Donation helps women's school get off ground - State & Local
This is where Val is trying to get a teaching position at next year. It sounds like a high reward concept that can have a profound impact.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
doctor, medic, nurse
another day passes, as the hourglass turns...
so today i got to visit the orthopedic doctor to check on last saturday's injury. ends up i actually broke (fractured, i mean what is the medical term?) my scapula in the oddest place. its at the interior portion that looks like a peninsula. but that's pretty insignificant. short story - the pain has been minimal until we tried to figure out what was wrong and twisted my arm in various directions as if to see if i posses some sort of windmill powers. good news is that it will heal on its own and i have no need for any surgery, brace, or other awkwardness. and it only takes 4-6 weeks to heal. the bad news is that i'm not supposed to 'aggravate it', which is kind of vague. so i ask the nice doctor: bike riding? answer: two weeks - i think one should be fine as long as i stay on the road and smooth trails. next: how about soccer - can i play that, its not much of a contact sport? answer: incredulous look followed by, isn't that how you got hurt? three to four weeks. so looks like i'll be inactive until after my UK trip.
other than that life progresses. i have rediscovered the clarity and focusness of organizing things about the house and other things i've been meaning to do. now all i have to do is follow up and get myself a new job; the current one bores me something fierce, and i fear i am loosing my motivation and edge.
tonight should be fun as james and i are to venture out to opal divines (a local pub) and finally participate in one of their scotch tastings. should be a good prelude into tomorrow, an all day meeting for one of my projects; which will consist of 6 hours of presentations to government folks. the job is phase 2 of the Dallas Veterans Cemetery.
wish me luck!
jeff
so today i got to visit the orthopedic doctor to check on last saturday's injury. ends up i actually broke (fractured, i mean what is the medical term?) my scapula in the oddest place. its at the interior portion that looks like a peninsula. but that's pretty insignificant. short story - the pain has been minimal until we tried to figure out what was wrong and twisted my arm in various directions as if to see if i posses some sort of windmill powers. good news is that it will heal on its own and i have no need for any surgery, brace, or other awkwardness. and it only takes 4-6 weeks to heal. the bad news is that i'm not supposed to 'aggravate it', which is kind of vague. so i ask the nice doctor: bike riding? answer: two weeks - i think one should be fine as long as i stay on the road and smooth trails. next: how about soccer - can i play that, its not much of a contact sport? answer: incredulous look followed by, isn't that how you got hurt? three to four weeks. so looks like i'll be inactive until after my UK trip.
other than that life progresses. i have rediscovered the clarity and focusness of organizing things about the house and other things i've been meaning to do. now all i have to do is follow up and get myself a new job; the current one bores me something fierce, and i fear i am loosing my motivation and edge.
tonight should be fun as james and i are to venture out to opal divines (a local pub) and finally participate in one of their scotch tastings. should be a good prelude into tomorrow, an all day meeting for one of my projects; which will consist of 6 hours of presentations to government folks. the job is phase 2 of the Dallas Veterans Cemetery.
wish me luck!
jeff
Monday, February 5, 2007
post super monday
well, another week begins. and with the letdown that is a super bowl loss. yesterday was a beautiful day - 70 degrees and sunny; which was much better than saturday.
to start: afternoon friday happy hour was quite fun with new stranger friends. started with afternoon scotch at opal divines and continued to $3 geniuses at mother egans. essentially an irish bar afternoon. nice late bike ride in the cold home and then a brief nap before awakening at 6:30 to make my way north for an 8 am soccer match. it went ok; should have had at least one goal - more likely two. there's really no reason not to score when you get the ball 8 yards out. but the game was quite competitive; i ended up spraining my shoulder on a challenge right near the half (and drew a penalty) which caused me to sit out the rest of the match and quite a bit of pain throughout the day. the match went back and forth with us loosing 3-2 in the end. the rest of saturday was fairly uneventful - grimacing when moving; taking ibuprofen; fun with icy-hot; and later making of appetizers for sunday.
and besides the game yesterday it was a fun time - got to grill; get a brief ride on some new trails in; eat way too much good food; and enjoy the company of friends. and because of how the game turned out it was nice to watch it with people who are not die-hard fans of either team. had chicago won i would have likely lamented the fact that i was not among the high energy and cheering that comes with such a group; but it turned out well i suppose.
should have taken pictures; others did - so perhaps one day they'll make their way back and be posted.
to start: afternoon friday happy hour was quite fun with new stranger friends. started with afternoon scotch at opal divines and continued to $3 geniuses at mother egans. essentially an irish bar afternoon. nice late bike ride in the cold home and then a brief nap before awakening at 6:30 to make my way north for an 8 am soccer match. it went ok; should have had at least one goal - more likely two. there's really no reason not to score when you get the ball 8 yards out. but the game was quite competitive; i ended up spraining my shoulder on a challenge right near the half (and drew a penalty) which caused me to sit out the rest of the match and quite a bit of pain throughout the day. the match went back and forth with us loosing 3-2 in the end. the rest of saturday was fairly uneventful - grimacing when moving; taking ibuprofen; fun with icy-hot; and later making of appetizers for sunday.
and besides the game yesterday it was a fun time - got to grill; get a brief ride on some new trails in; eat way too much good food; and enjoy the company of friends. and because of how the game turned out it was nice to watch it with people who are not die-hard fans of either team. had chicago won i would have likely lamented the fact that i was not among the high energy and cheering that comes with such a group; but it turned out well i suppose.
should have taken pictures; others did - so perhaps one day they'll make their way back and be posted.
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