Life has been biting my ass since last September when I blew out a lumbar disc. Specifically I have two bulged discs, L4 and S1, and I ruptured my L5 disc which pinched my left hand sciatic nerve. If you’ve never experienced a ruptured disc, or a pinched sciatic nerve, I don’t suggest you try, it’s considered by many (including women who have gone through natural childbirth with no pain killers) to be the most painful injury possible. There are no positions that are not painful, just ones that hurt less. It’s something that I never want to experience again; unfortunately my father suffers from Degenerative Disc Disease, so I’ll probably have to deal with the pain multiple times in the future. At this point in time I’m better, not healed (I still have a small amount of pain when I move wrong) but I am better.
With my back in better condition and the school semester coming to an end I will be able to devote more time to the blog. Starting in May, I’m going to try to post at least once a month and try to keep it up until the fall semester begins. After the fall semester begins I’ll likely neglect the blog again, it looks like I’ll be doing three days a week on the campus. It doesn’t sound like much but I live an hour and a half from the campus, so I’ll be losing three hours every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The schedule is four hours earlier too, so instead of leaving at around noon I’ll be walking out of the house at around 9:00am. Hopefully this is the only semester I’ll have to do this, I don’t like it.
Anyway, let’s see if I’ve got something I haven’t posted yet. Ah, here’s one.
