I am way behind on posting. There has been a lot of stuff going on that I have been meaning to post about, and I’m not really sure if I should post a big long post on a bunch of random things, or a bunch of little posts on more more specific things. I’ll just start.

Injuries

I have a number of injuries which are no longer going away; they’re accumulating. Since I turned 30, the injuries just start accumulating, and it’s really starting to get annoying. So far:

• My right shoulder, which I injured playing football (throwing). It was really bad for a couple years, but has improved with rehab.

• My left shoulder, which I injured playing roller hockey (was tripped and landed on it). It was never as bad as the right is even now, but still bites me every now and then.

• My left knee, which I injured playing volleyball and an MRI showed a cyst in it. It’s not bad as long as I try not to land on it too often when digging.

• My right elbow, which I injured three weeks ago playing volleyball (digging a hard-hit ball). It’s still pretty bad, but mostly because I cannot seem to prevent myself from trying one-arm digs… it’s just a conditioned response that I can’t seem to control.

• Both thumbs, which I hyperextend on a regular basis in volleyball. This is just the result of poor blocking technique.

Looking at this list, it sure seems like I play a lot more sports than I really do–I just get injured during ALL of them.

Gadgets

I am absoluted loving my Nokia 6620. It’s everything a gadgety phone should be. It has a camera with video recording, voice recording, instant messaging, bluetooth, e-mail, SyncML, and a bunch of other fancy words. Oh, it also makes phone calls, but I hardly ever use it for that. I need to do a little more tinkering with the blog so that I can post photos and entries directly from the phone, but soon there will be mobile photos, audio, and video going on.

Squeaky baby needs oil

Tara has started squealing and squeaking. She generally does this with her hand in her mouth, and the sounds that used to be cute coos and gurgles are now high-pitched squeals. I’m hoping she’ll get over it. Really soon.

In other news, she’s still a really big baby. For her four-month checkup, she weighed in at over 17 lbs., which puts her above the 97th percentile for weight. She’s also 24 inches, only about the 60th percentile. She’s a big girl.

Sleep

Anna has been having really awful sleep problems lately, getting up 2-3 times each night and generally requiring a lot of maintenance. This has been the norm more often then the exception throughout her life, and we’re in the process of the usual painful fix of ignoring her at night; generally it takes a couple days to work. This is somewhat complicated because of

Guests

May was the month of traveling, and June is turning out to be the month of people coming to visit. Currently, Jen’s Aunt M. is in town for the week, and Grandma D. will be here at the end of the month, perhaps followed immediately by Grandma M., Great-Grandma J., and Great-Aunt M. This will be the start of my two-month leave, so at least I’ll have some time to recover afterward.