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On The Mend
Short and sweet, I’m doing better today.
The longer version:
For those not in the know, I had shoulder surgery this past Wednesday to repair my collar bone. I also got a nice metal plate to cover the bone. [1]I can’t wait till I fly again. TFA came into town (on his birthday no less) to stay with me. He had already planned to be here however, he deserves a recommendation for sainthood after putting up w/my constant up/down emotions. That said, I can’t tell you how much better I felt having him here. He stayed with me thru the surgery and made sure I got home safe/sound.
I’m sad to say all of the friends who did sit around with me got to see my really cranky side. Not towards them mind you, and I’m by no means a nasty person but, anyone outside my immediate bubble was an easy target for my anger. I really am a big baby when I get hurt/sick.
Anyway, yesterday the pain was almost unbearable. I pushed my 4 hour limit all day long for taking pain meds. Moving was almost impossible and trying to function in any capacity was a struggle.
Today was much better. I was in about half as much pain and moving around did not send pain down my spine. I got out of the apt a couple times and even found the energy to catch up on my blogroll a bit.
I must say all the well-wishes from everyone has totally blown me away. I’m not yet able to type out replies to everyone but I want you all to know how grateful I am. The replies and good thoughts brought me to tears more than a few times.
The doc says I’ll be back at work in about 2 weeks but the working out will have to wait several months. I’m sad about that but it is what it is.
Ok, I’ve reached my limit for typing w/o pain, more later and again thank you all so very much for checking in on me and well wishes!
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| ↑1 | I can’t wait till I fly again. |
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Post Surgery
Paging Dr. Drill…
With The Living
Offline
It took some effort to write this out.
I will be offline for a bit. I was either sideswiped or cut off by a car [1]I don’t really remember for sure today and crashed my bike. I have a fractured collar bone, multiple contusions, abrasions, etc.
I’m banged up but home from the hospital and enjoying the bliss of modern pharmacology. I expect to make a full recovery with time.
I managed to upload a quick photo via twitter today and the support has been overwhelming.
Adam was kind enough to come over and nurse-maid me tonight.
I’ll try to write more when I can.
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| ↑1 | I don’t really remember for sure |
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Grumble, Grumble, Grumble
Today was a test of my patience. Nothing really awful but several unfortunate happenings found me in a particularly foul mood. A mood which seemed to only worsen as they day went by.
First, I get spurned at the gym by a hottie I’ve been oggling. Not the end of the world but a kick to id.
Then, I find someone has backed into my bike and cracked the side fin. Thankfully, the same fin that has been scratched before. I think they might have actually knocked it over as I discovered later my low beam headlight was out.
Lost my favorite shirt. It could be in the laundry but I don’t think so. I haven’t worn it lately. My own fault, I know.
Work starts off slow. An incident in policy occurs between myself and a field unit. It was a huge safety issue for the field unit. I called him on it and his reply was completely out of line, I made a complaint and management did nothing. I’m not sure why that surprised me. They don’t give a rats ass about us. Anything outside their immediate bubble of responsibility is shunned and avoided at all cost.
Of course, I get a barrage of cranky callers who are insolent and nasty. I almost cursed one lady out. I told another she needed to grow up. Not very civil servant like behavior to say the least.
To top it off, I read some posts on an employee forum whining about how victimized they are and how the [Union] chapter was doing nothing. Well that just set me on fire. I bust my ass to defend my coworkers. I don’t get paid for it and it eats up a lot of free time. And frankly, I’m good at it. [1]not arrogance just confidence in my abilities I’ve gotten numerous punishments overturned and/or reduced. Management knows if I’m involved they better have their ducks in a row or I’m gonna have a field day tearing it apart. Anyway, I wrote a very scathing reply, thought better of it, edited most of the bitterness out.
I’m home now. My mood is foul, my bed is empty, my libidio is up, and I’m not a happy camper. Thankfully, I’m starting a 3 day weekend.
References
| ↑1 | not arrogance just confidence in my abilities |
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Q&A
I thought I’d answer a list of recent questions. [1]Ok, most are recent, some are old and I just haven’t gotten around too yet.
1) Are all your "stories" about your playtime true? Absolutely. I’m not a slut just sexually very generous. [2]This is probably the #1 question I get asked
2) Now that the MH founder has resigned, will you go back? Nope. He still has controlling interest so nothing has really changed in my opinion.
3) Why can’t I read your hidden stuff? Probably, because you didn’t reply to my email request. Or, my email might have gotten swallowed by your junk filter. [3]Especially, if you are on aol, hotmail, msn, yahoo..their filters suck big green donkey dicks.
4) Why are you such a dick? Because I can be. Any questions? lol (This guy was mad at me over my comments about MH on joe.my.god’s blog.)
5) Where do you find all your plugins? No single place. Sometimes I google’em. However, I often go here first.
6) Have you ever regretted being gay? There was a time when I first came out and was still very confused. Since then? Nope. Being gay has helped to make me that man I am. I wouldn’t change that for all the Gold in M. Phelps’ pockets.
7) Were you in the local paper recently? Yes but the article was about my work not me. They just happened to use a stock photo of me. It also had my full name so I didn’t link it here. (I’m pretty not stupid. lol)
8) What is twitter? A micro-blogging service. Look at it as a blog meets random spur of the moment updates. It is highly addictive if you aren’t careful.
That is all I can think of at the moment.
Oh and if you use any sort of filtering software for your blog, add 63.243.145.133 to the banned list. This is the #1 IP I get junk from.
Time to head off for work.
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Almost There
I fixed a few of the last remaining annoyances with WordPress upgrade. he Cocomment thing almost never worked right so it was first to go. And since they still haven’t upgraded it to work with Firefox 3, I just figured it is no longer worth it.
I also nixed the poll. I really like the poll and it will come back at some point. However, I need to find one that works w/my version of WP.
Lastly, I fixed the email link. Switching to a widgetized version of sidebars on my blog caused some unexpected errors w/link routing hence, the old email call function not working. It was actually pretty easy to correct and still protect my email from being harvested by bots. You’ll notice the link (lower left) is an image file of my actual email addy and clicking it auto-fills the To field on your email form.
Of course, for some odd reason the Title for the recent comments widget has gone bonkers. I am wondering if there is an errant piece of code throwing it off or just poorly written. Either way, it is a mild annoyance and I will fix it in time.
That is all. We now return you to your regularly schedule blog surfing…
