tall tales from a small fry

I wish I could sleep this well. I've had a lot of trouble sleeping lately. I blamed it on stress initially, but realized that it was...

Move over Robo-Arm, you've been replaced. I haven't been seeing a ton of progress with a range of motion in the past few weeks, so m...

On my last birthday I came pretty close to getting another tattoo. I really wanted to get ano...

Everything is all gummy bears and rainbows today. I went for my first bike ride since I broke my elbow. The ride was just to work 1.5 m...

It's been a while since my last update. First, I've been real busy, and second, things have been pretty status quo on my arm, at...

Since the first week 6 update I have a few more progress notes to make about this week since now that it's a few days later. - PT told m...

Yesterday was 6 weeks since I broke my elbow. The major milestone of this week is that I can touch my shoulder with my left hand. I gues...

I've been commuting to work via foot a few days a week since I can't ride bikes outsid...

I don't really need Robo-Arm to ride the trainer anymore. Instead, it's just me and Crookedy-Arm because this is how much I can str...

A lot of progress this week. Not only did I ditch the bandage on the formerly gruesome hole in my arm, but I achieved a few other firsts wi...

Me and my buddy RoboArm had a pretty busy weekend. We rode the trainer. I made it a whole hour on Saturday. That's a record. RoboA...

I don't love my PT as much as I did this morning. Tonight I love my ice pack. He really put my arm through the ringer today, but g...

Can I just say I heart my PT Peter deJong. He's great, and today I hit a milestone of tyi...

Went for a walk with Swill, Mini-me, and Seamus today. I'd call it a hike, but the pace ...

Seems that I have a slight infection from all the deer poop I ground in to my arm in the crash...

Today marks a milestone in my post-surgery recovery. I got on the trainer for the first time. ...

I had a really good day today. - I made it through a whole day at work, first time this week - My arm still felt really good at the end of t...

I should have nice straight hair for the next 48 to 72 hours after a visit to Rick today. I...

I wanted to write a little review of my first week after surgery. Really, there's not too much to write about because there just a lot...

I wanted to make a week 1 review update, but today was such a good day I had to post. First, I think I have figured out why I haven't be...

Here recounts the story of my big crash in the Deer Trail road race. Deer Trail is a classic Colorado road race. It's flat, windy, ...

I've decided to start blogging again because my blog fan (note singular) suggested it would be good to chronicle my comeback from my rec...

Dear Mom, I know you're not on the book of faces and wanted to see my holiday/ birthday/ housewarming gift that you so wanted me to hav...

Yes, there has been a lot of cat blogging going on this week, but it's either this or the weather which it happens to be snowing again a...

I picked Budha up from the vet tonight. She's fairly groggy, but the first thing she did when she got home was go straight for the foo...

I have finally given up trying to get the kitties to drink out of my water glass and have fooled them with giving them one of their own. So...

Some mild drama in the life of the Eastman kitty cats this week. Budha needs to go in for some minor surgery. I took her to the vet toda...

Today, for the last day of Mom's visit we went and did some touristy things around town, including going to the top of Pikes Peak. All...