BikinginLA

My apologies, once again.

Wednesday was a slow news day in the world of bikes, with barely enough to fill out the most meagre of posts.

And since I’m still dealing with a balky and badly banged up arm, I’ll take this as a sign to take the night off and ice up, before I make things any worse.

I’ll see you back here bright and early on Friday.

I give up.

After waking up the morning after my fall with extra added pain and stiffness, and a barely functional right arm, I’m giving up and shutting things down for the rest of the week.

Hopefully things will improve and I’ll be back next week.

No new post today.

I took a bad fall while walking yesterday, landing on my surgically repaired shoulder and banging my head against a concrete wall.

All of which led to a six hour stint in the emergency room from hell.

They tell me I’m okay, but I’m in a lot of pain and not up to working tonight. Hopefully I’ll feel better after a good night’s sleep, and we’ll be back tomorrow to catch up on what we missed.

And yes, I’m getting damn tired of this.

My apologies.

I am reluctantly throwing in the towel on Friday’s post. I was really hoping to make it through my first week back, but after trying, and failing, to write tonight, I’ve just got nothing left to give.

As usual, we’ll be back on Monday to catch up on what we missed. And hopefully by then my aching shoulder and I will both be rested and ready to work.

Just a quick update.

I was really hoping to be back by now. But my doctor tells me.a that, while my shoulder surgery was successful, they had to do a lot more work than they expected. And I haven’t bounced back the way I had planned.

So please accept my apologies. I’ll try to be back to our regular schedule next week.

My apologies.

I was hoping to post one last time before my shoulder surgery. But my surgery time was move up several hours, which means I should be sleeping already if I’m going to make it on time.

I’ll be out for most, if not all, of the month. But we should have a number of guest posts between now and then, so keep checking back. Or better yet, sign up for the email list over there on the right to ensure you won’t miss anything.

Stay safe out there, and ride with a smile on your face. And I’ll see you again in a few weeks.

My apologies.

After caring for my wife, taking care of the dog, running errands, meeting with a radio producer, making dinner and doing dishes, along with tending to my own duties and injuries, I’ve got nothing left to give tonight.

So please excuse today’s absence. We’ll be back as usual tomorrow to catch up on everything we missed today.

My apologies.

I had every intention of posting a new Morning Links today after yesterday’s unexcused absence.

But after spending my night writing about two fallen bicyclists, in Oceanside and Cathedral City, there’s no time left for anything else — especially since I have to be up in a few hours to care for my wife’s broken shoulder. Not to mention my own banged up ribs and shoulder.

We’ll be back bright and early Monday to catch up on what we missed. And next week should go a little smoother.

Well, that was fun.

Just hours after posting on here that I didn’t know how I was going to make it through the coming months, I found out when I found myself in the back of an ambulance hauling ass down Sunset Blvd.

As best as we’ve managed to put things together, I apparently suffered a sudden, extreme drop in blood pressure when I get up to use the bathroom, which dropped me down with it.

When my wife couldn’t rouse me, she called 911, and I spent the better part of yesterday morning in the emergency room.

They sent me home late in the day when a series of X-rays and CAT scans came up negative, concluding that nothing was broken, and my brain had managed to survive a sudden conversation with the floor.

Although I do have excruciating pain in my right ribs, and may have done further damage to my already torn rotator cuff.

Good times.

As for the sudden drop in blood pressure, the ER doc said it’s just one of those things.

Because of that pain, and the difficulty I’ve had just writing this, I won’t be posting a Morning Links update today. And I’m not even going to bother editing this, so if there’s some major screwup here, so be it.

As for next week, it depends on how I bounce back over the weekend, so stay tuned.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go to bed and whimper myself to sleep.