Long Overdue Update

I realize I’m long overdue for an update here, and as I look back I didn’t even mention what was going on in my last post. I hope to continue posting about my trip soon. I guess I’ve been posting updates on my GoFundMe and leaving y’all in the lurch. I felt weird about telling you about making it to the Pacific in any manner besides a victorious end to my bike adventure.

So, first off, I finished the bike trip safely on September 9th. I spent some time in California visiting family, even went mountain biking with my cousin because I wasn’t done biking. My mom and I planned to take a week or two on the way home to be tourists, but that plan was cut short on September 24th when we were rear ended by a distracted driver on the highway. I did not come out of it unscathed. My mom did a little better than I did, aside from throwing a her back out being a more regular occurrence, she seems to be back to normal. I on the other hand injured my back and wound up with a concussion from hitting my head on the headrest. My back pain is nothing compared to what it was, but the concussion has set me back considerably. I suffer from dizziness, chronic headaches, focus issues resulting in blurred vision that makes reading and typing a difficult task for me, and language difficulties where I get caught in the middle of a sentence and can’t find a way out of it.

I’m on the slow road to recovery. It’s been 80 days, and while I’ve seen improvements, I still have a long way to go. I start physical therapy this week to deal with the dizziness and headaches and will be going to vision and occupational therapy as well to deal with my language difficulties.

I haven’t forgotten you though! And I still plan to pick up on the blog and the Instagram posts as soon as my brain feels up to it.

On the brighter side of things, I’m happy to share this interview James Maroney of MHTV did with me about my bike trip. If you want something to hold you over until I start posting again, here’s a great refresher. James managed to put together something great, especially considering how much difficulty I was having at the time. I remember pausing a lot, staring off into space, and talking in circles until my brain registered the question and find an answer. You can’t even tell!