It’s getting tough to steal away the time for updates and I feel bad about that but expect you’re all thinking “it’s great that Jason has a life and doesn’t spend most of it online!” – well that’s what I’m hoping your thinking at least.

Knee update: After three and a half weeks I’m walking relatively normally but without a heap of confidence and I certainly can’t run/jog. I’ve been going to physiotherapy pretty regularly (twice a week) at the downtown ProClub and they’ve been great. The latest thinking from them is that I aggravated a previous injury from my ride to work days – yes all 12 of them back in 1996. I was living in Windsor at the time and was riding to ANZ Cards which was in 452 Flinders St. A nice easy ride. One rainy day a car decided to turn left down Chapel St. abruptly and I had to slam on the breaks. Skidding into the rear quarter panel wasn’t much fun as the bike did a nose-dived. As the rear wheel started to come back down, I through my right leg out to stop myself from falling into more traffic. I locked the knee up and it did indeed break my fall. Ever since then I’ve had a little pain in the first 25 degrees of bend in the knee and a clicking sound whenever I walk up stairs. I didn’t think much of it but it appears that I did some damage and it weakened the knee. I’m booked into a specialist tomorrow for x-rays and an MRI to figure out what the problem really is and if surgery is kneeded (gee I’m funny aren’t I).

Aus trip update: I’m flying out Saturday evening for New Zealand where I’ll arrive on the morning of the 21^st. Two days there to present and then off to Sydney until Saturday the 27^th. My bro will be coming up to visit which will be cool, then we’ll catch a Geelong game at Skilled Stadium when we fly back on Saturday. I’ll take the next week and a bit (7 working days) off work  and return to Seattle on the 6^th. Really looking forward to my first work trip down under and catching up with as many people as possible.

More updates in person!! Yay.