I have fallen off the wagon and wreaked my right ankle in the process.

So the story goes: left Moscow where I had my laptop stolen, got back to Portland, OR after being a day late for my flight,  and had to lay my motorbike down to avoid something worse.  I have always figured that bad things in life come in three’s and so I should be done for a while.

Had to wait two weeks for the kaleidescope of symptoms to pass in order for an x-ray to be useful.  A little prodding by my friends and my mother had me finally going to the doctor who was kind enough to give me a month off of the foot, saying that the x-rays show no break but I most likely had a very bad combination of ligament and tendon damage that is going to take some time.  I told him that I would give it two weeks and I had to get back to training.  He said he would then see me again in two weeks.  Funny doc, real funny.

It is amazing how much I can not do with a bum foot.  I can’t do push-ups, sit-ups, jogging, cycling, or even my rowing machine.  So what is left?  The only thing I have left is drinking beer, hitting winter festivals around Oregon, entertaining friends from out of town, and promptly ignoring my obligations to my blog and school work feeling sorry for myself.  What can I say?  I’m an over-achiever.

I have gotten something done though.  I have had the privilege of chatting with our friends at SPOT  in order to be sure that I was working my SPOT unit properly so that even my mom can follow me.  I’m sure she has been wanting this technology ever since I was a kid, where I had the penchant for getting lost in the farmers market.  I think it finally got to the point where she would take the same approach as if your pet ran away…I would come home when I got hungry.  As usual, she was right.  But now we have this great technology that can have you share my life with me as I travel around the world for business and pleasure.

It does have its drawbacks though.  One of which being that you can keep tabs on me where ever I am.  I guess my point is that I did a test run this weekend when I took some out of town friends to the Oregon Crab and Wine Festival in Newport, Oregon.  When you go to my SPOT link below, you will see the road trip I took to get there.  In order to get familiar with how it works I will present you with a challenge.  I will admit to stopping at a McDonald’s drive through for some cheeseburgers (I told you I fell off the wagon), if you can tell me either which town it was it, or which SPOT track number it was.  I don’t have anything you can win except for your name in my next blog and kudos for your ingenuity. Or maybe I can find something.

Check out my SPOT page at:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=00Mp6QEKvsOSAJ2HATEmORFq6a79tUgIS

Until next time…..TODD

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