Lesson of the vacation, it is impossible for me to not be busy.
One of my main goals for my two weeks at home was to do absolutely nothing. I figured that I was already packed and had everything ready for Kentucky so I could just sit back, catch up on my TV shows and sleep. Oh how wrong I was.
First, I stupidly decided that a two week break from school would be a good time to fix my ankle. Back in 2010 on my first day in Canyon, I sprained my ankle extremely bad. Of course, I was in an unfamiliar place so I just let it sit, but then I discovered the activities center and pushed a bad situation into an even worse situation.
Fast forward two years and many lessons in the fact that said ankle
won't let me ride like I should and I decide to get eight shots (23
pokes by the needles to find the right places) in various muscles down
there to try and fix it.
The nifty little machine she used to figure out where to torture me
After the initial torture, I had to start PT to really make sure the shots were being used to their max. So two times a week for my 2 1/2 week break, I am driving across town to be beat up for 45 minutes. According to the measurements we got today after three sessions, it seems to be working so at least my time isn't going to waste, but that's a big chunk of time.
Second, you never realize how much time is spent doing little things like running errands. Today after PT, I had to run home and take a shower (getting up even earlier than I have to just to take a shower doesn't work for me), run to dad's and get something for him, then run back into town to give it to him. After that, I stopped to get lunch then went to the store to try and get stuff to tame the afro that my hair has become in this humidity. Stuff like that keeps you busy.
And last, there's the god-awful packing that comes with moving. I'm only taking clothes and a few other necessities but even that takes a lot of work. Basically, I have to take all the stuff in the picture below and try to organize it so I don't forget anything.
Most of the stuff isn't going with me but by the end of packing up my rooms in Texas (first my dorm then my actual bedroom), I would just start throwing stuff in tubs. That makes for a very messy situation and makes it hard to find... well... anything. I'm also needing two of the tubs for Kentucky so massive cleaning is going on. I really hate packing and how long it takes so here I sit at a very big and boring job.
Thankfully, I get a respite from that in the form of technology. If you know me, you know that I'm AMAZED at how far technology has come in the last 100 years. I'm a massive dork, so every time I realize this, I kind of freak out a bit.
I've gotten used to some of these comforts, such as talking to my best friends on AIM basically all the time (I'm blaming Ashley for distracting me from packing the other day when she was talking while I was packing) and texting others friends all the time
Heck, I've even used my webcam to talk to people before but it's always been one-on-one conversations. So when I actually got to see the whole multipeople webcam chats in person on monday when I talked to a bunch of my friends, I did a bit of a freakout. I mean how awesome is this?!?!
Picture courtesy Z.
Five people in one conversation and only two within 20 miles of each other? Yep, awesome to the extreme. Plus, it let's me be lazy for a few minutes, win/win.
Well, we're at almost the week countdown for the big summer move so I guess it's time to do something productive. Talk to my whole three readers later. Maybe next time I blog, I'll be on the road (see, technology is awesome)!
Until next time,
Mel
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