So, apparently, after playing hockey and being a goalie for about 30 years...(since age 4)
I need to have shoulder surgery.
I can't raise my right (drawing) shoulder over my head anymore...
i've already had 2 knee surgeries, my joints ache on a daily basis, i have bone chips in both elbows, 1 ankle and both knees.
I never realized how much damage I was doing all that time... I mean i felt most of it when it happened, but didn't think about 20 to 30 years later how i'd feel.
I actually turned down going semi-pro, becoming a travelling junior ice hockey goaltender to go to art school. mmmm, wanna re-think that one?
well, i tell myself that i never would of made it to the pros anyway.
i'm officially retired from hockey after this surgery i believe...
and the nhl is still on strike.
God i miss hockey.
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Long story, but I will get around to telling it soon.
And yes I did get your excellent mix CDs, and ever since they have been my personal sword of Damocles, hanging over me with a sharp-pointed guilt that says "Reciprocate or DIE!!!!!"
I hope all goes well with the surgery. Thank heaven (or Las Vegas) it wasn't the sketching hand, though.
I've been on a This Mortal Coil kick lately, too. I noticed that turn of phrase in your message on my journal and knew it had to be intentional.
Someday soon my good man, we shall share another pint.
Cheers!
-ff