Saturday night was a riot!!

My sister and her betroved came over (because we have a washer and dryer and they had laundry). We drank, played games, and basically mocked each other for about 7 hours. Great times!

We had also purchased some mouse traps on Saturday (not because we have mice, which we don’t) to put on the new leather furnature. We have a dog who has decided that she quite likes to lay on leather, and I would prefer that she didn’t (sharp claws, dog fur, etc). She knows it’s not allowed… but she’s sneaky.

Of course, my kids found the mousetraps and proceded to make a game out of them (set one, slide it under your friends butt while they sit on the floor playing Yu-Gi-Oh). Halarity insues! Had I know just how much pleasure they would get out of such a cheap thing… I could have saved some serious cash (instead of buying the xbox, I could have gotten them each a package of 4 traps).

Still waiting on the results of my MRI. I’m at home today, doped up on narcotics (which is why this post probobly doesn’t make a lot of sense) and waiting for my Doctor to call with the results.

Narcotics good…. leg bad.

The MRI was wheeeee-fun!

Imagine being crammed in a metal tube with 4″ clearance between your nose and the top of the tube, arms pressed up against the sides, while incredible noise and vibration rocks you for 1 hour.

I’m glad I went pee first.

My leg is degenerating further making walking more and more difficult as the days go by. It’s become very noticeable to the people at work. There’s a lot of staring going on while I shuffle through the atrium (the central point of the building).

I’m hoping that the doctors find something soon, though I’m dreading the thought of back surgery. We have a lot of projects going on at work, and my being laid up at home won’t help get them done.

I haven’t ridden my motorcycle for a bit, and it’s not looking too promising to get back on it any time soon. I’m starting to think I should sell it and save the monthly payment.

Life is fairly challenging at the moment.

I have an appointment today to have a full MRI done on my spine.

The current theory about my ongoing leg issues (read: intense debilitating pain) is caused by a pinched nerve coming out of my thoracic lumbar. Back in 1985/86 I was run over twice durring a 9 month period while riding my old motorcycle (causing me to give up riding for 15 years).

Hopefully I can get copies of the images to post on the website.

On an unrelated note… anger ensues over a collection agency. I was involved in a legal battle 4 years ago with a company that I had borrowed money from. After all was said and done, they ended up eating the bill but have now turned it over to another company (second time this has happened) to collect it. It’s not that I don’t have the ability to pay it (seriously… it’s a very small amount), but it’s the principle of the thing. They broke the law and I caught them at it.

Time to release the hounds again.

Oh yeah… and the link of the day is here.