Yesterday I took the two younger boys to the dentist for the six-month check-ups. The middle son ended up having a cavity, on one of his permanent teeth. The younger one came out with a good report. This morning, the oldest son has his turn, and I hope it comes out fine. Another reason why I am still groggy - it's not quite 7am.
After dropping the older son off to catch the school bus, I will be meeting Preacher Tom for breakfast. It has been awhile since we have met up (I think before Christmas) so will somewhat nice to get back in that habit. We are trying a new restaurant as we are getting sort of tired of Denny's. PT had once been to it, and it is called "The Place". He warned me that when he ate there with some other people, he had been warned to only do the half-size order of biscuits and gravy, as the food portions are huge. I am looking forward to that!
A couple hours after our breakfast, I will be attending a funeral. 'Bud' Morgan, a friend of several years, passed away last week. He was one of my "bar buddies" but was a great guy. Always offered me a place to stay if 'you and the wife get in a fight'. He was a great joker, and always had a story to tell, which would always be different, especially when told in that sort of Southern, slow way he talked. Bud was a Vietnam Vet, too.
Following that event, I will be back to the house for my chores. Dishes are stacked up and ready for when I get back.
PeacE
Tuesday, January 31
Monday, January 30
Who is the Whore?
Yeah, I know. Pretty crass title, eh? I kind of did it due to a conversation my buddy Aaron and I had yesterday. Actually, it is the only reason I did it. Aaron has one of them new iphones. In fact, I think it is the newest version out, and has all them bells and whistles I don't need, but hey, that's another topic. For those of you that don't know, the iphone has a voice-activated 'assistant' that can aid you in making a call from your phone book, or look up a phone listing, etc. The assistant is called Suri. A few weeks back I had sent Aaron a link of something along the lines of '50 things to ask Suri' and it posted the responses that were received. So last night, I jokingly asked his Suri where I could bury a body. The phone came back with something like 'I'm not sure what you are looking for' and gave me options for a crematorium, cemetery, etc. Trying to see what response we would get, I asked it "Where can I find a whore?" At first, it misunderstood, and said that there were 23 bars near our location. Undaunted, I asked the same question again, being sure to enunciate each word properly. I had not laughed so hard....it brought up Aaron's contact list. Maybe you had to be there, and have a few beers like we had, but I was laughing so hard, it took a few moments to catch my breath again.
Aside from that humorous moment, the weekend has passed, and I am still sore from returning to the gym on Friday. I did get and go again this morning, and already I am starting to feel the "new" ache in my muscles. I will be happy once I get past this stage again, and will welcome working out in a few more sessions I am sure. I've already dropped a half pound since Friday.
This week will feel a bit like a long one. Over the next couple days I will be taking the boys for their 6 month dental cleanings. Tuesday I have a funeral to attend of a friend of mine that passed last week. It will be nice to see some other people I haven't seen in quite awhile, but the reason for being able to definitely sucks.
Thinking about heading back to bed for some cat naps this morning. Not sure if I will or not though.
PeacE
Aside from that humorous moment, the weekend has passed, and I am still sore from returning to the gym on Friday. I did get and go again this morning, and already I am starting to feel the "new" ache in my muscles. I will be happy once I get past this stage again, and will welcome working out in a few more sessions I am sure. I've already dropped a half pound since Friday.
This week will feel a bit like a long one. Over the next couple days I will be taking the boys for their 6 month dental cleanings. Tuesday I have a funeral to attend of a friend of mine that passed last week. It will be nice to see some other people I haven't seen in quite awhile, but the reason for being able to definitely sucks.
Thinking about heading back to bed for some cat naps this morning. Not sure if I will or not though.
PeacE
Friday, January 27
Holy Shit!
Wow! I just returned home from this morning's workout at the gym. Seeing as how I had not gone since about the beginning of December, and with the broken ankle and all, it had been almost two full months. I weighed myself as I used to do, prior to any workout.... I only had gained 2.5 pounds since my Dr. appointment back on 12/12. Two and a half pounds! I was feeling like I had gained closer to 10!! Woot! Needless to say, getting in the workout this morning was difficult. I even dropped the weight amounts from where I had been back in November. Already I can begin to feel the muscles starting to stiffen and ache a bit. I'll take the weekend to work out the soreness, and return again Monday morning to return to my regular schedule.
