i'm on day 3..

so far the hardest time i have in my no-computer daily routine is in the morning before work.. i usually wake up any time between 730 and 8, take a shower, dress and make my way down to my computer mostly to see if anyone blogged between the time i went to bed and the morning, get a leg up on what kinds of problems might i encounter when i arrive at work in an hour, and check what major catastrophes happened in the world. then i throw together my lunch at 840 and run out the door.

i might rethink my wake time because i feel like i am wasting my time milling around my house. or i might just continue to come into work early, like i've done the last two days.

in case anyone is interested "the hammer" is being released june 26th (which seems odd, cause dvds come out on tuesdays.... hmmmm, correction.. i checked and it comes out on the 24th, tuesday.).. i bought a pre-sale copy thru amazon.. :)

i also placed my seattle/red sox tickets on ebay. i set the beginning price at what i wanted for them, so hopefully i won't get screwed like last time. cross your fingers.

this weekend here is "the taste of syracuse"... i have never been, but am very excited to go.. cath just reminded me that it is also the greek festival. woot!!! i'm thinking i'lll be busy this weekend.

day 1, success....

***UPDATE AT BOTTOM***

well, i'm proud to report that yesterday was a success as far as no at home computing.. i arrived home from jens and ate dinner, unpacked.. watched FUR, organized...

i was sick all weekend.. friday straight thru sunday.. i am not as nasally challenged right now, but i have been left with a juicy cough. fantastic!!

this morning i had my 2nd PT appt, of which they did not charge me again.. and it didn't hurt again, but afterwards (as in right now) it aches something awful. it's making me want to do my stretches for hours on end... maybe that is the point.

if i can easily get my pics off my camera onto this computer i will do so.. for your viewing enjoyment.

**UPDATE**

alright, here they are... in all their glory.. not many pics, cause i was very under the weather.. and for the record, JBP doesn't see many movies down on the cape, so don't ask! ;) j/k, love ya jenny B!

PT, round 1.

so far so good with the physical therapy. the process that my therapist is performing is heating up my foot, then scraping with various pieces of hard plastic 3 times from my knee down my calf and all over my heel.. he must have told me 19 times that i was going to hate him, and it was going to be very "uncomfortable". but it really wasn't.. maybe i have a ridiculous tolerance for pain, or maybe i'll feel it more next time, but all in all it was no big deal.. the point of the scraping is to break down the scar tissue that has built up, make it bleed, and have my body reabsorb it back into my body, and force the muscles to reheal in a better alignment that will be less painful and will be less likely to hurt/be reinjured in the future..

i'm optimistic that it will work..

tonight is the season finale of lost.. woo who!! 3 hours in a row. the first hour is a repeat of last week, but it will have some new footage.. can't wait!

i wonder....

today at lunch i saw someone walking and thought, i bet he doesn't spend nearly the amount of time on his computer as i do... then my mind ran away for a few minutes about what i would/could do with my time if i wasn't on my computer every night... i think i am going to see if i an go 30 days without using my computer away from work.. it should be do-able right? i mean anything i can't accomplish/surf at work just isn't going to get done for 30 days.. seems reasonable for me.. i think i am up for the challenge.. i want to say i haven't successfully completed a 30 day challenge since my "no drinking/double french braiding my hair" challenge of march 04...

so, june 1st is this coming sunday.. mark your calendars.

adult fun.

it was very refreshing to have some adult time this weekend, preceded by some teagan time.

friday i didn't get out of work till the usual time :( so i didn't arrive in olean till close to 10. cath and i immediately started watching "there will be blood". it was a pretty decent film. "i drink your milkshake", i kept waiting for that line and pretty much had to wait till the last 10 minutes of the movie. but i still liked it..

saturday after taking the teags to the Y for a dip in the pool (photos here) i headed over to hornell to meet AL to go to the shower.

shower was good. not very eventful.. but nice to have time to chat with mostly AL..

after the shower the real fun began.. we met out at a bar and got our drinks on.. i took a lot of photos and even some video... the photos really tell the story.. so i suggest you check them out.. :)

we couldn't resist eating at the diner on the way home, so of course, i ended up throwing it all up before i could fall asleep. i hate to admit it, but it felt so good to throw that up, and i am a great puker.. i have a lot of practice... maybe i could be bulimic....

this evening i have watched a bunch of jimmy kimmel shows and went to see iron man again.. there were more people in the theater watching it with me this time than there were the 1st time around. and it was equally as good this 2nd time.

tomorrow the main thing on my agenda is to wash the bugs and bird feces off my car. :) i love free days off of work.

long weekend!

yay, a long weekend is upon us! like most weekends i will be driving out of town, i have decided to make my suitcase a permanent fixture in my room rather than packing it away under my bed after each trip.

tonight i will go to S&Js house to help cath corrupt babysit teagan. the plan is to take her for her first swim tomorrow morning. :) i wish my camera was waterproof.

after the inaugural swim i will head over a couple of towns to beautiful Hornell for a wedding shower followed by a bachelorette party. i feel like it's been a long time since i've been to a wedding shower. probably because my memories are filled with baby showers. how exciting to have some good old fashioned adult fun in store..

lucky for me i should have an hour or two to myself on sunday before my roommates return from Olean. unless i can convince them to stay till monday!

all in all, i am sure it will be a grand time. and who knows, maybe i will go see iron man again on monday. :)

next up... physical therapy.

i had a dr appt today and i'm almost out of options. :( he prescribed 2x weekly, for 3-4 weeks. that is going to get expensive. *tears*

he said that he hopes the physical therapy will break up some of the scar tissue, but if that is not working when i see him in 3 weeks he is going to order an MRI.

i've sunk a LOT of money into this problem and i almost feel like i am worse off than i was at the start.