FINALLY FRIDAY!!!!

Ah it is finally Friday.  This couldn't come soon enough!  Just a few more hours at work, then a meeting and then the weekend!!!!  I look forward to spending some quality time with my parents and seeing my little nephew.  Maybe even play catch-up with a few old friends :-).

I have been able to control my stress at work pretty well.  Just keep plugging along seems to work.  I can't help but get worried or paranoid sometimes though!  But when that happens, I stop and take a breath and remind myself why I am here!  The stress of my knee is another story!!  I can't help but get shorth with people or be unhappy when I am hurting.  I hope people understand this and let it slide.

Dum Dum Dum....

Well, even though nobody reads this anyhow, I guess I should share how my follow up appointment went for my knee injury.  After four weeks of physical therapy, with little change, the orthopedic doc said the next thing to do would be surgically repair it.  So following my business trip at the end of the month I will be having surgery.
April 8th is the date!  I worry that it will creep up on me faster than I think.  Right now I think, "gee, that's five weeks yet" but I know it will come and go quickly.  I am not too nervous about the surgery, but I have never had surgery before.  I think once the time draws near, I think I will become more nervous.
So that's that..

A Boring Friday

Today is just another day.  Going by slowly like all the rest.
I just sit here, thinking of what's best.

Ok.  No more rhyming.  Not really flowing today.

My knee hurts and it keeps me from being able to really concentrate on anything.  I am doing alright at work, just a slow day today.  Everyone has those now and again.  Every other day I am so busy trying to bust out my current project.  I can't tell you a better feeling nowadays than the boss saying "keep up the great work!"
I am probably going to leave a little early, I can't sit here for much longer.  I need to go home and ice it, maybe nap a little too :-P.

I am just wishing the clock would jump an hour ahead right now! 

I wonder if anyone even reads this thing?

Bad and Good

Had a visit with an orthopedic doctor today to get my knee all figured out. 
Bad- I have a tear in my patellar tendon.  Good- it is not a complete tear. 
Bad- this could mean I need surgery.  Good- I will be doing physical therapy for four weeks to try to improve it first.  This could prevent surgery altogether. 
Bad- if I do have surgery, it is pretty major.  It comes with 3 months of recovery time.  Good- my knee would be fixed!
I am hoping for the best, but I am willing to go through whatever I need to to eliminate this pain!

Work is work, I am trying to relax whenever I can.  I need a serious destresser weekend!  I think I should convince Kate to go up to GB for a weekend.  I could use a spiker or two!

As the days get longer...

As the work days get longer, everything else gets put to the wayside.  It is somewhat frustrating to feel like things are undair when people leave work early all the time and I sit here for 3-4 extra hours a day.  I know it's all part of the job, and the way it works... but it gets lonely and boring.  I don't particularly enjoy sitting here by myself into the evening.  Ah... that's why they pay me the "big bucks" right? 

On a not much lighter note, I go to see an Orthopaedic doctor tomorrow afternoon.  I fell onto my knee just over 6 weeks ago, and it has been causing pain/discomfort with slight swelling ever since.  I had an MRI about a week and a half ago which showed a partially torn patellar tendon.  That explains the difficulty standing, pain when on my knee for more than 10-15 minutes, and constant pain.  Well anyhow, I have to see the Orthopaedic doctor to determine if I need surgery or what kind of things I can do to allow it to somewhat heal.  The odds of it healing completely on its own are very low though, due to it being a tendon (versus a muscle that has constant blood flow).  I am hoping surgery is not necessary.  It is a major surgery that could put me out for several weeks to months.  That would mean, no walking anywhere, no work for a few weeks, no driving, no anything :-(.  I guess we'll have to see...

Long Day

This day is the longest I have ever spent at this job.  Over 12 hours...  All thanks to my new project.  The reaction takes literally that entire time!!!  It's crazy, and ridiculous.  The worst part is that I have to complete it even though I know it is not going to work out!  Ugh... darn not being able to dispose of it without completing it!!!

I am just going to be sitting here, waiting for something to run for 2.5 hours yet with nothing to do!  Hence the reason for the blog.

My little nephew is growing so fast, learning fast and getting cuter by the day!  He's going to be a heartbreaker someday :).  I totally miss the days where I didn't have to care about anything except playing and sleeping... I wish someone would've warned me back then!

Did you ever not know how to deal with a problem?  I am stuck there right now!  I guess the details aren't that imperative, and I don't want to risk trouble starting because I wrote about it.  But I have been trying to work out this issue on my own for some time, to no avail.  It has not changed my feelings towards the problem.  It is becoming frustrating!!!  I just don't know how much longer I can put on this front.  Ugh.

I've been in a total cooking craze lately.  I love the whole feel of knowing that I worked hard to make a good meal when I am enjoying it!  I have yet to cook something that I find totally gross.  My recipes aren't quite perfected, but someday they will get there.  I don't have the time or means to do it now.  If you have any good recipes, please share!!!!!  I absolutely love trying out new recipes!  I am going to make a new recipe this weekend in the crock pot and I am so excited to do it!

This snow has been incredible!  Ten inches last night, totally awesome; well minus the foot tall drift next to my car that I had to step in to clear off my car this morning.  Brr that was chilly.

Well that's about all I've got to say right now! 

Thanks for reading, whoever you are :-)

Wait.... it's December????

Holy Cow... it's December 1st!  It sure did sneak up on me.

I'm beginning to get pretty stressed with school.  I have three weeks until graduation, and two weeks to complete my final exam.  I can't accept anything less than the best with this class.  I want to finish my current college career strong!

What better way to end the year?  Graduating, birthday... perfect.  Well, not quite perfect.  There are a few things I would change, but I don't see those changes happening anytime soon (and that sucks!).

I would really like to know what the heck the future holds, but so far so good.  I don't think that my job is in jeopardy, but you never know right?  Once I graduate, I won't have to worry about filling out a time sheet anymore!  I am looking forward to that! :-)

I have such big plans for next year... going on a trip to Oklahoma to try to see some tornadoes, going hunting with my aunt in the fall, working and working and working!!!!!!

It looks like a great year coming up!!!  Can't wait :-)