So the cast came off yesterday. I had never considered how tender and sore the ankle would be, after being retrained to one position for five weeks. I wasn't expecting to run a marathon afterwards, but thought I would be able to walk normal. Nope. Got the cane back out and am using it. Doc says to walk on it at my pwn pace, as far as how much I want to work on it and am able to put up with the discomfort. I skipped the treadmill this morning, but did put in twice the distance I used to do, on the bike. The ankle just couldn't do the walking, plus carrying my weight for a long distance. Biking worked pretty good, and I think I got a better cardio workout that way. I scrubbed the whole area the cast had covered after the appointment with a pumice stone to get all that dead skin off. Even before that though I notice I have a couple patches of tender skin, where the cast had rubbed, or was just continuously tight (the top of my foot and a patch on the outer side, about where the break had been). Plus on top of the foot, just short of the big toe was a popped blister from the edge of the cast rubbing from the walking I had done while it was on. Though it wasn't much walking, it was enough to make a blister.
It is Friday! Today a Happy Birthday goes out to my nephew (Sis' son) as he turns 14 today. I have already sent him a text sending him wishes for a good day.
No major plans this weekend. Sunday we have one softball game, so I will be meeting the boys for Bloody Marys in the morning,then game, then drinks at the pub afterwards. Will be a good day.
PeacE
So the cast came off yesterday. I had never considered how tender and sore the ankle would be, after being retrained to one position for five weeks. I wasn't expecting to run a marathon afterwards, but thought I would be able to walk normal. Nope. Got the cane back out and am using it. Doc says to walk on it at my pwn pace, as far as how much I want to work on it and am able to put up with the discomfort. I skipped the treadmill this morning, but did put in twice the distance I used to do, on the bike. The ankle just couldn't do the walking, plus carrying my weight for a long distance. Biking worked pretty good, and I think I got a better cardio workout that way. I scrubbed the whole area the cast had covered after the appointment with a pumice stone to get all that dead skin off. Even before that though I notice I have a couple patches of tender skin, where the cast had rubbed, or was just continuously tight (the top of my foot and a patch on the outer side, about where the break had been). Plus on top of the foot, just short of the big toe was a popped blister from the edge of the cast rubbing from the walking I had done while it was on. Though it wasn't much walking, it was enough to make a blister.
It is Friday! Today a Happy Birthday goes out to my nephew (Sis' son) as he turns 14 today. I have already sent him a text sending him wishes for a good day.
No major plans this weekend. Sunday we have one softball game, so I will be meeting the boys for Bloody Marys in the morning,then game, then drinks at the pub afterwards. Will be a good day.
PeacE
Thursday, January 26
Taking It Off
This morning I am headed over to the Specialist to have my cast removed. It has been five weeks to the day since I had it put on, and I am so looking forward to having it off. I know the smell of stinky feet (and who knows what else) has been bad for the past three weeks, and growing daily. The additional back pain from the change in my walking would be nice to get cleared up as well. Most of all, I just want to wash, and scratch that appendage.
Yesterday I had a fun time. I went with Reverend Mother to pick Sis up and go to lunch for Sis' birthday. Afterwards, we walked over to Barnes and Noble to go through things. RM and I stayed up on that side of town to pick up my niece and nephew, then RM had a small birthday party for the nephew. RM and PT are going out of town today, and would miss his bday on Friday.
Think I might stop by McDonald's after my appointment and get me some sweet iced tea....
PeacE
Yesterday I had a fun time. I went with Reverend Mother to pick Sis up and go to lunch for Sis' birthday. Afterwards, we walked over to Barnes and Noble to go through things. RM and I stayed up on that side of town to pick up my niece and nephew, then RM had a small birthday party for the nephew. RM and PT are going out of town today, and would miss his bday on Friday.
Think I might stop by McDonald's after my appointment and get me some sweet iced tea....
PeacE
Wednesday, January 25
One More Day!
Down to one more day until I return to the orthopedic specialist to have the cast removed. It will be so nice to be able to resume walking with a normal gait. I have a bath planned for immediately after the appointment, so that I can soak that ankle and scrub the five weeks of grime and dead skin from it. It itches a little right now because I am thinking how good that is going to feel!
It is Humpday and as usual, nothing exciting is happening here. I am waiting on Reverend Mother to come pick me up, then we are headed to Sis' to pick her up for a birthday lunch. Sis' bday was last weekend. I sort of invited myself along, but only because I didn't want to sit around the house yet another day. I have no idea where we are going to eat.
