a long overdue update
i just looked and realized that i haven't updated this thing since december, so here goes...
january
other than an extremely painful badly sprained ankle, nothing interesting happened.
february
the sprain wasn't healing, and the doctor thought that surgery might be required to correct the problem. i opted to leave my previous job because i needed to be off of my ankle. my friend and former co-worker, jason, had been trying to get me to come work with him for a while, so i gave it a go. a few weeks after leaving retail, i'm in an office job. i really can't argue with monday-friday 8-5, but i have learned that ironing sucks. i am staying on in my retail job in an extremely limited capacity. i am working just a few days a month, so i'll really stay in touch with the customers and products.
march
shadow had some emergency surgery because his urinary tract reblocked. with much thanks to my parents and their credit card, we were able to have the surgery done (it's called a p.u. - it essentially created a new pee hole for him), and he's healing nicely. i'm constantly worried about him, but all of the articles that i've read indicate that over 90% of the cats with the surgical correction never reblock.
the torn tendon in my ankle healed well according to the mri that i had. the doctor said that since the damage to my ankle is all ligament damage. they're evidently all thickened and scarred due to repetitive injury. i read that each time you damage a ligament and it heals the way that mine have, you lose 50% of the strength of the ligament. well... multiply that by over 20 years of sprains and it just paints a lovely picture.
work continues to be good. i'm learning a ton of stuff. i spent part of sunday doing the retail thing. it was really nice to be back and getting that face-to-face contact with the customers. my ankle was really less than pleased. i had lunch with amy before we went in, and that was good.
j&r were going to try to come out here in may for their anniversary, but that sadly isn't going to happen. :(
my parents sold their house and moved into an apartment for the first time since 1976.
we got an appletv too. it is quite neat. i was really on the fence on it for quite a while, but i'm glad that we went for it.
we're also experiencing quite the early spring weather here. it snowed several inches on saturday, but it had melted by mid-sunday. it has been a mix of sun, rain, thunderstorms, hail, and snow today (monday). it certainly isn't weather that i'd like to continue to have.
april - april is almost here. i'm going to a partylite party at the end of the week. let's hope that april is better than march.
that's really about it. things have been very busy.