Something Different

I decided to try something new, I know, I look pretty stupid, but that's half the fun of it. This is only a 3mb file, so it probably won't take too long to download unless you still use dial-up.



I have also started a new Christmas list for anyone interested, the link is at the top of my link list! As I say so UNCLEARLY at the end of my video, "Y'all have a good afternoon".

Well, I was able to return to work!

I appreciate all of your prayers, they worked! I only ended up missing 2 days of work and on Thursday I was able to go back and enjoy the wonderful world of Wal-Mart once again! On Friday, we had a somewhat interesting day at Wal-Mart. I got to work at about 3:00pm and the beginning of the day was pretty much standard, but at about 4:00pm something went wrong with the PA system in our building and the alarm which they use in case of emergency began to go off. We assumed that they would have it fixed quite quickly, but after about 15 minutes, people started to get irritated. (myself included) Anyway, to make a rather long day into a short story, I will just tell you that it turned out we have no one capable of fixing this little problem in our building or even our town. We had to put in a call to San Jose and they sent a guy up to fix this issue. When I left the building at 4:15am the alarm was still beeping with only momentary pauses while someone would cut in on the alarm to make an announcement. Thanks to federal regulations, we couldn't just turn off the system because that would be a safety hazard! Just for your listening pleasure, I happened to get a rather bad recording of this sound on my Palm. Please let this play in the background (quite loudly) for about 12 hours just to get an idea of how the 300 or so people in the building felt after a few hours.



So, we had quite an exciting evening last night, but at least it's over now. The weekend has just begun (for me, I sleep pretty late) so have some fun!

Well, I got my toe fixed, sort of?

So, I had my podiatrist appointment yesterday and I guess it went well. He started me out with four of these!



Ok, maybe they weren't quite that big, but I did have four of them. On a positive note, he did use some sort of cold spray stuff to temporarily freeze the toe while injecting the medication. Actually there was very little pain involved in these shots. After waiting about ten minutes I couldn't feel my toe at all! This is a very strange sensation and it caused me to laugh when they started working on the toe. (All I could feel was my foot being jerked around) Anyway, right after the doctor visit, I had less pain then I had felt in a long time. I did get a rather large bandage,

My bandage was purple, but I didn't get a picture of it!
The doctor told me that the deadening would last about ten hours or so, I found out that it lasted about four, after this, THE PAIN!!!!!! I will spare you the gory details, but I was unable to go in to work today because I can't stand up for longer than about five minutes before my toe feels as though it is going to explode! Anyway, I am praying that I will feel well enough to go back to work tomorrow. I do think that in the long run I will be thankful that I got this taken care of, but for now I just wish it didn't hurt so bad! I was trying to remember what kind of tools the doctor used on my foot and I have provided pictures which, to the best of my recollection, illustrate what was done to my toe!



I have to say, I am glad I went to a specialist, because I can't even imagine what a regular doctor would have used!

Oh, one last thing, apparently having my toe worked on has also caused a little swelling of my head.

I'm loosing my Teeth!

Well, I was over at Kevin and Heather's this weekend watching a movie while eating some delicious caramel popcorn. When I finished I was picking my teeth as you always must after eating popcorn. Unfortunately when I picked one of them, it felt a little wierd and then I realized I had chipped a tooth. Even worse, upon farther examination I realized that I had actually cracked the tooth and then out came these two pieces.



So, now I need an appointment with the dentist to figure out what to do about the hole in one of my molars. I am happy to report that it doesn't hurt at all and I feel as though there is a lot more room in my mouth now!

In other news, I have had a number of comments from people who come to my house about how large my turtles are. As it turns out, I have a comparison picture that Chuck, Caleb and Lauri sent me a long time ago when my largest turtle was very small so I thought I would let everyone see just how much this thing has grown!
Here he is as a small guy sitting next to a US quarter.



Here is the same turtle as of 11.6.06.(I believe the small picture was probably taken about 15 months ago.)



That is a pretty huge difference! I estimate about 600% increase in size. I wasn't quite sure on this, so I did a little photoshop work to make the difference easier to see.





Sure enough, it takes about 18 quarters to cover the big shell and only about 3 to cover the little one. I am very impressed with my turtles growth, I am just scared that in a few years I may need a swimming pool to contain them.

One last thing, please pray for me as I have to get this dental work done and I will also be having an ingrown toenail removed sometime in the next few weeks. Thanks!