TGIFF

My little bro had surgery this week to correct his Pectus Excavatum. It's a pretty invasive procedure, here's somebody's blog about it (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS).

Here's Matt an hour after they wheeled him into his recovery room. Poor kid, the epidural didn't quite work all the way, so he was in some pretty intense pain after coming out from the anesthesia until they got things under control. He's gotten to sitting and walking, and he hopefully will be out of the hospital and home this weekend!

Got to go home the previous weekend to see the family and celebrate Matt's birthday before his surgery (his actual birthday is next Tuesday). Got to see my dog and cat, too!

Sleeping cat picture

Oliver in one of his favorite chairs

Cat tolerating being held, just barely

Got woke up at 7 am Saturday morning to go around to garage sales all over Columbus. That's a bit more sleeping in than I do on the weekdays, but still not cool! My youngest brother, Mike, is obsessed with going to garage sales and thrift stores. He makes some pretty good money from this hobby, though (he mostly obtains old video games and collectible toys for resale). Got a pretty sweet Super Soaker out of the trip though! The Super Soaker is one of the really good old ones, pretty coveted, pretty rare. Got it for $5, could easily sell it on eBay for 5x or more the price I paid for it.

Me trying to look badass with my $5 Super Soaker

I won a contest recently, got ~$130 in free stuff. Nice to start building my own toolbox now that I've officially moved out and can't easily ninja dad's stuff anymore. Pretty nerd-cited (c'mon, it's a mashup of nerd and excited, it's Friday morning, gimme a break!)

I also got a Furby. I named it Geno. He is creepy. He had his batteries for a few hours before I got fed up. I have undefined plans on what I'm going to do with it. Probably put an Arduino in it and make it do....things?

I wub you

I hit 66666 miles in my car on Friday the 13th. I'm not superstitious, not one bit, but I found it funny. No completely black cats were seen that day, though I did play with a black and brown cat.

Went to a DMB concert with Maria over a weekend, had a blast! They had this neat photo booth that was powered by a bicycle! Also, Sonic Limeaide, uh, "special edition." YUM :DDD

Work is work. Not very exciting or where I think I want to be so far, but I feel lucky to have a well-paying job today. Life is life.

Been bouncing all over the place for the past month,  looking forward to a weekend in which I get to stay at home and rest. (Yeah, I know right. Everyone's like, whaaaat, you're not going somewhere this weekend?). Time for cleaning, organization, and probably some boredom-induced tinkering. 

Looking forward to next weekend, though! Going to the Steelers' training camp, never done that before. Also introducing Maria to the Dark Knight trilogy (she's never seen the first two!) before I go see The Dark Knight Rises again (trust me, you need to see the first two beforehand!).

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