Price of gas

Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, Queens, NY

Another appointment

I had another "wound check" appointment today and failed to notify my bosses. They stared at me as I drove off this morning.

I will have to straighten that out tomorrow. What's important is that I'm ok. The doctors are happy with the way my wound is healing. I'm just not happy taking care of it by myself.

With the surgery they performed to remove the "capsule" they left me with a two inch opening that has to heal from the "inside-out", which means I need to keep packing the wound with gauze and padding to make sure it remains clean. Ugh...

Back to the office

I went back to the office today but I think I should have stayed home. I just don't want to lose too many days.

I left early and I felt way too uncomfortable. I needed to change my dressing twice and I am ill equipped to do so at the office.

Some strangeness

I went back to the Emergency Room so they can perform a "wound check" on the surgical area and the hospital staff is very happy about it.

One thing that I got used to is the fact that my hospital is a teaching hospital so I always get new interns/doctors coming by to look at me.

I'm somewhat of an anomaly because I am afflicted with Multiple Ostosis which is basically excess bone growth which grow out from any of my bones. The strange part about me is that I'm 41 years old and have not experienced pain from the bone growths until recently.

I'm a freak study case I guess. The thing that really bothers me is that I keep getting the same questions. Does it hurt? Do you feel pain during periods of excersion?

They always dismiss my statement that I get bone growths whenever I get into an injury that feels like it hits the bone. Maybe it's just me.

Back home

I'm back home.

It turned out to be an abscess as I feared however the doctor I saw on Tuesday told me it was too big for him to perform as an out-patient procedure in his office. He suggested I go to the Emergency Room.

After a quick ride to my hospital I was admitted, fed large amounts of antibiotics and had surgery performed on me on Thursday.

All I can say is that the pain was MUCH greater than the first time. It turns out that they had to remove tissue that they call the "Capsule", which is tissue that forms after the initial abscess that develops and help to facilitate a return of an abscess later on. Luckily I had a head surgeon perform the procedure but it hurt big time.

They watched me and kept and eye on the wound and said I was OK to go home. I was just anxious to go home, being alone right now doesn't help but I'm grateful to be home.

I managed to get the hospital staff to call my wife so she didn't panic since the last time I spoke with her was to let her know I was walking into the Emergency Room. I used the hospital staff as my messenger service, they were very understanding and accommodating even though it wasn't their responsibility to do so. Nurses are so under-rated.

Not good

I woke up this morning and the "pimple" is now twice the size it was yesterday.

Now I'm fairly certain this is a return of the abscess I had last year. I will try to see a doctor and have him drain it out today. Hopefully it will go easy.

Uneasy sign

While I was in the bathroom at work I thought I felt a pimple on my butt however it didn't feel correct, it felt deeper in my body.

I felt hardened tissue underneath the skin. It was somewhat large which made me curious as to why I hadn't felt it before and the only thing that ran through my mind is the abscess has returned.

That was a very painful couple of weeks I went through last year in April and I don't look forward to doing it again. I will go to the surgeon tomorrow and have him look at it. Perhaps it will only be something that will be resolved with antibiotics.

It begins

I got a call today for a showing so I have to make myself scarce. I'll just drive around a bit and come back later.

Mild inconvenience.

Maintaining connections

My friends came over and we had a nice day although once again I accomplished nothing in the house. We sat around and talked throughout the day.

An associate of the realtor came by and looked around the apartment. I didn't have a problem with that, buuuut...the guy that came by gave off a somewhat perky vibe. Similar to that of a used car salesman. I'm guessing this guy will be the one to sell the place. Better to have them on my side than the other.

My buds and I went out to dinner to a local restaurant I am particularly fond of. It's elegant but non-pretentious so I didn't feel uncomfortable stepping into the place in shorts without a reservation. We were promptly seated and enjoyed a good meal, my friends had dessert but I just had coffee since I didn't want to overdo my sugar intake, it's easy to forget I'm diabetic.

We went back to my place where we had meaningless conversations about baseball, animation, movies and travel and then the went home. Overall it was probably the most adult conversation we've ever had and I'm the youngest of the three with the oldest approaching 50.

It's strange how people who have known each other for so long and haven't spoken to each other in quite some time can just pick up as if no time has passed. Although we can see a change in each of us we were still close to being the same as we were 30 years ago. Those are things you don't get often.

Unexpected call

A buddy of mine I haven't seen in a while called and invited me over to his place for dinner and help him with getting drivers for his printer and another device.

