the next time you see me...

I'LL BE DRIVING THIS BAD BOY!!!!

I will attempt to keep it rightside up.

my fifteen minutes of fame...hmm, or infamy?

Well, my story got printed in our regional newspaper last thursday. On monday it got picked up in the territorial newspaper, and finally, this week in the Drum again as the above cartoon.

the funny thing about it is that the guy who draws the cartoons lives in yellowknife, and has no idea that I work at an airport, so the idea of an aircraft wheel falling out of the sky on me is pretty funny.

Healing, slow but sure.

I'm starting to feel better, I have about 80% movement in my arm, which drops to about 50% if there is any weight or resistance(or if I'm not wearing my brace). I think I broke a rib too, as I now have a large nob of bone on the end of one where it meets my sternum, and the pain i feel is more associated with that than my shoulder, I have to go back in for follow up, next week.
The lady from the newspaper heard thru the grapevine about the wreck and called to ask if I would tell her about it for the paper. I said yes, as it might mean that I can stop correcting all the rumours one at a time. I've heard that the whole family was in the truck, miranda broke her arm, miranda got a black eye, miranda was in there but didn't get hurt, just about every possible combination. One lady in town was just about to start arguing with me about who was in the truck(based on what she heard). Miranda laughed at that, the "moccasin telegraph" at it's finest. In this town, if you don't hear a rumour by noon, apparently you are supposed to start one.