Thanksgiving Break

So far my break has been very uneventful; besides sleeping and watching the first 4 seasons of Entourage, I have not done much until last night. I started my first day at Chester's last night. It was actually pretty fun; I found out some SigEp alums hold managerial positions at this particular restaurant. Last night I also went out for the first time, I have recently been hooked on the TV series Entourage and watched all 4 seasons in 4 days. I am writing this extremely tired and fast as I have to be at work in 20 minutes and I didnt go to sleep until 7 A.M. last night, or this morning.

Thanksgiving was pretty fun; I sat around all day, ate and watched the shockers almost beat the 16th ranked Georgetown in basketball. We controlled the game but trailed Georgetown by about 5 points the entire game. We were just unable to make our shots, we shot about 30 percent, whereas Georgetown shot above 50 percent. It is unfortunate that we lost but at least we know that we can contend with the big dogs this year. Thats all for today, I have to get to work. Later

Floyd

Job Search

I found out last night I owed my father a couple thousand dollars for my wreck and increased insurance price. I knew I owed him some money, but hadn't realized exactly how much the total was. Anyways, I went and applied at Chester's Chop House, a high class steak house and will be applying for a day job at Bank of America tomorrow. I went as long as I possibly could without a job and am strongly regretting my decision. It will take some time for me to pull out of this slump but I will manage.

Anyways, my knee is still swollen but my doc didn't expect anything else, as this was my fifth time dislocating it. He says it will just take time and there was nothing he could do. I am still going to physical therapy and am lifting weights with my leg in my free time. Thats about all for today, will write more soon.

Knee Update

I have been seeing my physical therapist and and orthopedic surgeon for well over a month and a half now. Up until this last visit they said my knee had been getting better. The swelling, no matter how well I attend to it, will not go down. I have been icing and taking anti-inflammatory pills everyday but cant seem to reduce the swelling. I go and see my doctor again on the 18th, I will probably have to have the fluids extracted again, which is very painful, and then get a MRI. My PT thinks I might have chipped my patella, which keeps the knee inflamed. Will tell you more after Wednesday. Hopefully I wont need surgery.

Floyd

Weekend in Rolla

This past weekend I went on a trip to visit the SigEp chapter in Rolla, MO. Most of my brothers from Wichita went along with me. Rolla is the engineering branch of the University of Missouri. The guys there are really down to earth and cool guys, just like us. We had a few adventures/ endeavors that shall remain unspoken but just know they make really funny stories. I just am not at liberty to say some of these, not because it is a student blog on the WSU website, but because I am not allowed to speak of them. We went to their football game on Saturday and watched them absolutely destroy Southwest Baptist. We also toured the town, which took a whole 10 minutes. Their restaurants, besides the taco bell and mcdonalds, were horrible. Their favorite was my absolute worst. Needless to say, I was glad to be back in Wichita, not to mention the girl to guy ratio is something like 60 guys to 30 girls. Anyways will post more soon.

Floyd

Halloween Adventures

As all of you should know, Halloween was last Friday. I had a blast, I dressed up, or in some cases, dressed down, as Michael Phelps. I wore a black speedo, eight gold medals, a Phelps swim cap, and a pair of goggles. This was a free outfit, as I swam in high school and already had everything needed. The only work I put into this was putting the letters P-H-E-L-P-S on both side of the swim cap and swimming a few laps the day before. Needless to say I was a big hit at the party. There are a few pics on my facebook, I will probably upload just one of them, as they are quite revealing. But the party was fun, a lot of my old friends from high school actually came so I had fun with them.

Easy Week

Ok so next week I dont have anything going on in my classes. It will be very much needed as the previous week was killer with English papers. I think I will start swimming, as I cannot run or do anything with my knee. Aerobic exercise is what I need now to stay in some sort of shape. I have 6 more weeks before my doc will release me to start being active, like running and things like that. I am still going in and getting fluid ejected from my knee every 2 weeks but am almost able to walk without a noticeable limp. I can bend the knee almost 90 degrees which is great improvment. I have difficulties walking down stairs but walking up them come with ease. Will continue to keep you posted on my recovery.

Floyd