Well, the last few weeks have been full of doctors visits as the insurance slowly ticks away. I finally got my knee taken care of! Well, hopefully. The surgeon was fantastic, got me in for surgery the day after we went in to talk to him. So, in for the scoping on Friday, and I was back on my feet by Monday! Turns out there was a ton of dead cartilage that was flapping up and down causing all my issues. After removing all of it, he said I should be good in about 6 weeks, but they did send some of my cartilage to a lab in Boston to grow me a replacement chunk if I need it. Science is awesome!

The surgery itself was fascinating, though sadly it did involve getting a large part of one of my legs shaved… Never thought I’d see the day. Everyone there was very kind and friendly. I had always seen the patients going under in seconds in the movies and such, but didn’t really expect anything like that… Yeah, I was quite wrong. After they wheeled me in and got me on the table, they said they were just giving me some oxygen with a bit of something else to help me relax and that it would smell funny. 4 breaths later I’m waking up in the recovery room. But now I’m up and about, with only three small cuts on my knee. The whole process seems crazy.

As for the job front, I still really haven’t started investigating anything. I think I’m still hoping that I’ll wake up one morning to find out they’ve decided to hire me back. In talking with my previous co-workers, they’re hoping the same thing. Sadly, it’s not likely to happen. My wife and I have been discussing all sorts of options, from going back to school, to teaching some computer classes on the side till I find a job I’m really interested in. Will start the actual hunt today and see what is out there.

Otherwise I’ve just been trying to relax and make the best of the down time. Catching up on some reading, and some games. Enjoying evenings with my wife more, now that we’re both not coming home stressed from work. Overall, it’s been a good few weeks! Guess we’ll see how things continue.

Assuming there is anyone reading this who doesn’t communicate with me otherwise, I got laid off yesterday. Fortunately, this is a whole lot different situation than last time I got laid off… I actually have full faith that my co-workers and managers really wanted me to stay, and tried hard to keep me there. They are all also looking out for new job opportunities, and have made it very clear that any job that opens up in their department will be made available to me (assuming I’m qualified that is). So overall, it’s almost a heart warming experience this time, vs the deception of NuSkin. I had intended on taking a weeks breather… Mostly since my official termination date isn’t till the 15th. But, it seems there are people interested in talking to me about some time sensitive offers, so I had best get on top of those. I will keep this updated as I can, not that I’ll be lacking in free time or anything