So just fyi, my damn toe IS broken
Bah. Went to the doc this morning after almost talking myself out of it ("Aw, it's getting better, isn't it? No big deal. They'll think I'm silly for coming in just for a bruised toe."). They took an X-ray and you can clearly see several spiral fractures in the toe. But the joint is OK and it's not displaced. So I get to wear a walking boot for 3-4 weeks. Of course, my first question was, "THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T RIDE FOR 3-4 WEEKS, RIGHT???" And the nice thing about this office is all the docs are young-ish jocks, so they totally understand. And no, cycling, as soon as the acute inflammation is better enough so clipping in isn't really painful, is just fine. Maybe by Friday...
My theory is that bad stuff happens in clumps. Given the last couple of months, I expect that pretty soon I'll have a run of really good luck again...I truly believe this.
So I'm sitting in the basement at the computer while the construction crew is nail-gunning, sawing, and hammering over my head. My sister thought I should put my bike helmet on, since she knows someone who got a nail inadvertently in the head and it acted as an occasional antenna. On the other hand, that COULD serve as extra and unusual entertainment, depending of course on whether I like the music/messages coming into my head through the nail antenna..."Aliens communicate with Seattle woman through nail in head." Yeeha!