Afternoon Nana's!
Just got back from having some tests and x-rays. It looks like I didn't break any ribs after all, or any bones for that matter!
I did tear the cartilage that connects your ribs to your sternum. The doctor said it probably would have been better if I had broken ribs as the cartilage will take allot longer to heal and is much more painful!
(don't I know it?)
My leg looks like it will heal ok, but I'm going to have one heck of a scar!! (about the size of a softball!)
Ok, since nobody's buying my skydiving story I guess I'd better "come clean".
All right, yes it was on my motorcycle, but no I wasn't wearing any a$$less chaps!
Irrigation season starts in another week and I'm the water master so I took off on my bike to check the canal system to ensure it was clean and ready to receive water.
When I left my house allot of the neighbor kids were on their bicycles and they followed me to the main canal which is right behind my house. I told them not to follow me across the canal because it was too dangerous. I proceeded to drive down into the canal and made it up the other side.
I started to accelerate through an alfalfa field (which I've driven my motorcycle through hundreds of times) and turned around to make sure the kids were not following me. All of a sudden I was airborne (here is where my skydiving comes in
)
They say that time slows down when you’re in an accident and through this experience I believe it to be true. I was probably only in the air 1-2 seconds, but it felt like a minute. I think I even passed a duck while I was sailing through the air!
Without getting into gory painful details after I hit the ground I'll skip ahead after I finally awoke.
No one was around. The kids took off. I was hoping they had left to get help....no one came!
Unknown to me, someone had driven their truck through the alfalfa field while it was still wet and left some deep ruts in the mud and when it dried it hardened. When I turned around to see if the kids had followed me my front wheel hit one of the ruts and threw me off the bike at about 25mph.
After about 20 minutes of laying in agony I figured no one was coming to my aid so I dragged myself over to my bike (which was mainly undamaged and luckily has an electric starter) I managed to get it upright and started so I road it back home!
Once I got in the house I called my wife (who happened to be only a few miles away) she rushed home and drove me to the hospital.
And the rest, as they say, is history!
I told you it was a long story!
Where is everyone today?
I was hoping to get outside tomorrow. 
Thank goodness your sense of humor didn't get hurt. We've missed your sharp wit!
, they are very dangerous.
