I’m still around. Dad is doing great, he has been moved to a regular room now.
I’m still writing. Not as much as I would like but I think that pretty much goes for everybody.
Been playing WoW a lot. Too much for my wife’s comfort I’m afraid so there is a good chance you will start seeing more and more posts. Seems like I have a lot of time for other things when I don’t spend so much time in Azeroth.
Until next time,
Just writing something rather quickly before dashing out the door to work;
Dad’s still doing well, started physical therapy yesterday.
I applied for yet another job, this one also at TSU but as a student recruiter this time around. I think that would be a blast to do, in all honesty.
I feel like a slacker for not having worked on my short story or any writing lately.
And, Ony is back!
Until next time,
Let me get you up to date on Dad’s situation.
Yesterday I get home from work and am greeted with a voice mail explaining to me that Dad’s blood pressure had dropped the night before to the point they gave him medicine for it and put him back on the breathing machine. The breathing machine was breathing for him. Later that evening I get a phone call and Carol tells me to hold on a second, the next thing I hear is my dad’s voice asking my how I’m doing!! Simply amazing.
What a turn around!! Today he has continued to get better. Got to actually eat some food 
They start the physical therapy tomorrow and all looks well. Still in ICU but probably because of the MRSA. Maybe before too long they can move him to a normal room and then eventually he can get to go home again.
As life starts to settle down a bit I might even be able to update the blog with more than just my dad’s progress. Let eveyone know what’s going on with me and the family and what not. Which, by the sounds of it, shouldn’t be too much longer!!
Until next time,
The other day I was talking with my wife about my short story idea. I explained to her that I fear I will not be able to give the story justice. It’s such an awsome idea that I don’t want to mess anything up by not being able to write well enough. She gave me a bit of advice: “Don’t let the fear of screwing it up keep you from actually writing it.”
After reading today’s Quote of the Day I couldn’t help but smile at their similarities.
Quote of the Day:
I will write the story, I know that I will. Here’s to hoping it comes out as good as I hope it will.
Until next time,
He’s starting to talk more and more and seems to be waking up little by little. We are very hopeful. I am trying my best not to get my hopes up too much because in all honesty he is still in ICU, listed as critical condition and isolated. I’m sure this has a lot to do with his MRSA but either way I have to keep that in mind. If I let myself believe that he is completely in the clear and recovery is inevitable then it will only hurt that much more and be so much more devistating if something were to go wrong now.
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I would like everyone to know that I am writing again though. Quite a bit too. I wrote a poem about my dad and the hospital visit and all that jazz. I also am working on a kick ass short story too. That’s right I said it was kick ass. Now the writing might not be but the idea behind the story is. As I come up with new ideas about poems or short stories or what not I ask myself “Would I read that? Would I pick it up off a shelf and read it?” And with this idea it’s a hell yes!
Also, I teased a few posts back that I had good news and it related to a collaborative work of writing with my wife and me. Well, I’m not going to spill all the beans about the details of the project but to give a little more info, we have a date night every week. We might not go out or do anything but every week we try to spend a little time alone. Sometimes it works out and sometimes not but at least we are trying. So, now we are going to be working on a writing project together which will always give us something to do for date night. The plan is that each week we pick a topic and write something about it; be it a short story, a poem or an essay. And then we present our writing to each other at date night and critique them and share our thoughts and what not. I guess you can say it’s a very close and intimate writing group.
Oh, and I have been meaning to brag on my little brother, hell big one too but that’s a different story, but haven’t taken the time to find the links I need. Probably going to make that my main focus for tomorrow’s post, but either way he is a musician and has been invited to tour next year with one of his favorite bands. Ill give more details with links in a future post.
Until next time,
Quick update here because I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up too much since I’m not quite certain of what is going on. But. Dad is talking! Not just moaning and groaning, but talking! Nurse during the ct scan said my dad said “Hey! Hey! I don’t like you!” lmao … and then he proceded to ask for his wife. Carol said he is talking and responding to questions. She said he is still talking to people who aren’t there but this still seems to be an improvement.
I appreciate everyone’s support and let’s up hope he just continues to get better!
Until next time,
Still nothing new. Sorry but that’s the update for this morning. Hopefully I’ll know something more by this evening when I get off work.
As many of you know I’m back to cooking at Montana Stephenville due to some shananigans but I am looking for a second job. So I have applied for a couple of cool ones.
First one, is for the First Year Experience Coordinator for TSU. Sounds pretty cool too actually. Basically I’ll be working with first year TSU students to ease the transition into college, enjoy their time there and help with convincing them they need to return and stay at TSU.
The other is to be a substitute teacher for the school district here. Mel was looking at it and according to some website that reports average salaries and such reported that the avg salary for SISD subs last year was like 45k+. Not sure how that’s possible seeing as first year certified teachers don’t make that but hell that’s twice what I’m making now, so I threw a resume out there and I guess we’ll see what happens.
Gotta run, have to get ready for work. As soon as I hear more about my dad I will keep all of you in the know.
Until next time,
