Home sweet home
I’m holm! Holmdel will probably always be the world’s most pleasant place to me. Mom and Dad went crazy with renovations — removed the pool while I was gone. I know, right?! Bulldozed it. Makes sense, considering that we haven’t touched the thing in over half a decade. Grandma’s peach tree died, too. Apparently that’s old news but I still can’t believe it’s gone. New dinner table — weird, because it’s not round. But it’s a nice table.
Where to start. Okay, so last Thursday I had class and some work to get done. Then Friday night — PAR all nighter! Had to cheer up a sad friend who recently broke up with his high school girlfriend, so we went to insomnia and fat sandwich and got ice cream at Merry Ann’s. It was 3am by the time we got back, hung out a bit, got some homework done, and went to bed around 7am. Woke at 10am to go to class, did some laundry, and left for Michigan around 4pm in the afternoon.
Sas, Kev, and I stopped at Farren’s Pub in downtown Champaign for some burgers and other yummies before making the drive up. It was pretty good. I got some mushroom and cheese double burger which turned out to be entirely too much meat for my own good. We arrived in Michigan around midnight and ordered some pizza from Cottage Inn. It was pretty delicious. Yeah food and chillin’ is basically all we did.
Saturday in Michigan, Kev and I woke up fairly late (3 or 4pm) and we (and Lehsah) went out to Sava’s in downtown Ann Arbor. Lehsah was awake earlier because she went to the game. It was pretty good — I got their mac and cheese. Pictures when I find my phone. We were really full, so we stumbled around afterwards and wandered around a few places. A comic book store, a cherry shop (everything cherry including root beer, salsa, and other stuff), liquor store, and Zingerman’s Deli. I purchased some olive oil, graham crackers, and a loaf of freshly baked Cinnamon Raisin bread for mom. Watched Blow and 40 Year Old Virgin at night. Both were terrific movies.
Also random story: some dude knocks on Lehsah’s door and I answer, and nobody else is home so he’s like does blah blah live here, and I’m like dunno, and the girls with him are like “he just needs to lie down,” so he goes and lies down and knocks out on the couch. Turns out, nobody in the apartment knows him. So Lehsah’s roomie Amber is like rofl *take picture* and they end up driving him to some frat afterwards because he was actually from Washington DC and didn’t really know where he was. So friggin drunk so early in the day. Hooray for gameday.
Sunday we made the drive back starting around 11am. Sas’s brothers were there also for the ride so it was a packed 5 person trip in a 2-door Honda Civic. I ended up driving about half the way (about 2 hours at the start and 3 hours at the end), so I didn’t feel the effects of the cramped space as much but the back was probably pretty uncomfortable to be in for any extended period of time. Good bonding experience in general — we even cyphered a bit. It’s always fun.
Today I slept in and headed to NYC for my leg pressure testing. It was at East 72nd Street right by East River at the Hospital for Special Surgery where my dad had his operation a few years back — it hurt but not as much as I was expecting. It’s also more sore than I was expecting, though. They numbed up my legs, jabbed some needles inside, then made me run a mile on an incline, then jabbed them again. There was a bunch of blood because of where they were jabbing (unavoidable).
Doctor said my left leg’s pressure’s the highest he’s ever seen. Not cool, but at least now I know exactly what will fix me. Right leg’s pretty bad too but left leg’s worse.
I need to call a number of surgeons tomorrow to see if any will let me go in for an exam this coming week so that I can set up a surgery date over winter break. I’m actually really excited for this surgery — it’s been a long time coming. My legs suck. I want them to be better.
This week’s plans:
* Tuesday: Homework, and Esther comes home! Possibly see a doctor, but most likely that’ll be a Wednesday thing.
* Wednesday: See a doctor hopefully? Early Thanksgiving dinner because Esther’s pharmacy work schedule forces her to be away on actual Thanksgiving. Family time.
* Thursday: Thanksgiving! Family time, homework (unfortunately). Maybe chilling out with people I haven’t seen in a while if they are around and wanna go somewhere during the day.
* Friday: NYC with Lehsah, Kev, Lilia, and whoever else. Hopefully Andrew can come along? Food adventures, and general hanging out.
* Saturday: Family/friends. Maybe sushi day? Dunno. Getting ready to leave.
* Sunday: We leave for Champaign at 3am to beat the Thanksgiving traffic.
