Week 7 & 8 Weigh-Ins

Ok, I have a few things to talk about in this post.

First, my weigh-ins for the past two weeks. On 1/23, I weighed in at 191.5, a nice 3.5 pound drop from the previous weigh-in. In celebration, I managed to gain a pound over the next week, weighing in at 192.5 on 1/30. Boo. Still, 11 pounds down overall thus far, 12.5 to go.

Next on the agenda is a sad note. As I walked into the restroom in our office building the other day, I saw the following note laminated and secured to the wall: "Please Flush After Using". Seriously? I work in an office building of 200+ people. A headquarters of professionals and that note needs to exist? The saddest part is that it probably does. I have, on occassion, walked up to a urinal that remained in a "used" state upon my approach. I'm baffled. My 3-year-old knows to flush the toilet when he is done. In fact, it's probably the part of the whole event that he looks most forward to.

Which brings me to my next point. I don't want to talk too soon, but I think we are well on our way to potty trained. Killian has spent the past few days in underwear instead of pull-ups. A few accidents have ensued, but it has been a success for the most part. I can't *wait* to say goodbye to diaper changing. Come on kiddo...

Now onto surgery recovery. All goes fairly well. I got the stitches out last Monday, 1/21. I had to go in to have the incision drained yesterday, but that should be the end of it. It was doubtful that I would have even had to go in for that. The remaining discomforts are pain directly around where the incision was when pressure is applied, of course. General tightness of muscle around the area as healing progresses. Again, of course. The unexpected pain is that which feels like sunburn several inches out from the inscision. My shoulder blades are super sensitive to touch. It hurts when my shirt drags across them. It feels exactly like my skin is raw from a burn but no visual cues. The doc explained that it is radiating pain from nerves that they had to cut and cut around and that it should heal over time. It's kind of like a ghost limb. There's no way to alleviate the discomfort, which is the part that sucks. However, it's not so bad and I can pretty much ignore it. It's more freaky than anything. The best news is that my back definitely feels improved overall and the discomfort of having the mass there is definitely relieved.

I have picked up playing City of Heroes again on the PC. I'm playing with a group of guys that meet every night and our cooperatively working our characters up to level 50. It's tough to meet every night, but it's a fun time and a good group of guys, so I'm having fun with it. I've also been playing Rock Band on Xbox 360 with Rich & Scott whenever I can. It is much to the fun. I'm playing drums, Rich is playing lead guitar and Scott is bouncing between vocals and bass. I can play drums on medium through almost all of the songs we've hit so far, but can only step up to hard on the simplest songs. In any case, it is a blast! I would highly suggest checking it out if you have the means.My step-dad came down a couple of week's ago (the day of my surgery, actually) and helped us (ok, helped Bobbie) clear out a ton of dead trees and brush. We bought a small 8-inch battery operated Black & Decker chainsaw last night with a giftcard from my dad and step-mom (thanks, guys) at Lowe's to cut up the remainders into tiny enough bundles for the city to pick-up.