The Bees Knees

So I'm back up and running, well not running, in fact not really walking, but if i hang on to my crutches I can "pretend" to walk, hopefully be off the wobbly sticks here in a few days, I can stand on my own and even manage to take a few steps here and there but I don't want to push it, so right now I'm still using the crutches just for safety sake.

I'm a lot more stable, and the rehab is really starting to build up some strength in my leg and around my knee. After the surgery all my muscles basically quit on me, so its a long road back to full recovery, but I'll get there. Biggest news, I actually put on my own shoes yesterday. WOOHOO!!!!!

I had my staples taken out yesterday, how do they do that? Well with a big ole staple remover, pretty much just like that one you have in your desk drawer, but you know its all "medical" so it probably cost around 100 bucks for that thing, man i could've done that myself at home, I did get to see the physical therapist though and he gave me a couple of new exercises to work on, I can already tell that I'm getting more flexibility and strength. So far so good, i've been doing some partial days back at work, and next week I'll be back in full swing.

In my down time on the couch (my new girlfriend, we'll call her Sophia, but she's no threat to Selina) I've been wielding the old pencil and paper, trying some new drawings that will eventually be taken into the computer for manipulation and then output for screen printing on either chipboard or stained wood planks. I think the most positive outcome of all this is that I got to get away from the computer and get back to the basics of drawing. Thousands of dollars of computers and software will never replace pencil and paper, its hands on, brain to hand to pencil to paper. Simplicity at its best, its good to get away from the box every now and then. There's probably enough eraser rubber in our couch now to make a set of tires. Draw, erase, draw, erase.

I'll post up some of the drawings soon.

The other saving grace of couch life is The History Channel, they had a continuous running of a show called The States, all about the 50 states in the Union. It was like an instant trip back to social studies class, man I do love the History Channel. If you haven't seen any of this series, you should watch it, very interesting stuff, but then again I'm a nerd. The series on presidents was really intriguing as well.

Selina has been nothing short of a divine angel for the past week and half, I really don't think I could have done any of this without her help, thus securing her title of "best wife ever" for a lifetime. Anybody that will put up with me on the couch for that long has got to have some kind of angelic gift. Rex has also been a source of utter joy, they say laughter is the best medicine, seeing him chase after that fish has got to be one of the funniest things ever, thanks Dr. Rex. (aka: SHOW CAT!!)


Thats the knews on knees for today, stay tuned and maybe I'll do a little dance for ya'll.