This will be my first post that is not "work related". Last week, while enjoying 81 degree weather in the San Juan Islands, north of Seattle, while riding a moped, i must have hit gravel only to find myself in a ditch on the side of the road. Other than seeing blood flowing from my knee, I thought I escaped pretty unscathed. Well, the next day, I noticed the left side of my rib cage felt sensitive, but remembered what the moped renter told me - if you get hurt bad, the only way off the island was an emergency helicopter and that was $10,000 USD. Well, I knew I wasn't hurt that bad and continued with my vacation adventures of whale watching and hiking. Well to make a long story short, 9 days later, my side has gotten worse and reading all the medical websites, it made me wonder if I had broken a bone or at least had a bruised rib. Sucking it up, I finally went to the doctor for X-RAYs (noticed they were using GE Imaging system, but the old film style, not the cool new digital systems that use Java technology). Well I got the news, I have 2 ribs with fractures. No wonder, it hurts and everytime I cough, I hurt even more. For my pain, I got a "support belt" and the typical advise of, take Advil and call me in the morning. As the story goes, I don't have a clue why I waited 9 days , maybe it was the first $10K helicopter ride emergency flight that lingered in my mind. But I've been home for almost a week and live less than a mile away from the doctor. Too much stupid pride I guess.... oh well, learned a lesson. And for the 81 degree weather in Seattle, I wonder if the story of rain is really a ploy to keep us Californians from moving? Nah, I lived in Seattle for six years and know when to go! Still, its a beautiful city.