I'm trying not to abandon what readership I have. Sorry for trying people's patience. I've been so busy that the thought of blogging has been a little bit daunting. That's kind of the blogger's quandary, isn't it? When you finally have something to say you're too busy to say it.
But school has started up again, I'm working 15 hours a week (paid) at the German company where I did my internship. I have student government duties, and try to go to as many social events as I can fit in, especially since I skipped some birthdays when I was hobbled up in my apartment.
By the way, the knee is better. I have ACL surgery scheduled for January 9th (Mom's birthday!). I guess I could write a whole big post on knee stuff, but I'll just leave it to say that I have been without an ACL in my left knee longer than I ever had one (17 years), and it affects my life in ways I don't always notice, and I'm looking forward to relearning how to do things with two working knees again.
I had big plans to write about my adventures in the Belgian hospital system. I had a blog post written about my struggle to learn French but scrapped it. Things are busy, which is good, but it does get stressful. I find myself missing playing my electric guitar, and end up watching youtube videos of amateur players demonstrating their new amps, and fantasizing about which amp I'm going to get once I have money and a place to play it.
So I've been turning to music to help with the stress. I wrote a song back when my friends were leaving. It really isn't about anyone or anything in particular, it's just about people leaving. It's just a demo, recorded on my built in computer speaker. If you're curious, it's posted here:
How Far Would You Fly Away From Me?
Well, I have a Halloween party tonight, so I need to go find a lame costume in the 20 minutes before the store closes. Happy Halloween, by the way. Love you all.
