by Richard Manetta
16. October 2009 06:29
Lots of things have happened in the last month or two. Let's see...
First off, I broke my ankle around the middle of August. I had been trying to build my strength up by going for daily walks and working out with little weights. I thought I was actually getting into shape a little until one day I was walking through the yard and hit some uneven ground just right and *bam* down I went. I just laid there for a second like 'this didn't just happen. Of course, my first thought was 'maybe if I just get to the house and pretend like nothing happened, my wife won't notice'. That didn't work out... haha. At least I eventually got a walking cast, which let me still get around somewhat, so I didn't have to spend the whole time with crutches. The ankle's better now, but still sore. I have to be careful with how much weight I put on that leg and stairs can be a pain at times.
We drove out to Colorado in September for a couple of weeks so that we could go to my wife's friend Jenny's wedding. Brianne was the matron of honor and helped get everything all taken care of with them. I got to spend quite a bit of time with her husband Ryan, and we had fun hanging out. He introduced me to geo-caching, which is basically using a GPS to find things like a world-wide treasure hunt. He's also a police officer, so he took me on a ride along one of the nights. For the most part, it was a quiet evening until we had a run-in with 'Tatooed Tony'. A bar had called to say they needed someone removed and Tony didn't seem to take to that too well. He practically fought tooth and nail, resisting them at every step. The two officers called for an extra unit for backup and when the 3rd arrived, he held a tazer in his hand, just in case. Well, some of the customers saw that and it didn't help that Tony kept screaming like a little baby that they were arresting him, so the customers thought the cops tazed him like 20 times. I was trying my hardest not to laugh out loud when he was next to the car - I imagine that would've instigated him a bit...lol.
Otherwise, we had some bad news when we got back from Colorado. Brianne had found a lump on one of our dog Kitty's breasts and wanted to keep an eye on it. Within a week, she found a second one. We got her into the vet and scheduled her to get fixed and get what turned out to be tumors removed. During the surgery they actually found a 3rd one and removed it. Now she's all stapled up and sore. I've slept on the floor with her for a couple of days to try and comfort her - she really is our little baby. If that wasn't a downside enough, the surgery came up to about a thousand dollars. Obviously we didn't have that, so we put it on Brianne's mom's credit card. My mom chipped in a couple hundred to help out too... but that's just one more bill for us to pay :(
Anyway, that's all for now. Love to all! God bless you!
Rich
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