Dammnit

[Joe Mack]

Bad news first, I ruptured my achilles tendon over the weekend while playing the gerontologically correct game of pickle ball (I was killing it, by the way).

Good news is that it ruptured at the soleus musclle about 6 icnches above the heel which means that my foot is still connected to it. Could be A LOT worse. I can drive but other than that I'm in.a boot for minimum of 4 months and maximum I really I dont want to know. It's a pain although, surprisingly, it's not really painful, even when it popped so loudly that my doubles partner heard it.... Which is to say that I would expect the spike in grumpiness to reach new levels in the not too distant future. Please forgivre me in advance....

I'm resolved to walk as much as I can although my gorge hikes are over for the year (shit!!!) and Rosie has to walk slower). Kyle has been, as she always in when she;'s called to step up, great. 

Guess I'm gonna write more, read more, listen to music more, putz around the condo more etc... while trying to feel something other  than just a useless lump. Hopefully, when cleared, this is the impetus to get me back in the pool swimming laps. ..

Until then, well, bear with me.

Joe