Welcome Back
Yeah, it's been awhile. No, I'm not going to give you an explanation for why it's been awhile, because there really isn't one worth writing about. I have come to realize in the eight months or so that I've been out of college, that I am not very good at keeping in touch with people. So I realized that updating this can fulfill both my desire to make sure people know I'm not dead, and my lazy attitude when it comes to actually being proactive and communicating with real people. Don't let that stop you from communicating with me, though. I actually love catching up with people, I'm just not very good at initiating. Hey, maybe you're reading this and you don't even know who I am - you should call me too! We have a lot of catching up to do, you and I!
Anyway, for anyone that doesn't know, since June I've been working at McLean Presbyterian Church as an intern with their youth ministry program. 'Intern' is actually kind of misleading - I work for my boss, Mendoza, and it's just the two of us. We have a fairly large number of kids in the ministry, and that, plus the fact that I'm the only male on staff, means I have a lot of work to keep me busy - about as much as a regular full-time employee.
The job has been a good one. Extremely challenging at times, but also extremely rewarding at others. Sometimes even challenging and rewarding at the same time, but not that often. I've still got about four months left, but I'm beginning to look ahead to next year. The church won't be able to keep me on staff for financial reasons after my internship is done, and so the job hunt begins. I'm primarily looking for an assistant director position at a large-ish church - probably Jr. High Director, or something like that, where I can have more control over what I'm doing, but still be able to work under someone who can help me out when I need it. The search has just begun, but I've already talked to a guy in Columbia, South Carolina about a position that sounded like a good fit. Now if I could just get him to call me back...
More on the personal side, my knee has returned to haunt me further. As some of you may remember, I dislocated my knee cap about two years ago, which really even less fun than it sounds. My knee had been doing great, to the point where I wasn't really even thinking about it anymore. Then I planned my triumphant return to skiing. I hadn't been skiing since before the 'incident' and I was ready to hit the slopes again. I was doing really well too, right up until one of the last runs of the day. I think I was tired, and I KNOW that my bindings were too tight, so when I wiped out after having to dodge an out-of-control snowboarder, the skis didn't really pop off when they should have. This caused my left leg to twist in an unholy manner. And that caused my ACL to snap. The really crazy thing is that, even though I was pretty sure I had felt something snap inside my knee, I was about to keep skiing down the mountain. It didn't really hurt that bad. But, my knee cap felt really loose, so I decided to take the walk of shame down the side of the mountain. Two days later, my doctor gave me the ACL diagnosis. An MRI confirmed it, and showed a torn lateral meniscus as well. What the heck is a lateral meniscus, anyway? So, long story short, surgery is scheduled for February 24th, to fix both problems. Until then, I can walk pretty much normally, I just can't do anything to physical that might involve my knee twisting. Including, as I found out last night, stepping off a two foot stage with my bad leg first. Had the all-to-familiar feeling of the knee cap sliding out of position, then the brace I was wearing pushed it back in. More on this to come, I'm sure, since I'll be off my feet for a week after the surgery with nothing better to do than mess around on the internet. Oh yeah, it also turns out that the previous problem had nothing to do with the ACL. My doctor said I'm the first person he's met that's dislocated a knee cap and torn an ACL in the same knee. Go figure.
So, that's it for starters. Check back next Monday (I get Mondays off since I work all day Sunday) for more, if I remember. Hopefully I'll find a way to make more jokes in future entries, since this one is kind of boring. Besides, I get jokes.
Anyway, for anyone that doesn't know, since June I've been working at McLean Presbyterian Church as an intern with their youth ministry program. 'Intern' is actually kind of misleading - I work for my boss, Mendoza, and it's just the two of us. We have a fairly large number of kids in the ministry, and that, plus the fact that I'm the only male on staff, means I have a lot of work to keep me busy - about as much as a regular full-time employee.
The job has been a good one. Extremely challenging at times, but also extremely rewarding at others. Sometimes even challenging and rewarding at the same time, but not that often. I've still got about four months left, but I'm beginning to look ahead to next year. The church won't be able to keep me on staff for financial reasons after my internship is done, and so the job hunt begins. I'm primarily looking for an assistant director position at a large-ish church - probably Jr. High Director, or something like that, where I can have more control over what I'm doing, but still be able to work under someone who can help me out when I need it. The search has just begun, but I've already talked to a guy in Columbia, South Carolina about a position that sounded like a good fit. Now if I could just get him to call me back...
More on the personal side, my knee has returned to haunt me further. As some of you may remember, I dislocated my knee cap about two years ago, which really even less fun than it sounds. My knee had been doing great, to the point where I wasn't really even thinking about it anymore. Then I planned my triumphant return to skiing. I hadn't been skiing since before the 'incident' and I was ready to hit the slopes again. I was doing really well too, right up until one of the last runs of the day. I think I was tired, and I KNOW that my bindings were too tight, so when I wiped out after having to dodge an out-of-control snowboarder, the skis didn't really pop off when they should have. This caused my left leg to twist in an unholy manner. And that caused my ACL to snap. The really crazy thing is that, even though I was pretty sure I had felt something snap inside my knee, I was about to keep skiing down the mountain. It didn't really hurt that bad. But, my knee cap felt really loose, so I decided to take the walk of shame down the side of the mountain. Two days later, my doctor gave me the ACL diagnosis. An MRI confirmed it, and showed a torn lateral meniscus as well. What the heck is a lateral meniscus, anyway? So, long story short, surgery is scheduled for February 24th, to fix both problems. Until then, I can walk pretty much normally, I just can't do anything to physical that might involve my knee twisting. Including, as I found out last night, stepping off a two foot stage with my bad leg first. Had the all-to-familiar feeling of the knee cap sliding out of position, then the brace I was wearing pushed it back in. More on this to come, I'm sure, since I'll be off my feet for a week after the surgery with nothing better to do than mess around on the internet. Oh yeah, it also turns out that the previous problem had nothing to do with the ACL. My doctor said I'm the first person he's met that's dislocated a knee cap and torn an ACL in the same knee. Go figure.
So, that's it for starters. Check back next Monday (I get Mondays off since I work all day Sunday) for more, if I remember. Hopefully I'll find a way to make more jokes in future entries, since this one is kind of boring. Besides, I get jokes.
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