Today was my first day on the uni since the "F**K I'm such a moron I
fell off a 20 inch wheel and hurt my foot" incident. I was hoping that
things would go smoothly, but I have obviously offended the gods of
unicycling in some way.
First off - do you know JUST HOW FLAT a tyre can go when it's been left
unattended since mid July? I do - it goes VERY FLAT. No problem - I
have a foot pump. That worked fine until the f-ing thing broke. No
problem - I'll use the hand pump. PROBLEM - that's in the kitbag with
all the uni-hockey stuff that I gave to Dave before I went to Canada.
Fine - I'll ride it as it is. Went OK but it is fairly YUK riding a
squishy tyre when you don't want one. Think - "I'll pop into the shops
on the way home tomorrow and get another one". Remember the car is in
for a service tomorrow so shops will have to wait until the weekend.
BLAST!
Well - what can I say - it was like I'd never been out of the saddle. I
am just as useless now as I was the last time I tried. On the good side
I did manage about four pedal strokes unsupported, the longest run I can
remember on the 24. On the bad side I managed to give myself a saddle
bite just below the knee on my left leg. The 24 has one of those
"Savage" seats and when I fell off it managed to catch me with one of
the infamous metal bumpers. It has broken through the skin, but nothing
spectacular enough to photograph. I anticipate a bruise.
SO - what can I do to appease the unicycling gods? I know that Klaas
Bil will say that it's my fault for giving up learning on the coker in
the hope of getting riding sooner. I think they just hate me. I'm
willing to sacrifice my EX husband in their name. One more stunt like
the "mom's away for a week and a half so I won't empty the cat litter
for the WHOLE TIME" and I might be willing to sacrifice the boy-child.
This is one of those times when you realise WHY we have chocolate.
I KNOW - there is only one thing for it - PRACTICE. The harder I have
to work at it the more I will appreciate it. If it was easy to do
everybody would be doing it. All that sort of codswallop we feed kids
when they want to ditch piano lessons.
Jayne
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