All dressed up and no place to go

So, I'm back from AT now.

That's the good news. The bad news is I broke two ribs playing ultimate frisbee so I can't ride for a while. That's not quite true. I broke one rib playing ultimate frisbee. The other one is an old injury that cut loose about a week later. None of the medics or the PA seemed disturbed by this, so I'm guessing there is nothing freakish about it.

Actually feeling it happen is a little creepy. Sharp pain in the side, some weird popping and grinding, then more weird pain.

But, I did manage to do AT this way and even qualified sharpshooter (31 of 40) on my M-16. Shooting pop-ups. At the surface this may not seem great. In the cosmic scheme of things it isn't. But the last time I shot my weapon was 2003 and the last time I shot pop ups was 1998. Not too freaking bad.


Probably added a bit to my personal myth. Not a bad thing for an Army officer to have.

The ribs are healing slowly. Aleve is great stuff.
More campy upgrades to follow.