11/7/2005 5:53:39 PM
I'll tell ya! In my evil younger days, I tool a jump, and on landing, both pedal shafts snapped clean! I landed on the top tube after a 5' drop to the ground! You wanna talk about pain! I had to concentrate on breathing! My friends were asking, "You ok?" My response as soon as I could talk? "%#$@ %$#* @#@$ %$^# ^%$#@!!!!"
- 11/7/2005 7:46:48 PM
Shirts and a cellphone, not bad. Kind of takes the sting out of the bike accident. Though not at the time of the accident.
- 11/8/2005 5:13:30 PM
Happy Birthday man. Nice job on the Jesus thing, just keep laying low.
- 11/8/2005 7:06:46 PM
DOH! That sucks. I'm glad you were able to recover quickly without permanent damage. Later, Heather