Well, the people have spoken and they will have what they want. I didn’t take any pictures right after it happened. After it finally stopped gushing, I squeezed it a little bit and the fat in the end of my finger started coming out. Kinda gross….and kinda cool. These pictures are from a couple days later. It’s been healing up quite nicely. Some of the cut is already closed up so it doesn’t look quite as big.
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I was trying to cut some mold off my big block of cheddar. I wasn’t being too careful. The knife slipped and luckily my finger cushioned it from hurting my cutting board too badly. I wadded up some paper towel and kept pressure on it for a good 45min but it was still kinda bleeding. So I decided it was time for a band-aid, but maybe I should clean it first, right? So I squeezed some anti-bacterial soap on it. Earlier Liz had asked me how bad it was hurting. I gave it a 1 on a scale of 10. I think I have a pretty high pain threshold. Well, after that soap I think it graduated to a 3.5 or so.
After rinsing off my little digit I got a band-aid on there. I wanted to post a picture but Liz is afraid to look at it. I just think it’s cool cause you can see the fat in my finger. I guess I’ll have to see how it looks in the morning.
No sleep last night. That’s what happens when I mix prednisone and a nebulizer. Crazy stuff. I’m sure I look a little crazy and every once in a while I think I see something out of the corner of my eye.
Also talked to Jim today about electricity and rent for March. He’s going to look into it and get back to me. I’m really interested in seeing what my electric bill is going to be because of all the fans plugged into the outlets for days on end. Plus, the carpet people cranked our heat for at least 4 days. I’m sure that didn’t help the mold grow.
For now, it’s back to the couch to me so I don’t have a coughing fit. Hopefully I can get back to work on Monday. We’ll just have to wait and see.
I don’t seem to be getting better fast enough so it’s back on the prednisone. I’d like to meet someone who doesn’t hate the stuff. Luckily though, life doesn’t suck too much. We do have a place to stay and it’s not like we’re facing financial ruin or anything. I’ve been spending my days laying down. I’ve pretty much lived on the couch since last Monday. Normally I wouldn’t be able to stand not moving for more than an hour or so but somehow I’m able to chill all day long, day after day. Right now I’m thinking I probably won’t be back to work til next week.
Well, not really….but sometimes I feel that way.
As some of you know, I have asthma kinda bad. Most of 2006 was spent feeling like crap for me. At the end of last year I found out part of that was due to a medicine mishap. Way too many doctor visits, hospital visits, medicine taken and weeks off work made it not too enjoyable. As of yesterday at 4pm I would say I was feeling pretty good. I had been feeling pretty tired all day, but didn’t think much of it. After I had been home for about 15min after work I felt so bad I had to turn off My Name is Earl and move 3 boxes off my bed so I could chill. Next thing I knew Liz was waking me up. I could hardly talk and hardly move.
So that started the exodus to Muncie. As of now, about 24hrs later, I’m finally able to sit up and make my way to a computer. All I know is that my apartment is still definitely unlivable and it’s supposed to rain this week. That means more melting snow and better possibility of water coming in. I need a new place to live.
My lame self got sick…again. This time it’s good ol strep throat. I haven’t had this for years. All I can say is that your throat hurts a lot and you can hardly swallow and you feel like crap.
In other news, I tried out that Top Hat Cheddar I got. It’s also known as a “mellow cheddar”. It definitely has a mellow taste, but it’s a bit weird too. Not something I could eat alone. On a cracker though, it tastes great. Might even be good cooked in something.
For now though, I’m making a grilled cheese with my McAdams. It should be delicious.
those are just the 8 spots they poked me with needles last night at the hospital. Been feeling pretty bad for a while and it turns out I have pneumonia. Combine that with my friendly asthma and it creates problems. Luckily Liz was around to drive me. Usually I try to downplay the situation if I’m feeling bad, and usually I can act like nothing’s wrong. Going to the hospital also seems so serious, you also don’t want to cry wolf. They told us we should have called an ambulance. So I guess they thought it was serious too. So….goal of the next couple weeks. Get better in time for wedding.
That was the latest diagnosis last time I was having serious pain problems in my shoulders. I really think doctors don’t know what my problem is. It’s been called so many things. Funny thing is I’ve been given arthritis medication and that seems to help. Almost every time the weather changes there is the possibility of my hands, shoulders, wrists and/or knees hurting. Right now my right knee has been hurting bad all week. So I took some of my old-man medicine and it definitely works. Makes everything kinda numb and it doesn’t hurt but it still does. Oh yeah, it also kinda makes me a little loopy and not with it. I don’t really like that part though.
It seems the world already knows since I’ve been receiving phone calls and emails from just about everybody I know, but I still feel the need to at least talk about it a little here.
I work at Taylor University in Upland, IN. Wednesday night, a van containing dining commons employees and student workers was struck by a semi. Out of nine people in the van only four survived. I’ve been out of school for a little while and I didn’t know any of the students personally. However, they were faces I definitely recognized as ones you see around from time to time. It’s so hard not to be affected by this, no matter what your relation is to the situation.
Yesterday was just an awful day to be around. We had a service in the chapel yesterday morning and there were probably six or so, I’m not sure exactly how many, cameras setup with news crews. This was the first time I’ve ever really thought about news cameras. It kind of pissed me off. Yeah, I’ve always enjoyed being able to turn on the news when tragedy strikes. I’ve never really thought about how that news gets to my TV or favorite news web site. I don’t want to personally attack any of the reporters here because I don’t know any of their intentions. The cameras being setup, the crews zooming in on the faces of everyone walking in, and the reporters trying to ask people how they seemed like a very very very very very insensitive thing to do. I had several students tell me they were just waiting for somebody to get in their face so they could break a camera. The service went very well though. It was so sad and moving. I could just close my eyes and feel the pain in the room. It hurt.
Besides this tragedy, there are also a couple other incidents where students have recently been hurt. Earlier this week, my friend Moser’s fiance was rushed to the hospital for an emergency 7 hour open heart surgery. She continues to get better but the right side of her heart still isnt’ functioning. She’s actually in surgery as I type this right now. They’re going back in to see how everything is working. Also, I found out another friend of mine, Mark, got in a car accident yesterday. He’s doing ok though. I was so glad to hear that.
So today is Friday which also happens to be the inauguration of our president. He’s actually been around for a while but it’s sort of like when you vote for the president of the United States in the fall and they don’t swear him/her into office until the spring. It was decided that things would go on as scheduled, but the events are being re-purposed. Instead of fanfare filled with ‘hail to the chief’, the ceremonies are going to be much more subdued and with a different focus. There are supposedly thousands of people coming for this. This is the third president I’ve seen here on campus since I first came and the second inauguration I’ve been around for. I don’t remember the last one being such a big deal.
So anyways, things are hard. I’ve felt like I’ve been getting pulled in so many directions by so many friends and colleagues. There’s just not enough time to get things done. I was up til 3am this morning just talking and hanging out with people. I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’m looking forward to sleep. I’m looking forward to not seeing pain on everyone’s faces.
It looks fine outside but I know something’s going to happen. You may ask, “And why do you say that Chalupa?” Chalupa would say “Because my left shoulder has sharp pains when I move it certain ways, I’m walking with a limp, and my hands feel like they’re swollen and and I can’t squeeze my hands very hard at all.” Some days I feel like I should be a weather man.
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