Day 46

Well, today something funny/painful happened... I fell off my bike! It was silly... there's a gate across one of the roads I ride on (the road was blocked off when the bypass was put through, and now only emergency vehicles can go through, to get to the forest if needed). Anyway, my friend had opened the gate on her way to my place, and I was riding along debating whether I try and ride through the open gate or walk through. Now, when I say it was open, it wasn't open far... and it was open towards me, so I sort of had to turn fairly sharply to get through. Anyway, it didn't work! I rode through, and my handblebar clipped the gate latch and down I went! Lucky I was wearing sleeves though, or my arm would look a LOT worse.

The bad thing was though, I sort of went into shock as a result of the fall. Why??? I don't know! It hurt but it wasn't THAT bad. I was able to get straight back up and onto the bike, but before I'd ridden another 100m I had to get off and sit down. Fortunately we were close to my friend's house, so she was able to go and get some lollies. After a snake I felt better. We kept riding, not really, really far... but still, there's all the hills. I was okay until I got back home, when I felt faint again and had to lie down for about ten minutes.

Now I'm all patched up and feeling mostly okay! The pain seems to have gone from my arm (I put some topical anaesthetic on though which may have helped). My hand aches a wee bit, but I guess I jarred it going down. Well, at least I didn't hurt my foot, so I'm not limping lol. I am very much over limping!

So, apart from eating a couple of lollies today my diet is going okay! I must excuse myself for that though, because at the time I needed them, and even though I know sugar is very bad, sometimes it's helpful!

I was planning on doing some solid bathroom cleaning today, but I have this raw patch on my hand that's got a bandaid on it, so I really don't want to be scrubbing stuff with harsh cleaners while I've got a patch of no skin on my hand! Eeep! However, I can focus on general tidying, which really needs to get done. Wow this has been such a lazy week for me! I actually feel a wee bit guilty because I do need to focus more on work and earning an income.

Hmm well it's night again, and today was uber unproductive, I didn't even get any articles written! AND I wanted to do two :( GRRR... I'm not very happy with my lazy self this week. And as the next two weeks are holidays for the kids, I know they won't be majorly productive for moi. Hmm well I could get started on my writing course I suppose, and focus on my novel a bit. I still have SOME time to me so it's not like all is lost! I just need to kick myself in the bum and get moving!