Guess that is all I have today....
PeacE
It is Humpday and as usual, nothing exciting is happening here. I am waiting on Reverend Mother to come pick me up, then we are headed to Sis' to pick her up for a birthday lunch. Sis' bday was last weekend. I sort of invited myself along, but only because I didn't want to sit around the house yet another day. I have no idea where we are going to eat.
Guess that is all I have today....
PeacE
Tuesday, January 24
Public Libraries
As far back as I can remember, I have always loved going to the library. Yes, even those times I was required to go for research on school papers, or other class assignments, I still always thrived on going to a library. I still remember the first time my Dad got me a library card, and I was able to check out the first books on my own from that little library back in Kirklin, IN. I don't know the exact three books (personal limit for a kid's card) I had selected, but seem to recall they were in the fantasy fiction genre that I seem to love so much. The thrill when Dad allowed me to get an adult card in Frankfort, IN, though I was not even 11 years old yet, and being able to peruse through the even larger amount of books available... Oh! The personal joy!
There is nothing that brings a more satisfying feeling than going through shelf after shelf of books, and finding one, that after reading it just feels you with joy at finding it on your own. The fulfillment of looking up that research information for whatever reason, and the hunt through the Dewey decimal filing system to locate that specific article/book. The wonderment of all that information around oneself, be it for research, or entertainment, and feeling like you own and control it.
But I feel the way of the Public Library is slowly disappearing. I know many of you older (well, closer to my age anyways) readers would agree. With the internet growing and many places putting all the information out on the 'Web', the days of physical books is declining. Even I have not been in our local branch for nigh on 2 years now. Of course, budget cuts hurt libraries. I know our local branch has changed the hours of operation and cut them so badly, even my kids are unable to get time to go there for school work, as they close too early in the day. Some days, they are only available for a handful of hours.
Libraries offered so many services, and in the larger towns and cities, many of those services are available. Aside form the obvious 'borrowing' of books, services for computer access, media (video, DVD, CD), being able to reserve new releases, and periodicals (magazines, newspapers, etc), one could even just sit in there and read, without taking any materials from the place. 'Going to the library to Study' was always a valid excuse to parents to get out with friends - well, maybe for some people. I always preferred to actually go to the library. If someone didn't know certain information, they would go to the library to find out what they needed (in most cases). Now, the phrase is "Google it!" or "Look it up on the Web".
Physical books have character. As an avid reader, the feeling of a book open in my hands, turning the pages, feeling the weight of printed text on paper, all is a comforting feeling. It brings good memories of my friends (the books) that I have held and recall in my memories of how I traveled through worlds with them. How they taught me ideas and sometimes even, morals and ethics. How I learned how something works, or why and how it happened. The printed word was not the only thing there. Pictures of all shapes or sizes, in color, in plain black and white, and yes, sometimes even sketched. Oh, and how like real people these books are. Each has an odor that tells you about itself. That new book smell as you first open the pages was rare in a library, but sometimes you might be the second or third, and that scent lingered. Sometimes it was the smell of age, as if the book had been unused for many years, waiting for your questing for it to arrive. Many have worn corners, sometimes pages ripped and repaired by tape, sometimes not. Unknown marks and smudges from food, or dirt, or as many of us prefer, we don't want to know. Some I read, even let me know about previous readers and how they cared for the books by showing the bent corners of pages to mark reading spots (obviously did not know how to use a bookmark), or I could scent the smell of smoke from a cigarette, and occasionally a nice pipe.
I sigh with contentment. Yes, I love these places and for what I learned from them. I'm happy to say, that so far my older children have been able to have some sort of affection for books, though in the age of computers, I wonder if I should say, they show the love of reading. I wonder about if I should take them all for trip to our local branch, to let them experience a small portion of what I had when I was younger, before they are gone - the children and the libraries.
PeacE
There is nothing that brings a more satisfying feeling than going through shelf after shelf of books, and finding one, that after reading it just feels you with joy at finding it on your own. The fulfillment of looking up that research information for whatever reason, and the hunt through the Dewey decimal filing system to locate that specific article/book. The wonderment of all that information around oneself, be it for research, or entertainment, and feeling like you own and control it.
