ipods, concerts, surgery, oh my!

sorry about that (being blocked, for those that noticed).

random update:

finally broke down and bought an ipod. have been wanting one forever. went with the 8gb blue nano. got a nice little rubber case and screen cover. have been addicted to it ever since.

just found out that they released a smaller, sleeker nano. same 8gb. cheaper price. sucks. always works that way. that's what happened when we bought lincoln's nano a few years ago. a month or so later, apple released the next generation.

went to the maroon 5 concert wednesday night. it was absolutely fabulous and then some. decent seats. next time going front row all the way.

last but by no means least...

i will be getting surgery on my 82 year old leg on the 22nd. after 10 weeks of physical therapy and 2 months of 4-5x a week at the gym, the doctor and i have reached the conclusion that i am too young to have an 82 year old leg. he will be doing a fasciotomy after all. not nearly as severe as if i had him do it before my therapy but still not pleasant.

2 incisions on the right side of my calf. he will decompress the nerve and slice open the fascia around the calf muscle right there.

i will be out of work for a week and on crutches for a few more weeks after that. but, if all goes well, i will no longer get the horrible lightning bolt pains down my leg, the cramping will stop, and i will be able to run again. i will do that triathlon in may, just you wait.