Tuesday, July 18, 2006

PUTTING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE

I went to the hospital last night to visit a friend who sits behind me at work. He was in a nasty car accident on Sat. night. He was on a dark desert road when he swerved to miss a coyote. His car flipped at least 6 times. He broke his neck and collar bone and miraculously, no nerve damage was done. He was clearly tired and in pain and scared, but I watched as he moved his arms and legs and listened when he talked quietly. I knew he didn't want me to stay long, and that was fine. All I kept thinking was how lucky he was to be moving and to be alive. And, I think that's all he was thinking aswell. So, today, I just want to give it up for Tod Ruble. Let's hope he has a speedy recovery. It's expected that he'll have that enormous and constricting "halo" cast on for at least 3 months and it will be about a year until he is fully recovered. I hope he can fully recover. So so lucky. So...my bad trading day yesterday and all the negative thoughts I had about that quickly disipated when I learned the extent of Todds injuries. I will bounce right back from bad trading days, but Todd has a long road to recovery and I am sure he would do anything to trade places with a dumb trader who is upset over a bad trading day.

Get well soon, Todd.

me

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