Mikeyboy's blog: 2010

Mack's scar was starting to get inflamed so I brought him to the vet. He got a shot which helped and has to go back for another checkup next week. They said if it keeps acting up, he's going to need surgery again. I hope it doesn't come down to that.

Been doing well on Magic the last few days. I hit top 8 on a 64 player draft and qualified for the M11 championship. 444 people in it, my chances to win are nill. It starts in half an hour. But it should be fun to play a few rounds and maybe I can open some money. I went 3-1 in a sealed swiss the other night, and then forgot i signed up for a draft because I was playing starcraft. By the time I got back into the draft, it was halfway done. I got pissed after I lost the first round to an Inferno Titan both games and decided to do a 4-3-2-2 and won it. Went 3-1 in a zen block constructed last weekend and 2-1 in TNMO the other night. I ended up with 8 points last season, pretty good. I played the tribal event a few times and then stopped. Think i'm going to start playing it again soon. Definitely going to start playing constructed tribal until it rotates out.

Was supposed to go mountain biking with chris two weeks ago. Went to mom's and he didn't feel like going. I didn't feel like going for a few minutes but then I wanted to go but didn't want to force him. Sitting around their house wasn't what I wanted to do all day. We ended up going to walmart to get our fishing licenses, hoping to go fishing after dinner. We did play tennis after that. My back was really starting to bother me and during tennis it started to get real bad. It was sore for days after that but has finally started getting better.

Dale and Shirley came up for a barbeque the day after. I cooked some burgers, steaks, dogs, sausage. They were here all day. It wasn't bad.

Asleigh came last weekend. Kenny and Cindy stayed here for a while. Didn't know if we were supposed to feed them dinner or not. Holly was good to me and I didn't have to do anything with the kids during the weekend. She took them to the mall to Build a Bear and to the fair. My back was still acting up at this point.

I bought a cheap weight bench and some weights and starting working. I don't know if that's what really helped my back but it's been better since. I drove to mom's yesterday to drop Jeremy off. He has been scheduled to go there for a few days but the timing hasn't been great. Chris asked me if I wanted to hang out on Friday so it worked out. I was a little cautious before doing all that driving but it didn't really bother me. I was hoping to get to mom's early so we could go early. We got to the trail at around 1. We do the small first section and Chris has a flat tire. I'm pretty pissed off at this point. There was no walmart in the area so we had to drive back to dickson city which was 30 mins away. We go to dick's, take care of the tire and go back. All the driving is making me tired. We do a small section and I notice my crank is loose. FUCK! Thankfully the crank lasts the trip although my bike feels like garbage. The shock needed air, the back tire falls off randomly and the whole thing does feel stable. I'd like to get a new bike during the offseason. We stop at Lindsor Inn for Wings and Pierogies. The food is great, go home and eat some of mom's pizza. I leave their house around 8, get back and just hang out.

Jeremy is staying a few days so Holly and I are going to go to the casino and out to dinner. She wanted to go the Pittston tomato festival. I wouldn't have minded if it was closer but that's a pretty far drive and I was in the car for like five hours yesterday.

We went to Jeremy's school orientation earlier in the week. His school seems alright, good enough for kids that age. I wasn't impressed but wasn't horrified. I have to start school next week :(.