Christmas break

Well I can walk, with a brace, straightlegged. Woohoo. Tomorrow I might get to start walking with my leg bent. That's exciting. More exciting is that I am going to see V in just a few days. Great! I will have to skip therapy for a week, but I will be doing some home exercises, so it should be all good. I was supposed to start back work the 11th, but the doctor thinks February would be better. I feel bad for missing so much, but I guess if I can and it's coming down to my own personal health, I can do it. Whatever the doc says....

My sister and I have been hanging out a lot. She had some games this week and did really well. She had a double double yesterday and did well today too. Anywho, on to the reason I am posting. So my sister has a boyfriend (or friend as she says) that seems pretty worthless. I don't witness much of anything so I can't say with 100% certainty he is a jerk, but based on what I am hearing about him, she needs to lose him. He never comes to watch her play basketball, he's extremely possessive, etc. I talked to her about it today and told her I gave her a hard time about him because I wanted a good guy for her and she got mad and now won't talk to me. She needs to understand that people on the outside looking in can see many things that she is jaded to. Hopefully once she goes to college she'll find a better guy. If she goes to Tech, Cory will make sure of it. He doesn't like the guy either. We'll see; it is her life so I will let her make the mistakes.

Christmas went well. I got an iPod touch which is great to traveling and browsing the web. It's a good backup for my full size iPod; I think I will only put the music I really like on the touch, instead of using it as a mobile music library. I also got a bag for my xbox (I bought) and a game or two. Mom always makes these goodie boxes which are full of a smorgusborg of stuff ranging from shampoo to poptarts to razors. It's one of my favorite gifts. I also got a nice new George Foreman grill, which I really needed. Good times. I am really blessed beyond what I deserve. I will get V's gifts next week and hers are always great, so I am looking forward to that too. I could actually afford gifts for everyone this year and planned ahead to have all the stuff in before my surgery. Everyone seemed to like their stuff, which is good.

Okay, time to watch some more NCAA bowls and play xbox. Life is hard. =)

Day 11, time to start over

Well I didn't make it. I ended up going about three days without a soda (that I can remember) before I broke down and drank some more. I had surgery a week ago to repair my PCL and that was a trip. The surgery was supposed to last 1 hour but took closer to three or so. All I remember was waking up in pain and telling them to increase the meds. Then I hear a nurse saying "we can't use that anymore, he's maxed out. Let's try XXXX." I rode home, in and out of sleep and then woke up at home on the couch. V showed up shortly after and was a great comfort. She took care of me until she left on Tuesday. =( I am still sad. She slept in Cory's room and every morning I would crutch into the room and snuggle up next to her. She is so cute in the mornings.

So my leg is straight and in a brace that keeps it that way. I can "walk" on it about as much as a zombie "walks". It will hold weight without pain but generally hurts after I get off of it again. I take showers every two days and get to take the wrap off. My knee looks like it was crushed. It is black, blue, brown, purple and yellow. I have a few slits in it with sterile strips on them. I can't take those off, even though they itch and such. Overall, it's not too bad. I am really getting antsy (?) because I can't bend my knee.

Enough about the knee. I finished my class with an A. With seven of my ten classes finished, I have a...hold your breath....wait for it...4.0GPA!!! I am taking next semester off, but seriously thinking about finishing up before I go back to Faytown. If I save my butt off (even more than I already do) I could afford to pay for the classes. The question is, do I want to do them and pay for it when I could possibly take them for free when I go back? Hm...a dilemma indeed.

V and I are doing good. I bought the biggest Christmas present ever this year; I got her some 5/8ct diamond earrings. I think she liked them, but I am not 100% sure. She's hard to read, you know? I also got her the new Harry Potter movie and my mom, being the awesome gift giver she is, gave her some other goodies. She is going shopping for my presents this weekend, but really I would rather her put that money in her gas tank and come see me again. That would be GREAT!!! It's weird, when we're together we get along great. We argue very little and have a great time. When we're apart, we become different people or something. We both become insecure or something and pick each other apart.

Okay, well I am off to hook up the xbox to the surround sound and do some gaming. Since class ended, I am out of things I have to do. I need to start reading, but geez...I just don't like to read. A character flaw...indeed.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Day 1

Well today I decided something: I am going to cut down on my sodas and cut them out. I am giving myself today and tomorrow to make the soda bottle I have go as far as possible. What could motivate me, you ask? Well I have surgery this Friday and I would like to be able to go through with it without the risk of high blood pressure. Plus now when I drink sodas my throat gets all sore and stuff. I plan on continuing to drink my coffee but I will probably dwindle that down once my creamer runs out.

Oh yes, I didn't mention my surgery. I am getting my knee worked on again this Friday. This surgery is to repair the PCL and some other break. I am not sure on the details and have yet to reach my doctor...frustrating. I figure I will be down for about a week and probably recuperating for about three weeks. I will miss one and a half weeks of work, which is fine because I am exhausted from work. I worked all weekend, which was crazy. By Sunday I was beat and didn't get much accomplished. So is the working life...

The Christmas party was good this year. The food was nice, but the music was funk, which I am not a big dancer of. I hung out with a good IE friend of mine and a good LSS guy. I enjoyed their company, as well as their wives. I really enjoy hanging out with Gee, my IE friend. He's in his 30s and has two kids and he is a super nice guy. My table was really like the nice people table. Down at the end was this couple that invites me to hang with their young singles group all the time, then Gee and his wife and my LSS friend.

Did I mention I worked this past weekend? Everyday at 5am I was driving into the parking lot.

Classes are almost over. I will try to take my third test this Thursday and then my final next week. This semester has been tough with all the work I have been doing. I am putting in around 60hr average a week, so thank goodness I am only in one class. However, I am disciplined and I have been watching the class videos, which takes some serious time. oh well, I'm three classes away from a masters degree (which I may never get). =(

Now for the real meat: the love life. I am still mad crazy over V and she still is as feisty as ever. I surprised her two weeks ago and showed up on a Sunday night, only to run my mouth and ruin the whole moment. I didn't learn and I turned around and did it again last night. It's not an excuse but I had a long, hard weekend and I guess I just wanted to pick a fight. Now we're not talking until her finals are over, if she'll even talk to me then. The fight last night was because I wanted to spend more time with her over Christmas vacation. She already committed to a lot of time, but me being the selfish guy I am, I wanted more. Now I get a lot of time to myself. =( Oh well, I am going to try to take this time to reflect upon myself and my relationship with V. I love her, but sometimes I am selfish and I need to get over that and grow up. It's a hard lesson to learn, but hopefully I will get it before I lose her.

Time for class!!! Have a great evening and if I don't see you again, have a wonderful morning, noon and night tomorrow.