I have been spending a lot of time on the Electric Motorcycle Blog so this site has been neglected.  My new job and my electric bike has been taking a lot of my time and so my photography and other projects have been put on the back burner.  Dani has also been sick for the last few months, finally the doctors figured it out and took out her gall bladder.  Dani is now recovering but everything looks good.

At work we are doing a major refresh and redesign of a system that will save approx $350,000 a month!  This is why I got into this job to make a difference by doing sensible architecture and doing it right.

So there I am sitting on the ground with a small amount of blood saying very nasty things.  Dani helped me inside and I placed an ice pack on the spot for about an hour.  I had only grazed the skin no real wound, just one heck of a bruise.  Later that day I felt fine but Sunday I had an extremely bad headache and doing anything just made it worse.

Monday morning I felt fine and went to work.  Monday afternoon another large headache and home early, same on Tuesday.  I saw the doctor yesterday and although nothing major is wrong, no bleeding, no clots and no breaks she gave me the rest of the week off to relax at home.  Apparently even with  mild concussion I may be getting headaches for a couple of weeks…  wonderful.

So here are a few updates.  Man I must be getting old.  My daughter starts University this year (she is doing a teaching degree) and my son starts High School.  Dani is still working school hours which is good and I am in the middle of one of the largest projects I have ever done.

With all the natural disasters all around Australia I am feeling lucky and privileged not to be directly impacted.  However family have been located in the disaster areas and all have come through fine.

As a person external to the agency I noticed my influence was decreasing and the knowledge and skill I had acquired over my 20 years in the industry was not being utilized.  At the same time the agencies were advertising high level Architecture and Design positions that had the influence within the organization to make a significant difference.

So I am now a Technical Executive in Customs and Border Protection, working in a new team of 11 to refresh and rehost one of the most significant software assets the agency has and only 12 months to do it.

Wish me luck!

Dani is currently up in Queensland organising her fathers funeral with her sister and brothers.  Life has been more than full for both of us this year.  I am glad to have Dani with me though it all.  I hope I have given her the same support.

So my cholesterol is fine, my thyroid is fine, actually it all came back good.. except for one measure my vitamin D level was low very low, near the “significant deficiency” level.

So I am taking 1000mg of vitamin D every day, hoping to feel better soon.

Here is the donor bike with me on it.

I plan to install a 72 Volt Mars motor which is 15Kw with a pile of batteries to make it go.  Aim to get a top speed of 90km/h and a range of approx 40 – 50Km enough for my daily commute.

I will keep you all posted.

Here are the original specs of the bike.

So I left a short “Hi xxxx, I am glad you have been good.”

He was so happy this morning, even before the gifts.