Sigh....
--Luv, Mom
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>From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
>To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: DARWINISM
>Date: Tue, Jun 18, 2002, 4:13 PM
>
> I think that life is an intelligence test, and that I am failing. I just
> signed up for a two-day women's cycling clinic in San Francisco. Two former
> professional and women's national team cyclists will be our instructors,
> and they're going to teach us important skills, like how to handle being
> bumped, and what to do when your wheels hit, something I sure wish I knew
> two months ago. Who wouldn't want to sign up for this, I wonder. Sounds
> like it'll be a riot. This is the party to crash.
>
> Actually, this was a tough decision to make, signing up for this,
> considering I'm coming back from a pretty awful injury and all. But I can
> lift my arm over my head now, and almost swim the freestyle, so I'm making
> progress.
>
> Brooke Kuhn, the clinic's organizer, helped coax me into the program. "Look
> at it this way," she said. "You've got the big crash out of the way. Your
> odds look good."
>
> She said the worst thing that could happen would be a couple of scrapes.
> Well, heck. A couple of scrapes, at the most all those can do is give you
> some cool looking scars, which is just what I need to add to my collection.
> Better than a tattoo, I tell you, with a much better story.
>
> She said that she hopes that I find it comforting that we will practice
> many drills that will simulate what caused my accident. I don't know that I
> find this particularly comforting, actually, and I'm wondering if she's
> failing life's intelligence worse than I am, but I wrote out the check
> anyway, figuring that might be the hardest part. Then actually going to the
> clinic, that might be difficult. I figure if I just do what they tell me to
> do, I'll be fine.
>
> My physical therapist says to go for it, that this will aid in my mental
> recovery. I think this is the right step. I can tell you that I've been
> riding for a week now, and although the first day was shaky, I actually
> ride more aggressively now and feel tons more relaxed, because what's the
> point in freaking out. You fall down, you break some bones, and then you
> heal. Just wear a helmet and make sure you have insurance, big deal.
>
> Anyway, Mom, if you're reading this, I bet Gramma is looking down on all
> this and is laughing her head off, feeling vindicated, like, "Now my kid
> knows what she put ME through, racing those crazy cars."
>
> Katie Kelly
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