Wakin' up on a Saturday morning and not having to immediately run somewhere to do something is such a beautiful thing. Now, couple that with waking up and getting to take a shower, wake up a little, pay some bills, have money leftover, then sit down to blog, finding College Gameday is in Austin at UT broadcasting, and then to top it off, finding that my internet provider now offers ESPN360 online...WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY!!! UGH! I don't know how it can get any better! Seriously! I am in such a great mood right now! Today will be a good day. Here's what my day will consist of:
Head to get B's iPhone and take our phones to get the Invisible Shield put on them.
Head to said kiosk and while our phones are getting the I.S. put on them, will hav some lunch with friends Don & Mercy.
Head to a birthday party for one of Braden's friends, and hang out with our friends Lance & Jennifer while the party goes on.
Come home, and hope the Iowa game isn't blacked out, so that I can watch it on earlier mentioned ESPN360 online.
Hang out with the Mrs when she gets home from work, and maybe watch "Rocketman", one of Avery's favorite movies.
Good times all...good times.
So, what's new with me lately?
Picked up the new iPhone 3GS this past week. To go from the original 2G, to the 3GS is an insane upgrade. For those of you that have a 3G, and are deciding on upgrading to the 3GS, the only real difference is the added video camera option, just a slightly better camera, and a slightly faster processor (and more ram). So it's not such a huge upgrade like going from the old 2G. I went with the 32GB version, as it just made sense for me, since I wanted to have most of my music collection on it as well as having room for the many apps I plan to add throughout it's lifetime.
Next weekend, I'm heading up to Minnesota, to go on the annual Roos Men Fishing Trip. I haven't been able to go in four years since we moved down here, but B decided to give me one of the best birthday gifts ever (and one I wouldn't mind every year, ha!), and bought me a plane ticket so I could go this year. It's such a fun trip and one that creates many memories for us guys. All we do is fish, play poker, and have some beers, but we get to just "guy out" and hang out for a few days. GO LAKE! GO FISH!
The boys started their official baseball season this past week, and both played two games. Avery's team (the Pirates) is 2-0, and Braden's (the Rangers) is 1-1. This is Braden's first year playing any sport, and while he was apprehensive at first, he's starting to feel comfortable and opening up when it's time to play. He's really liking it, and it's so much fun watching them learn how to play. He usually plays right field, 3B or Catcher. Avery played 3B all year last year, but the coach really likes him anywhere he can get him to play, since he feels comfortable in his skills at any position. He mostly plays SS, but has played CF a lot this season as well. Even a little catcher also. It's so much fun watching him play, because he just gets it. He seems to barely need any real coaching. The other kids are too young to tell how they could be in sports, but Avery has a real chance and playing far, so I pray he keeps his mind on the straight and narrow, God in his heart, out of trouble, and listens to his parents and coaches.
J is taking the season off, so she's really helping us watch Evan while we watch the boys play sports. She likes to watch them too, but really only when they're batting, since it's just too slow of a sport for her to sit and watch. And if it's hard for her to watch, then you KNOW it's hard for Evan to watch. ;) So, she'll take him to the nearby playground, or an open baseball field next to the one we're usually on, and let him run. We can keep an eye on them, but she can be the hands on close by.
Other than that, we're just trying to work as much as we can, to save up for B's surgery in January, relax as hard as we can when we have down time, and enjoy each other's company as much as we can, since we're on the go most of the time during the baseball seasons.
One last update, two weekends ago, I was having some really bad chest pains. I figured I just had some muscle pull, but planned to see the Dr on Monday if it still hurt. By then, the pain went away. Then this past weekend the pain came back. I went to the Dr and he said it was some inflammation called "Pleurisy", which was in the muscle to the right of my sternum. He gave me some anti-inflammatories and told me to come back in a couple weeks if it's still there. Fast forward two days later, and five uses of said medicine, and it was worse to the point where it felt I was being stabbed in the chest. I couldn't move to get comfortable, was getting worried something else was wrong, and so I drove myself to the ER. I never had any physical pain where I could push on my chest and it would hurt, but I had a few spots where I could push and it would lessen the pain when I would have the flare-ups or when I coughed. However, the nurse was pushing on my chest and hit a spot where I did have some pain that I must not have known about, and it sent me through the roof, screaming in pain. They then ran bloodwork, got chest x-rays, and found that all tests were negative for heart issues, white blood cell counts, etc. He found that it's ANOTHER inflammation called "Costeochondritis", which is inflammation of the upper sternum and cartilage. So, they gave me an IV, pumped me full of steroids, high-dose anti-inflammatory, and some pain meds. After an hour, my pain which was at a 10, was down to a manageable 7. By the time I woke up in the morning, it was down to a 5, and has been better since. I'm still tender on my chest, and the pain shoots up once in a while, but it's way better than it was, and I feel I'm almost done with this now that it's been another couple days. Whew. Crazy stuff our bodies can do, the pain it can give us, but how awesome our bodies are when they heal.
Thank you all for who prayed for me this past week.
It's time to get moving, and go get some Invisible Shields put on! GIDDYUP!
Have a blessed week, y'all!
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