I'm Still Here!

A few weeks ago while I was using our laptop, the charger caught on fire! (don't worry - just a small flame, lol) It immediately shut down our computer and I thought I had lost it for good. Luckily it came back on so we could back up our files, but it wouldn't let us use the internet or anything like that. SO, my excuse for not blogging in a while is that we haven't had a working computer! We just got a new laptop this week so I will try to catch up on some things.

I haven't moved our files over to the new computer yet, so I'll have to post pictures later, but here are some quick updates on what all has been going on here! We got new furniture! We FINALLY finished dealing with the insurance company with our wreck stuff (just a week or two before the one year anniversary - which was yesterday, I think!) so we were able to use some of that money to get the furniture. We got a cozy reclining couch and love seat. We LOVE it! I'll post pictures of it soon.

I also, as sad as I am to say it, started slacking big time on my weight loss stuff. I hurt my knee in my second week of my workouts and quit for a few days until it started feeling better. It started feeling better from THAT injury, then I hurt it again. It got better after THAT one, but then I had kind of lost motivation and gotten out of my routine. I need to get started again!

I went an Orthopedic specialist to have my knee checked out. It bothers me quite a bit and has been that way for a while so I decided to just have it checked out. I had an MRI and went back earlier this week to see the results. My ACL (that I had surgery to repair 10 years ago) has stretched out some, I have a tear in my meniscus and a "significant amount of arthritis considering my age." The ACL is not really a big deal, it just means that my right knee "moves" a little more than the other. The meniscus tear seems to be pretty small, so it isn't anything too major. The doctor said the arthritis is probably what causes most of the pain. They could do a minor surgery to "clean things out" but he said it probably wouldn't make that big of a difference right now. I'm just going to wait it out... he said if the pain gets worse, more frequent, or if it starts swelling quite a bit then we would want to do the surgery. For now I'll just deal with it though. :)

I am also going to start a new job soon! My job working with the kids after school is coming to an end and I will be starting my new job in the next couple of weeks. I have a meeting with them tomorrow morning, so after that I will give all the details. I'm sure it would be fine to give them now since only a few people read my blog, but TECHNICALLY I haven't been OFFICIALLY offered the job yet... but check back tomorrow and I'll let you know all the details! I'm really excited about it!

Well, that is all I can think of right now... I know I've thought of several things to share in the last couple of weeks, so I may think of more later, but for now THAT'S ALL FOLKS!