Biology

Its been a while since my last update. I have been too busy enjoying my new pain free ankle and celebrating my last few weeks of freedom before school starts. After January 11th my life will revolve around work, school, studying, and sleeping. The sleeping part will be a priviledge.

Its incredible, after 11 years of pain in my ankle its pain free for the first time since November 1998! Its hard to believe that I went all that time with an injury that should have been diagnosed and fixed when I was 16 years old. However, its better fixed late rather than never fixed. Two more weeks until my 4 month post-op visit and at that time all restrictions should be lifted...then the real fun begins. :)

In the past month I have spent 10 days on an amazing vacation to the Florida Keys with my dad's family. Although the weather was a little colder than we would have liked to see, it was still a heck of a lot warmer than Michigan. I did a ton of bike riding during the trip, riding 20-30 miles on most days. We did a deep see fishing trip on one of the days and the ankle did not object to keeping me steady on the rocking boat. (I actually caught several fish...and they were tasty) I also played paddle ball on the beach and went snorkeling. Ankle never once objected to any of it.

For the future? I have a snowboarding trip planned to Devil's Head Wisconsin on January 29-31. Should be amazing. My cross country skis are begging to be used. And of course the running part. Its been an agonizingly long 5 months without running. The elliptical is just not the same. I am ready to take a sledgehammer to the elliptical at the gym. My return to running will be hard only because I will want to do too much too soon. I promise to behave myself.

School starts next monday. This week is reserved for dealing with financial aid, buying books, visiting the evil parking nazi's of WMU, and meeting with my advisors. I am officially accepted into the Biomedical Science program as a second bachelors seeker. I have a copy of Nicole's Bachelors Degree in Biology hanging on my wall over my desk. Last night it occured to me that I was seeking a Biomedical Degree and that I am more like my sister than I realized. Nicole would be so proud of her little sister right now.