Todays trip was uneventful as I carpooled in with my wife. Reason being is that yesterday I had a rather eventful trip in on my fixed gear Motobecane. The first 15.6 miles weren't to terribly exciting, but the last mile as I was merging left to make a lefthand turn in somewhat brisk and dense traffic I managed to strike a pedal on a curb. I was cutting over at a rather severe angle so that I could get in the lane and I realized that I was coming in too close to the median so I tried to correct but before I could I struck my left pedal on the curb, catapulting me over the handle bars head over heels onto the (thankfully grassy) center median. My Motobecane followed me and ended up several feet behind. I got up as quick as I could, checked my wheels (they were out of true but rideable) and hopped back on, trying to preserve some dignity in the process but my handlebars were way off so I had to hop off again and bust out the multitool to fix 'em. I completed the rest of the ride uneventfully and wasn't too much the worse for wear (so I thought) besides a scrape on my forehead, a couple scrapes on my arm, and a slightly sore shoulder (where I landed). I got grass stains all over my pants but what the heck, it gives them character. While at work I trued up my wheels and the ride home was very pleasant.

Later that evening my side started aching a little bit, but I didn't think much of it until I touched the hurt spot and noticed that I had a dent in my ribcage. As of this morning I was hurting a bit more and now I'm thinking I may have broken a rib. I've broken them before and there's not much I can do for it (besides painkillers) but I want to be able to ride and don't want to be loopy. I took today off but tomorrow I'm going to climb back on and ride again. I'll probably take a bus part of the way if my side starts really bothering me, but my wife and I rode to vote and then to dinner and I've been pretty active since and the pain isn't anything I can't deal with. Hope to have a better report tomorrow.