http://www.notanerd.com/blog Live With The Nerds, Don't Be One Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:12:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After much rehab and ongoing PT I’ve finally started playing basketball again .. and typing better to boot. Now I’ve been cleared to also start volleyball but to limit my overhead activities, hopefully with no setbacks I’ll be totally done with PT in a couple of months .. and after being ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=85 today I had double carpal tunnel release surgery .. more annoying than painful but I now can barely type with the bandages on, so of course instead of working I can try and update my journal at least with this information. It took a couple of different nerve conduction ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=84 Its always much closer than you think .. I’ve been in constant PT since last October, everytime it seemed like it was getting better, some other symptom would show up. I finally had an MRI done that shows multiple bulging disks in my neck .. which explains the pain (which has ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=83 Was in (Bellevue) permit hell for the longest time over the holidays, but now the work is finally underway. My sister-in-law passed away this past christmas (colon cancer) but I think the nephew may still continue to visit this summer. It was my granddad’s 90th bday at the same ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=82 who knows what will show up… The digging for the swim spa is mostly complete .. now we’re just waiting for the construction permits … in the mean time an employee at our vet (Dr Kamaka, highly recommended, Eastside Avian and Exotic Medical Center) asked if we would ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=81 Snow snakes will often snag skiers, Grass and Sand snakes will do their best to embarrass volleyball players .. So far I’ve survived most of those encounters .. but a week or so ago I ran into the very rare (hard) Wood snake .. which caused a head first ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=80 Mr Tibbs has been home for a week .. she’s on a limited water visitation. That means most of the time she spends in a dry hospital tub and then just daily visits into a wet tub for food and hopefully poop. She is water proof, but its ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=79 Hopefully Mr Tibbs can be put back together again … We re-released her into the pond this past weekend, and she seemed very happy, but then the weather started turning into Seattle summer (60 degrees and raining hard) normally not such a big deal but its the same kind of ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=78 that our pond is…. Not only do we have our own TED (turtle exclusion device) so that Mr. Tibbs can safely wander without investigating the pond skimmer, we now have Scot .. a rather large (6-8″ ?? and about 4″ high/wide) goldfish. Both were re-released into the pond this past ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=77 Was out of town for most of July … TTBNL is now known as “Mr Tibbs” even though she is female, she spent most of July with the vet while I was out of town but is now eating like a champ and will be re-released into the pond soon. ... http://www.notanerd.com/blog/?p=76