1m and fluffy!

No, Im not talking about my dog, or my favourite teddy bear, or a great pair of ugg boots... Im off to the snow. In under a week our big trip to Mt Ruapehu will finally become reality. I have NEVER spent more than 2 hours in the snow. To say Im excited would be an understatement...
Packing at present - so many choices about what to take... but given a) the cold & b) my dodgey ankles... and therefore calves.... and therefore knees ALL my compression gear is the first to go into the bottom of my bag. Yep, all my linebreak gear will be padded out with other less important(?!!??) things such as thermals, beanies and layers and layers of jackets.
We are going snowboarding - its what all the cool kids are doing right - so instead of being a cool kid, I will be the one on my butt on the ground with everyone wandering just what Im finding so funny. I don't care that I might be terrible at it, I carry no expectations of myself, and as such if I suck - completely and utterly suck - I don't mind!
Stay tuned... photos will come, blogs will be posted!

I have a date

Finally, after all this time, I have a date for my ankle surgery. I originally booked in 4 September 2009.... .... .... .... .... .... 12 months later - surgery date 10 September.
What a wonderful advertisement for our private healthcare system in Australia. As happy as I am with my public experience, I have HATED WAITING. Timing isn't great either, as now I miss Uni Games - the hilight of my working year (for the first time since 1999!!!) and I will be in a cast for my brothers wedding. GREAT.
Still I am completely and forever thankful that I haven't paid a cent for the whole experience. That I have my choice of surgeons... and that he is the surgeon of choice for one of our local AFL clubs here.... so quality is assured.
Well, I'll leave it for now, but rest assured its the beginning of greater things... or more accurately... posts.
My aim?? I want to do the kiddy ride for the TDU this year... Sad isn't it?

They keep teasing me!

Emails from the tour down under, emails from the melbourne marathon, emails from triathlons... join now, sign up, register soon, don't miss out.... well sorry people... but I will be missing out. AND whats more - your emails don't help any.

I don't want to miss out, and I don't want to sit this one out. However unsubscribe?? - nope not me. I plan to keep my subscriptions there - they keep rolling in.

Why - one might ask? Well it keeps me motivated. It keeps me remembering the light at the end of the tunnel! Your pesky emails ensure that I keep my goals, keep my plans and just remember they are delayed, not destroyed!

Thanks technology. Keep pestering.