So I'm a lazy blogger. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?

Okay, so I'm not the greatest blogger in the world. Sue me. I don't update my page as often as I should/could because my life is filled with non-exciting things that aren't worth the time to share. I've also realized that no matter how short and concise I struggle to make my blog entries, I always end up with long posts which even I find somewhat unbearable. I've made the executive decision to put forth a concerted effort to reduce the length and wordiness of my posts. So far, this post has failed that initiative. But I'm gonna try...at some point.

So here's the latest on me for anyone who doesn't know. I am not actively working because I was hurt during a training exercise. I've been to the doctor and I officially have a completely torn ACL and a tear in my meniscus in my right knee. I will be scheduling surgery soon and it will most likely be towards the end of September. After that I will have rehab and the recovery process may take months before I can walk without a brace on and possibly nine months or so before I will be able to use my knee at full capacity. That's if everything goes to plan. Awesome.

Also, I've started taking a Spanish class which I've been wanting to do for years now. I have also been trying to plan out a trip to Costa Rica for a month or two after this semester is over. I figured an immersion trip would greatly increase my spanish fluency and also give me a kick ass vacation at the same time. I am fearful my knee may slow down my progress from spanish class by forcing me to have too many absences. The teacher's policy is that after four missed classes, regardless of reason, the student automatically receives a failing grade. He does this to encourage attendance and hopefully I may speak with him and work some deal out but I am not overly optimistic he'll be sympathetic to my situation. I am not even concerned about my grade, mostly. I am in the class to actually learn the language, not satisfy some school requirement in order to progress academically or graduate. On the other hand, being as competitive as I am, I will be very disappointed if I don't receive an "A" or maybe an "A+++," if they give those.

I had a lot of things I was looking forward to doing in the upcoming six months or so. The spanish classes, the Costa Rica trip, a trip to Eugene, Oregon to take a bicycle mechanics course for work (and then visit my buddy Scott in Portland while I was on left coast), maybe some other traveling, I have my vacation coming up in a week, trips to Atlantic City (which may occur in October with some work buddies who told me about the trip last night), and other things.

I am hoping to hobble my way through all of these. And blog about them of course. But not lengthy, long worded blogs. Short, concise blogs that don't have much flowery language. Or short sentences. One day I will get it right.

Good day to you.