Tuesday, December 4, 2007

howdy

We're trying something new today. As part of my therapy I will be  
contributing to the blog from now on.
Yesterday was kinda tough.  Despite lots of effort and pain, the range  
of motion in my left knee is below expectations. Any bending past 100  
degrees is incredibly painful.
The stitches from my toe surgery were finally removed yesterday.  The  
good news is that I'm healing very quickly.  The downside to that was  
new skin had grown over several stitches and cutting them out was  
bloodier than expected.
Everyone seemed to have the same answer to problems yesterday: do more  
at home.  As a result, I will be in charge of updating this blog.   
Feel free to email me if you think it's gone too long without an  
update.  Improving range of motion in the left knee will be another  
responsibility for home.  Dad feels as though he's picked up enough  
over the past 4 months to be a physical therapist and had me doing  
exercises before I even got out of bed this morning.

Despite the prospect of torture at home there's a lot to look forward  
to.  It's Christmas time and there are plenty of annual joys: Charlie  
Brown, Christmas Story and the Grinch. I'm sure there's a wonderful  
Sam Adam's brew for the season that I can't partake.  I'm hoping I'll  
be able to visit the Animink crew this week.  I've yet to see the new  
house and there are new people working there I haven't had the chance  
to meet yet.  Everyone is looking forward to Tomoka coming to visit.  
It'll be exciting to share the Holidays with her.

-jamie

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

You and Tomoka need to visit together!
That would be fun...like I told you earlier..let me know the when and how and we'll get you here!
Lisa

Anonymous said...

Hey Jamie, Glad to hear you're blogging now! Hurry up and get out here for a visit. You'll Loooove the game room.

Anonymous said...

WOW! Good to hear from the wonder man himself. Remind your dad that for every set of exercises you do without complaining you get his share of Christmas cookies. That might keep him quiet for about 5 minutes. Please keep the news coming - miss you, big guy! love, m

Unknown said...

Good call on the Christmas specials. I too am looking forward to a bevy of nonsensical claymation (although the Grinch does kick ass) goodness. I actually caught Rudolph last night. Gotta love all the un-PC dialogue in that one; as Donner's wife asks to be included in the search for her son she is met with, "This is man's work."

My personal favorite though would have to be the Santa Claus meets Masters of the Universe claymation epic that is The Life and Times of Santa Claus. Where else do you find Santa being raised by a group of woodland immortals, shadowed by a mountain lion familar and doing battle with trolls for the right to deliever toys.

Yeah, good times.

Anonymous said...

It's fantastic to hear from the miracle man himself. I look forward to updates from you on this Blog.
When Scott told me through Facebook that you had been injured in an accident, I fairly freaked out.
Wish you a speedy recovery and good times over the Christmas break. I hope it's not too cold for you! I hope you have a great time with Tomoka.
Me, I am going back to Japan next March, to work as an ALT, this time without Mayumi holding me back.
Take care Jamie! Merry Christmas. Work hard on your rehab and you can have beers next year.
Anthony

Anonymous said...

This is awesome! I need to skype with you more often. Tell grad school to not be so time consuming.

bliss said...

hey jamie!
and when you skype with thurston tell him to get back to work at grad school.
we'll see you when we're in charlotte over x-mas!

Anonymous said...

hey jamie!
i'm glad you are blogging! it's good to hear how you are doing straight from the source. I'm glad tomoka gets to visit soon! maybe if I'm in town when bliss and thurston are we can all hang out.
take care

Anonymous said...

Hi Jamie

Glad to know you're doing well.

Have a happy Christmas!

Love from the other member of the purple veins rhythm section.

Danny