But I feel the way of the Public Library is slowly disappearing. I know many of you older (well, closer to my age anyways) readers would agree. With the internet growing and many places putting all the information out on the 'Web', the days of physical books is declining. Even I have not been in our local branch for nigh on 2 years now. Of course, budget cuts hurt libraries. I know our local branch has changed the hours of operation and cut them so badly, even my kids are unable to get time to go there for school work, as they close too early in the day. Some days, they are only available for a handful of hours.
Libraries offered so many services, and in the larger towns and cities, many of those services are available. Aside form the obvious 'borrowing' of books, services for computer access, media (video, DVD, CD), being able to reserve new releases, and periodicals (magazines, newspapers, etc), one could even just sit in there and read, without taking any materials from the place. 'Going to the library to Study' was always a valid excuse to parents to get out with friends - well, maybe for some people. I always preferred to actually go to the library. If someone didn't know certain information, they would go to the library to find out what they needed (in most cases). Now, the phrase is "Google it!" or "Look it up on the Web".
Physical books have character. As an avid reader, the feeling of a book open in my hands, turning the pages, feeling the weight of printed text on paper, all is a comforting feeling. It brings good memories of my friends (the books) that I have held and recall in my memories of how I traveled through worlds with them. How they taught me ideas and sometimes even, morals and ethics. How I learned how something works, or why and how it happened. The printed word was not the only thing there. Pictures of all shapes or sizes, in color, in plain black and white, and yes, sometimes even sketched. Oh, and how like real people these books are. Each has an odor that tells you about itself. That new book smell as you first open the pages was rare in a library, but sometimes you might be the second or third, and that scent lingered. Sometimes it was the smell of age, as if the book had been unused for many years, waiting for your questing for it to arrive. Many have worn corners, sometimes pages ripped and repaired by tape, sometimes not. Unknown marks and smudges from food, or dirt, or as many of us prefer, we don't want to know. Some I read, even let me know about previous readers and how they cared for the books by showing the bent corners of pages to mark reading spots (obviously did not know how to use a bookmark), or I could scent the smell of smoke from a cigarette, and occasionally a nice pipe.
I sigh with contentment. Yes, I love these places and for what I learned from them. I'm happy to say, that so far my older children have been able to have some sort of affection for books, though in the age of computers, I wonder if I should say, they show the love of reading. I wonder about if I should take them all for trip to our local branch, to let them experience a small portion of what I had when I was younger, before they are gone - the children and the libraries.
PeacE
Monday, January 23
Scratch, Scratch, Scratch
It is another exciting Monday around here. Well, I fibbed a bit on that. It's not really exciting. It's just Monday.
Thursday morning I am scheduled to go in to see the orthopedic specialist again, in hopes of having the cast removed from my ankle. I see no reason why they would prolong the period, or worse, re-cast it. I have been getting around the past couple weeks without cane or other assistance, though, my back has been starting to bother me. Between the weird walking gait I have due to the cast, and using the cane, etc, I am sure that is 99% of the back pain's cause. I look forward to getting the cast off to resume a semi normal routine... in that sense of going to the gym, etc. I can feel I put back on several pounds not being able to do my walking and other gym activities. Though, I admit for a while it felt I was doing okay with just monitoring food intake, but not now. Have to start over slowly, to rebuild the ankle support I am sure, as it stills feels a bit tender... and to get in the habit/adjustment of back to working out.
What a though for a Monday.
Other exciting things for this week: Yeah. I got nothing. I think the boys have dental cleanings. Now there is exciting for you.
PeacE
Thursday morning I am scheduled to go in to see the orthopedic specialist again, in hopes of having the cast removed from my ankle. I see no reason why they would prolong the period, or worse, re-cast it. I have been getting around the past couple weeks without cane or other assistance, though, my back has been starting to bother me. Between the weird walking gait I have due to the cast, and using the cane, etc, I am sure that is 99% of the back pain's cause. I look forward to getting the cast off to resume a semi normal routine... in that sense of going to the gym, etc. I can feel I put back on several pounds not being able to do my walking and other gym activities. Though, I admit for a while it felt I was doing okay with just monitoring food intake, but not now. Have to start over slowly, to rebuild the ankle support I am sure, as it stills feels a bit tender... and to get in the habit/adjustment of back to working out.
What a though for a Monday.
Other exciting things for this week: Yeah. I got nothing. I think the boys have dental cleanings. Now there is exciting for you.
PeacE
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