excuse the lower case typing, but i'd like to send out a big thanks to everyone who helped me when i got face-planted during a foolish attempt to self-launch at woodys about 2.30pm yesterday. that includes thomas the german, a sth african lass and the smoking man who packed up my kit and called the ambos. you are all fine human beings. x-rays at fiona stanley showed i chipped the bone where it goes into the socket and fractured it just below the ball that goes into the socket. i am on painkillers and in a sling, and seeing the surgeon this morning after being released last night. it was totally my fault. i was impatient and cocky and didn't wait for someone to launch me, after 5 years kiting i should have known better, even if i have launched myself 100s of times before. the leash was caught on the bar just as the kite powered up - whoosh!! my shoulder took the impact when i put my arms up to protect my head when i knew i was going to topple. no kiting for me until march - but i'm cool with that. i could be dead.
anyway, after all that, hope you all have great seasons. i'm catching up with my reading, learning photoshop, and taking the art of one-handed typing to new heights
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sheepishly,
jon.
