January 20, 2005:

Website: You might have notice some changes, as I completed my new Home Page today. I hope that you all like the new look. (I just love my little weather addition!) After having the basically the same look since my site went online, it was time for a major change. My entire website is in the process of being redone, but that's going to take a while yet.

Medical: Next Monday, Jan 24th, I have to go back to the medical center for yet another operation (sigh). This is just minor surgery, and involves two procedures, which are both follow ups from two of the surgeries that I had last year. The whole thing is expected to take about four hours, and I'll be awake the entire time (oh joy). I'm supposed to be able to go home the same day. Hopefully this my last surgery for a long while, as this will be my fifth operation in the last 20 months. I really would like to be done with all this so that I can get on with my life.

February 05, 2005:

Website: Made a few minor changes to my home page.  I also just put my newly redone Avatar Page online.

Medical: My latest surgery (Jan 24th) went very well.  There were a few minor complications (which were overcome) and it was more involved and much more painful than I had anticipated, so it was a very long 4 hours (I had to remain awake the entire time).  So I'm currently recovering and aren't allowed to do any real physical activity for at least another week or so.  I'm still pretty sore, so it's not like I feel like doing that much just yet.  But I am finally able to sleep reasonably well, after a really bad first week.  I go back to have the rest of my bandages and all my stitches removed (ouch!) on this coming Wednesday (some of my bandages were removed last Saturday.)

February 19, 2005:

Website: I just put my newly redone Morrowind Journal Index Page online.  The rest of my Journal will eventually be redone in this format.

Medical: My latest surgery was Jan 24th, and involved a couple of procedures, and lasted  4 hours (I had to remain awake the entire time).   I'm still currently recovering and my surgeon won't allowed to do any real physical activity for another couple of weeks.  I was hoping to be more recovered by now, but I'm still pretty sore.  But I am finally able to sleep again, after having the rest of my bandages and all my stitches removed just over a week ago.  I can now at least get out some and take short walks.  And I've got approval to try some short periods of xc skiing, as soon as I'm feeling up to it.  

February 21, 2005:

Website: My new updated Morrowind Intro Page is now online, with the new format.

February 28, 2005:

Website: The first 9 chapters of my Morrowind Journal have been redone to match this format. Also my MW Intro Page and my MW Journal Index Page have both been redone.

Medical: My healing from my latest surgery (Jan 24) is going very well. Last Tuesday (2/22) I was able to xc ski again for the first time. I started out taking it really easy, but felt so good that I ended up doing 10K. Two days later I skied for 4 hours and did 18K. It's so good to be active again!

Website: I'm working on a new Kayaking Page, which is online, but is still very incomplete at this point.  And I really need to spend some time getting things updated here.

Medical: Earlier this month I had a follow up for my Jan. operation.  One of my procedures appears to have been completely successful, but the other one didn't seem to improve this much.  Oh well.   My surgeon wants to examine me again in three months.  Hopefully it's just too early to tell yet.

College: It been a long process, but I just found out today that I have been accepted in the program that I applied to!   Less than three years ago it didn't seem likely that I would ever be going to college, so this is pretty amazing.  I'm going to be taking a course there this summer, just to get adjusted to the school.  And then I'll be a full time student starting this fall.  I'm both excited and a bit scared.

July 28, 2005:

Website: I know . . . I'm way behind in updating things again.   But I have a really good excuse this time . . . honest.  The thing is that I now have a new computer (a really cool laptop ... which I love).  So now I'm running Win XP, and my website software would only work for Win98 !  Sooo I had to upgrade to the new version.   The next problem is that the upgrade was sort of expensive ... and with college expenses, the ridiculous price of gas, and buying a new computer (on credit), and concert tickets, my funds were really, really low (as in the minus digits).  So I had to wait until I could actually afford this software.   Pretty good excuse, huh?  Anyhoo . . . my new website software arrived in yesterday's mail and I stayed up late to install it and to FTP all my files from the server to my laptop.   Now I'm trying to figure out how to run this program . . . but hey, I got this far.  I will be doing a bunch of updating really soon . . . promise.

College: I completed my summer class in June.  This was my very first college course, so I was a bit nervous.  Plus I had to prove to myself (and to others) that I was actually ready for college.  Well, I worked really hard, but I enjoyed my class, even though it was a bit intense (a full semester course in just 5 weeks!).  And I did just fine . . . in fact, I ended up with the highest grade average in the class!   I attended my freshmen Fall Orientation a couple of weeks ago, and registered for all my classes.   Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to commute for at least my 1st semester, due to very limited dorm space.  This is a real bummer, since my college is 90 miles away, which means that I'll be driving at least 3 hours every day that I have to be there.  Fortunately I was able to get my classes arranged so that I only have to go three days a week (I only need to take four classes, since I took my fifth class this summer).  Anyhoo, I'm sure that it will all work out.  Right now I'm going to enjoy the rest of my summer. :) 

August 29, 2005:

Website: I still need to update more of the site.  I have updated more of my MW Journal to the newer format.

