Stop complaining and get back to work!

Yup.

Think it's about that time.

Coming off 10 days of vacation is always hard, but it's not so bad if you've actually been able to bore yourself to tears while relaxing. :) Now, I wouldn't say my vacation went that far, but it hasn't been all that bad being back at work this week. And there's a couple of trips this month that will break it up a bit, too: a 2-day one to Milwaukee to see my endocrine specialist (semi-annual checkup with lab work), and 4 days in KC for a business meeting.

Grad school also starts up tomorrow night. This quarter it's HS501 - Church History, which covers from Jesus to the 14th century. Spring quarter will be HS502, which runs from the Reformation to today. Summer quarter will then be my independent study class, I hope: TS670 - Change and Relationality in God (or something like that.) No more recreational reading for a while! Hopefully I finish up with Mother Teresa tonight, and save the rest for later.

Then there's the knee. Still 3 visible puncture holes, with a puffy little bump around each one, but the overall swelling is gone, as is the bruising, and the hair is starting to grow back. :) Still looks a little like I'm wearing a tonsure around my kneecap. :P

But it held up well yesterday for a 5K of 2/3 running, 1/3 walking, and it isn't getting me up at night anymore. No more ice, and less Aleve. It still hurts if I bump it, and I can't yet kneel on it, but... soon that will change, too.

Can't complain, I guess. Which is the point of this post. :)

Life is almost back to what it was at the end of August.



Almost.