Broke

I broke my right ankle (a bimalleolar fracture with diplacement) while mountain biking on Tuesday this past week. My bike slid out while taking a sandy curve too fast in a canyon. My foot was so disfigured, it almost made my nauseous. My friend Jeff was with me fortunately, so he went down to call 911, and I layed around until I decided to finish riding down the hill with one leg. I almost made it to the bottom when the fire department arrived. It's a bad fracture, so sugery is required to put a plate on my fibula and a couple pins in my tibia. And my ankle is so swollen. There is barely any pain (except with any movement, especially jarring movement), but the worst thing is that I've got to keep the foot above my head all day and night to keep the swelling under control. I seems pretty nice to just lay down all day, watching TV, reading magazines, and having friends make you food, but it really sucks to not be able to do much for yourself, especially when I have some important paperwork and errands to complete right now. I also had to cancel my Big Sky Clinic rotation, and move some interviews and rotations around.

A few notes:

It's amazing how quick you start pleading to God when you're in trouble.
I don't know what the big deal is with narcotics. It wasn't anything really special.
I will be mountain biking again, and I really hope that I won't have long lasting ligamentous weakness in the ankle.

Top Cars

I've been looking at cars recently, because if I do my internship anywhere with rain or snow (anywhere outside of Southern California) I'll be getting a new car. My truck here is 2 wheel drive with no limited slip differential and high performance tires, so it does pretty poorly in anything slick. Here's a list of cars I'm looking at in no particular order.


1. 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
2. Mazda 6 Mazdaspeed
3. Subaru WRX or STi
4. Mitsubishi Evolution IX or VIII
5. Audi A3
6. Toyota Tacoma 4WD (Access or Double Cab)
7. Infinity G35 Sedan AWD used
8. Toyota 4runner 4WD used
9. Audi A4 used
10. BMW 325 xi used
11. Subaru Legacy GT
12. Nissan Xterra
13. Toyota FJ Cruiser

So you can see, I want either something 4wd with real offroad capabilities or something AWD and fast. Plus it's got to look sweet.