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Yet here I am.  Playing catch-up.

• When I got home from work on Friday, my feedreader listed over ten thousand unread posts.  And I was just like… no way.  So I neglected this blog, only posting when absolutely necessary, for the whole weekend.  Now I have a LOT of work to do - catching up on both comments and feeds.  Argh.
• My weekend was quiet.  Pleasant.  Went to the library, Walmart, grocery store, church.
• I swam on Saturday, which was (again) pleasant.  It was nice because there were relatively few people in the pool - just a couple dozen kids in the shallow end.  So I could choose one of the lanes in the deep end for swimming.
• Subbing is really quiet this week.  The elementary schools have conferences later this week, so those teachers are not calling in sick regardless of their health.  Not a big deal for me - it’s nice to have some time off.
• So I went swimming this morning.  750m, which is a personal best for me!
• Unfortunately at around the 625m mark, something funky happened to my left elbow.  Something about my not-very-graceful flip turn (I think) messed with it.  Serious pain!  I was totally floating on my back and cradling my elbow… and wondering if I could (or should!) finish that set.
• I discovered that my arm felt okay as long as I kept the elbow bent.  So I finished my set, but I am sure I looked even dorkier than usual.  With my right arm, I was fully extending, basically doing a normal stroke.  But I could only sorta “flap” my left arm… like when you are pretending to be a bird and you tuck your hands into your armpits and flap your arms.  My hands weren’t quite in my armpits but close!
• So then after I got out of the water, my arm felt a little bit better.  It’s not really hurting now, but I can still feel it if I extend my arm out totally straight.
• Luckily I still have a sling upstairs, leftover from years ago when I broke my collarbone.  Though if I have to use that, I think i will attempt to make one that is less “blah” and more color.
• Did I mention that I don’t have health insurance right now?  Suffice it to say, I’m praying this doesn’t become anything serious.
• I picked up a job today (for early November) subbing at my old high school.  That should be a VERY interesting experience… given that there are a couple of teachers who are still working there who… how can I put it delicately… I couldn’t stand them then and I doubt that will ever change.  You know how, as a kid, you look up to your teachers and they can make a really big impression on you?  Like, I can still name the best teachers I ever had, because they were just so good I’ll never forget them.  And I can still name the worst teachers I ever had, because they were so bad that they really traumatized me.  These guys are on the “worst” list.
• I am developing a minor obsession with the jigsaw puzzles on the Shockwave.com site.  I think computer jigsaws are lots lots easier to solve than old fashioned jigsaws.
• I bought a can of compressed air today so that I can clean out the keyboard on my computer.  I’m hoping and praying it fixes my sticky w key.
• I can’t think of anything else.  Yet here I am still writing bullets.  I think I will go confront my scary feeds list.