I told him I can't since I'm in the process of moving boxes to paint the bedroom, so I begged off.

I kinda felt guilty about it so I invited him here so we can hang out while I moved the boxes.

He asked if a mutual childhood friend can come by and I said sure. Then he informed me our friend is afflicted with a disease which I will refrain from disclosing here since it can only be a private thing for him I imagine and there's no telling who will read this (although I'm fairly safe in assuming I'm the only one that really looks at this).

So all in all it's a good thing I decided to ask my friend over. They'll be here tomorrow.

Fretting

My wife is worried because we have not had any more calls to show the apartment.

I keep telling her to relax since it's only been two weeks since the apartment was offically made available to view. It should pick up a little plus Summer is approaching and that might slow things down somewhat.

On the positive note I keep telling my wife that anyone looking in the Summertime is probably serious about buying a place.

This Father's Day

For the dad that has everything. The Icarta. For Dad's private room.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, Queens, NY

So far it's been steady for a month. It hasn't gotten real hot yet so I'm waiting for the 10 to 20 cent jump that will probably hit us in July.

Changed plans

I had intended to be home when the realtor brought by the people to see the place but my co-worker told me I shouldn't be there in case they ask questions I'm not ready to answer yet.

While I thought it seemed a bit shady to do so for that reason, I did see a certain logic to it.

I just spent a little extra time at the office and had dinner at a local diner, something I have not done in a long time...for either.

Done

I managed to get the living room carpet cleaned, well as clean as I can get it, and the furniture rearranged.

The apartment now has the appearance of open space and I have enough room against the far wall to place the boxes from the bedroom.

While I was cursing myself for doing it so quickly I do have a certain sense of accomplishment in doing so.

It looks better and it feels better.

Pushing myself

I received a telephone call from the realtor to see if they can show the apartment tomorrow evening.

I took a look around the apartment examining the state of disarray it was in and of course I said "sure", immediately chiding myself because there is no way in hell I would have the living room put together by tomorrow.

However, if I don't continue moving forward, I will just sit still so I have to place myself in the position of do or die.

I am my own worst enemy.

Moving on

I figured I'd move the boxes from the bedroom to the living room and line them up against the wall facing the windows since it won't make the room look much smaller. Then I realized I needed to rearrange the living room to make space for the boxes.

I figured I could move things around to give the illusion of more room and still get the boxes in there. While I was at it I started steam cleaning the carpeting since I was moving things around anyways.

I was just getting things going when my wife called me and reminded me I had a wedding to attend.

CRAP!! I jumped in the shower, shaved, put on a suit and made it out the door, picked up a wedding card and started out for the wedding in 35 minutes.

Ya, it sounds like I had plenty of time but I need time to get my head right.

I normally take an hour and a half from waking up to getting out the door when I get ready to go to work in the mornings so you can imagine how much of a procrastinator I am.

Anyways, the wedding was very nice but I didn't go to the reception so I can continue with the living room.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, Queens, NY

Reprieve....er...?

I haven't had a call from the realtor yet to show the apartment. I was worried that they would bring people in while the place looks like crap.

Now that my worry is unfounded I'm now worried that they came in and decided to give me even more time and not call for a few weeks.

It's kinda funny though....damned if I do and damned if I don't. I just have to mellow out and move forward.

My bad

I accomplished nothing in the apartment today since I spent all my time trying to get my computer up.

Now I'm worried that the realtor will bring people by the apartment and I did absolutely nothing to get ready. The place is a mess and boxes are everywhere in disarray.

Just great. I'm going to have to put my computer aside and pay attention to the real priorities.

What next

I am writing this from my laptop because I turn on my desktop when I got home from work and it goes crazy on me. Just great.

Now I have to figure out how to get the pictures of my son from the hard disk. That's really the only thing I care about that's on the machine.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, Queens, NY

A drop of 4 cents, theoretically it's a direct impact on the tax for gas. We'll see if it's a quick fix reaction to shut people up.

My guess is we'll still see a large increase in the price of gas.

Harumph

I get home and my door is completely unlocked.

I'm not worried because the building is pretty much secure but it kinda makes me wonder about the realtor's attention to the small details, like LOCKING A DOOR!

Little progress

My realtor called to ask if it was okay to come by and take pictures of the apartment for their website and for fliers.

I laughed and said sure but warned her that the place is a total mess. She didn't seem worried.

We'll see. I won't be surprised if she faints.