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Wow, it’s been quick. I don’t even have my permanent tags on my bike just yet and I have hit the first maintenance requirement!!!! 600 miles was hit this weekend coming back from the Polome’s on Saturday. It was the longest trip I have taken so far, about 140 miles roundtrip (5 hours with a road closure!) and only 4 gallons of gas!!!!!

So now it’s off to the shop for a week or so to get it’s oil changed and for them to go over everything and adjust things as they see fit.

Of course the weather is the best it’s been in a while!!!!!!!!

Yeah I know, it’s been some time since I posted last. It’s just not in me anymore to post everything that goes on. But lately enough has gone on that I feel I have enough to post about!!!

Let’s see, my back is doing great. I have feelings in all my toes again.

I get to have more smaller surgeries later on in August and again in September. I am going to have some varicose veins taken care of in my legs and hopefully stop my blood clots.

Work has been crazy busy, and along with my normal stuff I decided to create a wiki at work to document a lot of what I do and know so that I stop getting bothered every 5 minutes of the day!! That’s been real fun though learning how to host your own wiki, and maintain it. I stumbled out of the gate, but it’s running smooth now.

Almost 2 weekends ago I took a motorcycle safety course and passed, so I now have my class M stamped on my license, and it took me 4 days after the class to find the bike for me!!! I brought it home last thursday. It’s a Suzuki Boulevard C50 (Harley’s are too $$$$ for me). I already have about 150 miles on it and have not put any gas into it yet!!! I love it!!! I am getting roughly 50 miles to the gallon.

Now I haven’t taken it on any highway’s yet. I am still getting used to the traffic around here, though I did take it down to my parents via the back roads. You should have seen my mothers face. I had “misled” her to believe that I had not purchased it when I showed up on it. She was really cool about it though, and even let me put my nephew on it. The little bugger even knows how to start it now!! He likes the sound of it when we rev it up.

Here’s a pic of my bike and my jeep. Both are gray, kind of funny how that worked out.

I should have it on the highways this weekend. I am planning on taking a few trips here and there that will get me feeling more comfortable on them. I still have to take it easy on the engine also as I am still breaking it in so to speak. But wow, it’s been so much fun!!! I love this thing.

Rick is doing good. He’s winding down his summer and starting to think about school, well how much he doesn’t want to go that is. Everyone else is doing ok.

Till next time!

Well my surgery went off without a hitch yesterday. I arrived a little early, got into the pre-surgical area shortly after arriving and 2 hours later I was waking up in the recovery room. I can’t tell you much of what happened in between as I was out cold!

Recovery was actually a little easier to come out of this time. The nurses were nice and upon entering the 2nd stage my mother was allowed to come back to see me,,,,,but lo and behold who else came with her???? 1 Guess!!!! Yes, I opened my eyes to find Kristie along with my mother. She was just standing there with her shit eating grin on her face. As to say “HAHA, told you I was coming!”

I was let out after a walk around and going to the bathroom. Made it home safe and went to bed EARLY!!!! And when I say early I mean early, I was sacked out by no later than 830. Of course, that meant I was getting up early. 330 to be exact, and I was hungry as I had nothing to eat the day before. So a banana and one of my pain pills and right back to bed.

This morning I got up with Kristie and the girls, made them eggs, and saw them off to their days. Kristie wasn’t all that happy with my walking around, but I feel great!!!! my back doesn’t hurt, the feelings in my foot is coming back. I actually feel like I could go to work. Hell, I worked in more pain prior to the surgery.

So thanks to my Doctor, Doctor Hope (real name). I am on my way to feeling great again. Thanks to all your prayers and thoughts also. I know without them I would have felt alone in the Operating room.