College:  Woohoo! . . . I have a dorm room!  My "very slight chance" at getting into a dorm room actually worked out.  What happened was that the international block (rooms reserved for international students) didn't need two female spaces.  And I was given one of those spots.  I just found out last Friday, and I move in next Monday afternoon (Sept 5th), so I've been going a bit nuts trying to get all my stuff together, and shopping for stuff that I needed, but didn't have.  And rescheduling (or relocating) all my appointments for the next month or so.  Today, with the help of my advisor, I added a 5th class.  I just figured that I should take a full course load, now that I won't have to make the three hour drive every day.  I also had to find a way to finance my room and board.  On Wednesday I have to drive down to my college for another meeting with the head of Disability Services, pick up the rest of my textbooks, and straighten out my finances.

October 11, 2005:

Website: Still too busy to keep up with things.

College:  As you can tell by my lack of updates lately, college is keeping me very busy. I have a pretty full course load, which, along with just adjusting to being in college, and living on campus, was nearly too much for the first week or so.  Being a full time college student can really be a bit overwhelming at first! By the start of my second week I had adjusted pretty well.  Then I went and complicated things by trying out for volleyball. And I made the team!  So my already busy life was even busier.  But I felt like I needed some real physical activity, and the team needed a 6^th player.  Unfortunately I didn’t realize that playing volleyball would be so painful!  We had four 3-hour practices during my first week. I've never really played volleyball before, so after 12 hours of practice my arms were covered with bruises. And my ankles swelled up, until my skinny ankles became fat.  I was sooo sore!  Our fall season just ended last Saturday.  We had a really good team (I was by far the worse player), and finished out the season with 7 wins, out of 9 games.  And came in 2^nd in Saturday’s tournament.

November 26, 2005:

Website: updated the following:
Girl Gamer - Complete redid this page, as it needed it badly - I still have some more stuff to add, but I wanted to get what I have completed online.
MW Mods - Redid page to match my other updated Morrowind Journal pages.

College:  Currently home for a 4 day Thanksgiving break.  Only four more weeks left in this semester, so things are getting a bit crazy - as we all gear up for finals. I recently became a member of the Student Senate, and am on the Student Concerns Committee.  I just can't seem to do anything without getting totally involved .

April 11, 2006:

College: I've been really busy in college - it's been a tough semester!

Medical: I have to have some minor eye surgery tomorrow (just getting zapped with a laser), but I have been doing a lot of work on this site (it's just not obvious on this page)

Website: I needed more space and finally found some.  I just moved all my Morrowind pages and images there, and have been trying to get the rest of my old pages updated to this format. (Now updated  through chapter 26, Avatar page, and MW-Tips page.)   But the biggest news is that Oblivion was finally released last month - to very mixed reviews from Morrowind fans.  I have some major issues with the game, but I'm hoping that these are fixable.  Anyhoo I decided to start an Oblivion Journal, as a sequel to my Morrowind Journal.  The Intro page went online a couple of days ago, and I just posted Chapter one today.

May 16, 2006:

College: My last final was on Thursday, so now I'm back home for the summer.  Now I just need to catch up on my sleep for a bout a week. 

Medical: My eye surgery went very well and looks to have been successful - I should know more by the end of the month, when I have my next checkup.

Website: I have started  working on my Oblivion Journal again - updated the Intro page and added a couple of new pages on tips, tweaks, and MODs.  I finally have the game running well on my computer, and am about to start the game over again from the beginning - this time with some MODs that will hopefully fix most of the issues that I have with the released version.

June 8, 2006:

College: I made it through my first year!  Now I'm back home until fall.  This summer I'm working on all the Freshmen Orientations at my college - giving tours of the campus to all the new paralegal and criminal justice majors (part of my duties as the Secretary of the Student Senate).

Kayaking: (I really need to update that page!)  I went out for an evening paddle a couple of days ago and got to watch a bald eagle catch a large fish out on the lake, then I follow him and saw where he landed in a big pine tree, where he ate his dinner.  My friend and I floated right below him for about 20 minutes - what an awesome sight!

Medical: Currently everything is fine.  My eye exam last month had promising results - my next eye exam isn't until fall.

Website: I posted Chapter 6 of my Oblivion Journal this morning and just updated my MODs Page as well.  A few weeks ago I started the game over again from the beginning - this time with a bunch of mods that have fixed most of the issues that I had with the released version of Oblivion.  My journal is both a fantasy story and sort of a role-playing guide to the game.