Week 6 Update and New Year’s Resolutions (A Month Late…)

Today makes (or marks) six weeks since surgery.  It feels like an eternity since then.  Tomorrow I go for my one month post op and should have a better idea of where things are heading.  I will hopefully be released to get back to my running, working out, etc.  I haven’t been able to do any of those things since Surgery (I’m sure I could have, but I was told not to!) This was done in an effort to make sure things healed quickly and without interruption.

The worst part of this process is waking up every morning with a headache.  41 mornings, 41 headaches.  Ground hog day.  It doesn’t matter what time I go to bed or wake up, my head hurts.  Luckily, the headaches are manageable and I usually feel better after an hour or two.  Several people have told me this is what to expect from marriage (rim shot on the snare drum).  Hopefully I’ll have some insight into the headaches tomorrow.  I’m hoping it has something to do with my eyes just readjusting.

As for the memory… It is coming back with a vengeance.  It’s not all quite there but my memories associations are working quite well.  This has led to brain overload on more than one occasion when I’ve gone somewhere I’ve been many times before.  It’s like a chain reaction one thought leads to two more and those two lead to four more and so on.  To me, this is a good thing.  However, the actual numbers or dates associated with these memories are not present at this time which is a very odd thing to me.  I usually use dates and numbers in my head to get to actual memories.

In my first blog entry I mentioned I had set goals or New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 (One being this blog).  Here is a sampling of them.

1. Run over 250 miles this year: Why walk 500 miles when you can run 250?  Right now I sit at zero miles.  I blame surgery on this one.  A big shout out to my friends Bex, Julie, Lindsey, and John for getting me to start running.  I would give you a shout out Adam, but I know the bat likes anonymity.

Progress: 0/250

2. Pay off my debts before Rolling Rock Day: Debt is a monkey on a lot of people’s backs.  I’m looking to fling him off like he flings other things.  Some (Probably all of you) are ask when Rolling Rock Day is?  Just look for the ole “33” for your answer.

Progress: On target/early

3. Getting below the “Mendozza line“: This is a goal I came real close to accomplishing last year.  Fortunately, I’ve actually lost weight already this year despite not being able to work out.  I still haven’t stepped on a scale.

Progress: Unknown.

4.  Posting to my blog weekly: I went over ten years without writing consistently before I started back in August.  The hardest thing about writing this blog is that it is so much more personal and for a much smaller audience.  Back during the fall, there were weeks that over 4,000 people read my stories/blog post.  It was really neat to get on Google Analytics and see fifty people on the website at once.

Progress: On target

5.  Re-finish my basement:  The downstairs of my house has so much potential.  Since I moved in five years ago I’ve wanted to knock down the walls and make a large game room/man cave/theater/bar.  I started ripping carpet and padding up several weeks ago.  After my February rush I hope to pick back up and get this project underway before Summer gets here.

Until next time…

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