Not Missing Anything...

Today is day 6 of the Bright 3-2-1 comp – another day, another day blown out.

Bright is an awesome place to fly – beautiful scenery with technically challenging flying – “mountains” (I still consider aussie “mountains” only hills), flatlands, and generally consistent conditions – it’s great. For this comp though, the weather has not cooperated; the guys have had one valid task day so far, and with only 2 days left of the comp, the Bright 3-2-1 hasn’t exactly been a success. If there's a "bright" side to my injury, it's that it saved me $220 in comp fees - ha ha! Bad joke, I know...

Regardless, I’m still grounded and haven’t flown since my really boring and uninteresting trip on launch in Manilla which has caused me my “grade 3” sprained ankle. I’m doing retrieve for a team in the comp instead though, which hasn’t been very difficult, considering I’ve only had to do one pretty easy retrive. But, I’ve still been spending lots of time in the car driving around each day, going to different launch sites, seeing that it’s not flyable, and then coming back again. It's been okay though - getting out of the house is good.

Ankle-wise, after 2 weeks, I’m still on crutches, but I’m FINALLY seeing some progress! I’ve started to weight-bear a bit and my range of motion is coming back – yes! The physio taped my ankle up today so I can start shuffling around with a flat foot, so slowly, my jealousy of other people's healthy left ankles is slowly waning as mine is making comeback! Still, remind me to never do in my ankle again…

New goal: get airborne in the next week with a zero chance of reinjury. It may take some creativity, but when there's a will, there's always a way.