Daily Success February 22 – Very Good. It got to the lowest rung of Very Good without injury points, which are deserved.

Yesterday

Yesterday was NOT a good day.

When I saw Monika on Tuesday, she recommended seeing Dr. Higgins about my shoulder. I was able to get an appointment with Elaina for yesterday. I like her a lot, but the opinion she shared, pending an MRI today, is that my bicep tendon is torn at the shoulder. I will see Dr. Higgins to talk options tomorrow morning, but the answer looks a lot like surgery with a six-month rehab period.

This throws all my plans for the next six months into disarray. Ribadiso? Somewhere between really unlikely and a non-starter. Even getting to the Gathering seems at risk. Catastrophizing, yes, but I’m having a very, very difficult time with an injury that happened doing something I do for my health and that I’ve been doing regularly for years. Are there some times that have been more regular than others? Sure. But I’ve been exceptionally good recently; done that curl more than 200 times since the first of the year if my spreadsheet is to be believed.

I analyzed Sam’s offer and, after looking at it carefully, decided it’s totally non-responsive. I get nothing if he doesn’t win Phase II contracts, it’s capped at a laughably low maximum, just terrible.

So, by the time Bill inquired about margaritas, well, I was all in. We went to Cinco and I ate WAY too much and drank more than was wise. The result was a night filled with indigestion. Nothing helped until I was up for a bit and able to get more into the rhythm of the day.

Today

Today will be dominated by non-Camino stuff. First, I have to answer Sam in some way that will get the message to him that this is going to end badly if he continues much longer. He’s operating in bad faith. Totally. Then hearing aid problems take me to COSTCO in Frederick. Then I’ve got the MRI in Olney. Then a virtual visit with Dr. Sheikh about my sciatica injection. At least the sciatica seems under control for the moment.

Will I have time for Spanish? For Poli-Sci? For exercise? I don’t know. It looks like a very bad day coming up.

The Future

If the future was murky before I tore up my shoulder, it’s way deeper in the murk now. Everything is in flux pending what Dr. Higgins says my path forward should be tomorrow.

I am just totally bummed out at this point. How can I succeed despite all this?

We shall see.