arieswytch (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} arieswytch) wrote,@ 2005-02-12 13:49:00 |
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Long overdue update
OK, I haven't updated in a while, so this it going to be long. I've separated this into topics so you can skip what you want :)
Surgery:
I'm healing very well from my surgery in August. I still have some occasional soreness from the incision, but it gets less and less every day. There seems to be a bit of a ridge in one section of my scalp along the incision line, but that is going down. I still don't have complete feeling back in one area of my scalp, but it's getting better. I was told that I may never get complete feeling back there, but I'm still hopeful. The surgeon did say that it could take 6 months to a year to get all feeling back. I'm at the 6-month mark today, so we'll see how things go. I did end up buzzing my hair after I got the stitches out, but it's growing back in nicely. It's still too short to actually part, so I am not sure yet whether the shaved area is fully growing in yet, but it seems to be from what I can tell. My hair seems to be growing at an average of 1/2 inch a month. At this rate it will take about 2 years to get it back to where it was before the surgery.
Work:
Well, the system I support went through a major upgrade in October. It didn't go very well, to say the least. We're still dealing with issues from this. It's not as hectic as it was for the first 2 months, but there are still a lot of issues to deal with. Luckily, I now get paid for overtime. I am still on salary, but if I work more than 40 hours in a week, I do get time and a half. Of course, I'd rather have the stock bonuses that higher-level management gets, but I'll take the overtime since I can't have the stock bonus.
School:
Well, another semester over and a new one just begun. Last semester was tough. I only took 2 classes, but it seemed like a lot of work. I didn't do quite as well as in previous semesters. I got an A- in my Networking class and a B+ in my Social Psychology class. That dropped my GPA a little, but I'm still on track to graduate with honors. This semester I am taking 3 classes, Computer Law and Ethics, Marketing Principles and Practice, and Civil Rights. It's going to be a lot of work again this semester, but I think I'm up to it. At least the classes all seem like they're going to be interesting. That should help. Hopefully, if all works out as planned, I should graduate in Spring of 2006. There's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Most of my life has been put on hold to an extent because of school, but it will be worth it. At this point, I just want to be done.
Well, that's it for now. I have to go and do a lot of reading for school now.
OK, I haven't updated in a while, so this it going to be long. I've separated this into topics so you can skip what you want :)
Surgery:
I'm healing very well from my surgery in August. I still have some occasional soreness from the incision, but it gets less and less every day. There seems to be a bit of a ridge in one section of my scalp along the incision line, but that is going down. I still don't have complete feeling back in one area of my scalp, but it's getting better. I was told that I may never get complete feeling back there, but I'm still hopeful. The surgeon did say that it could take 6 months to a year to get all feeling back. I'm at the 6-month mark today, so we'll see how things go. I did end up buzzing my hair after I got the stitches out, but it's growing back in nicely. It's still too short to actually part, so I am not sure yet whether the shaved area is fully growing in yet, but it seems to be from what I can tell. My hair seems to be growing at an average of 1/2 inch a month. At this rate it will take about 2 years to get it back to where it was before the surgery.
Work:
Well, the system I support went through a major upgrade in October. It didn't go very well, to say the least. We're still dealing with issues from this. It's not as hectic as it was for the first 2 months, but there are still a lot of issues to deal with. Luckily, I now get paid for overtime. I am still on salary, but if I work more than 40 hours in a week, I do get time and a half. Of course, I'd rather have the stock bonuses that higher-level management gets, but I'll take the overtime since I can't have the stock bonus.
School:
Well, another semester over and a new one just begun. Last semester was tough. I only took 2 classes, but it seemed like a lot of work. I didn't do quite as well as in previous semesters. I got an A- in my Networking class and a B+ in my Social Psychology class. That dropped my GPA a little, but I'm still on track to graduate with honors. This semester I am taking 3 classes, Computer Law and Ethics, Marketing Principles and Practice, and Civil Rights. It's going to be a lot of work again this semester, but I think I'm up to it. At least the classes all seem like they're going to be interesting. That should help. Hopefully, if all works out as planned, I should graduate in Spring of 2006. There's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Most of my life has been put on hold to an extent because of school, but it will be worth it. At this point, I just want to be done.
Well, that's it for now. I have to go and do a lot of reading for school now.
