April, coming and going

Two months, nearly, since I last blogged. Because I have other stuff to do too, you know. What I've done since last I posted:

1. Not gotten a job, but something else came up, so I'll still be getting paid next year. Good times? Maybe. Cincinnatibound.
2. Not experienced any soccer injuries. The foot is 100% of what would be expected in a thirty-something male who has other things to do as well. The screw was definitely the right choice for me, next time I just hope I make that decision sooner (my cousin had a very similar experience over a year ago, with the same set of decisions and, eventually, the same positive outcome).
3. Written a lot of useful stuff. On the dissertation. That's right. Someday it will all be available in pdf format online. Meanwhile, find something more interesting to do with your time.
4. Signed up for a cell phone plan. That's right. Contracts and free phones. But I also liberated my new handset from the bondage of AT&T's proprietary software, unlocking the potential within. Highly recommended for the Sony Ericcson Cybershot c905a. Much better phone than Nokia 1661 I had been using...
5. Got a new family member. Technically, she belongs to my brother and his wife, but they're going to be stuck sharing her with the rest of us, so they'll get used to it. We got to meet my new niece a couple weeks ago, and she seems to like me a lot more than everyone else (she didn't burp up on me once, and she always cried when I had to pass her off to the next person), but she's tough, so I think she'll be fine even if we're not always right there to take care of her.

That's about it. Eventful two months? Probably. But I just take it one day at a time, putting one foot in front of the other, and focusing on the here-and-now so I don't get my head in the clouds or miss the forest for the trees. That's just how I do. I'm about to embark on a high glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM program to see if it has any effect on the grinding knee joint. At this point, I'm hugely skeptical, but the good people at target have just priced me into the scam supplement market by posting huge markdowns on all their joint supplements. I expect to post the results of this experiement in about a month. Meanwhile, I teach and work. Happy Spring!