good future?

I figured my resting heart rate recently and couldn't be more pleased: 48 bpm. It's finally getting back to where it used to be. You know, before the thing. The rest of me isn't back yet but I'm not dead yet so I'll keep working on it.

But speaking of numbers, I should be getting a check in the mail with a bunch of'em. Last week I got one check that I couldn't keep. It was made out to me but it needs to go to a bunch of things; my lawyer and bills and things. So I had to sign it as well as a few other documents. One thing I had to get notarized which required a trip to the bank. While I was at the key bank where I do business the guy who had the fancy stamp noticed that i was going to get a great sum of money. We started talking a little about investing. Now, I really don't know much about this stuff so I pretty much sat there and absorbed a bunch of stuff about mutual funds, stocks, etc. I thought it was interesting, so interesting, in fact, that I made an appointment with another guy who knew more that this guy did. This meeting took place yesterday. I met with Eric, who is an employee of Key Bank as well as other places. He gave me the skinny on mutual funds and threw a bunch of numbers that made me excited about investing money. It came down to this: if someone has some money that they can hold off on spending for more than a decade then if they invest that money they can make a lot more money. There's risk and stuff but stuff generally goes up over the long run. so now I have another appointment with eric and we're going to start this investing thing. With that said I it's obvious that I'm finally getting some cash very soon. It's finally happening.

Another great thing that's happening that I'm excited for is that NBC's the Office is starting up its fourth season tomorrow. My friend, Ellie, bought not just seasons one and two, but three as well in a lovely three package pack of all the available Office seasons. We finished watching season three last night and very ready for what's to come. Will Pam and Jim finally get together now that the other obstacles are taken away? What role with Ryan (the temp) play?

Other than that I'm noticing that Michigan is starting to cool off. I hear from a lot of people that they love the Fall, but what I'm thinking when they say that is that this is just a short step to Winter. I've heard the horror winter stories and I'm wondering how much warm clothing I'm going to need. I prefer summer. I love being war, hot even, I really don't mind. I'd much rather have that than freezing, humid cold. I can get through this but we'll see how miserable it'll be. stay tuned.

Good things to come

Hey blog family. Let me tell you of a great example of resilience -- my current tube of toothpaste. I brush my teeth at least once every day this tube keeps on giving the goods. I bought a tube probably a month ago expecting it to give out but it hasn't happened, but everyday when I try to squeeze some more of the stuff out it keeps on coming. I wish we all could be more like my tube of toothpaste (You can quote me on that).

Not that much new going on. I have, however, starting my bike on longer distances; I found a great 40 mile loop that I've been riding. It's from here in Ann Arbor over to Chelsea which is 20 miles a way the route I go, then up to Dexter (another 10), and back to A2 (the last 10). It's pretty cool. The ride is more backroads which are a lot less trafficy than the road linking Dexter and Ann Arbor. These are roads the I love riding on. They remind of the roads that I used to ride on when I fell in love with riding my bike long distances way back around Fruitland, Idaho. So I've done this ride twice before and last week I racked up a 100 mile week which I haven't done since before my accident. So I'm happy that my body can do this stuff again.

A few days ago we took another trip to Ikea, you know, the big Swedish furniture store that most people love for their stylish northern European designs as well as low prices. I got a few things that I've been wanting for a while, one of which is another couch (loveseat really, but I'd rather write loveseat in parentheses) for our ground floor TV area. I got the cheapest piece of sh!te they got. It was only like $150 with no color options and it's not the most comfortable thing but I like it anyway. The back to the thing is nice and firm and gives good support for trying to sit up, which I really like. I also got a couple of rugs, and a lamp. One rug for my room and other for the same TV area. I made me happy getting that stuff so we can make our house a little more liveable and less like a college house.

Not much else. Did I tell you guys about my idea of going to business school in Sweden? Yeah! I've even emailed a school there and they wrote me back that they won't need a GRE or GMAT score and that they're increasing the number of students from the US. I think it sounds great. I wouldn't need to pay for tuition, but I would have to pay for room and board on my own. So I'm going for it. I want to do business school sumwhere so why not sumplace cool? If I would make it in that school I would probably do my best to try and live over there too. I love it there and I think it fits me more than the US does. But we'll see what happens. Applications will be accepted at the beginning of the year which is when I want to apply and hopefully I know soon after that of whether I get accepted or not. Cross your fingers.

Sum more good news is that my settlement with the other guy's insurance over how much I'll be getting is just about over. I'm talking about finally getting cash money for getting hit by a car. The day is almost there. I can feel it. All the bills will be paid and I'll have some financial freedom. It feels good.

Labor Day is awesome

There this guy at Smithy, the place where I work, that has been there for a couple of weeks and I found out he was a guy yesterday. I seriously thought he was a woman for two whole weeks. Here's the deal though, I haven't really had any contact with him the whole time, I just passed him in the warehouse there and I'm stationed mostly in an office. The reason why I thought he was a she was because he was so fat and the clothes that he wore were very androgynous. He also had longer hair. But the kicker was that he was fat. When a person gets really big they tend to lose their gender or the characteristics of their gender. I think it's sad. The way I found out the truth was because I was working on something in the warehouse and this guy walks near me and was looking at what I was doing, he said mumbled something under his throat in a deep voice, and he had stubble. I really hope he's a guy, not really. More for me being right than anything else. With the evidence that I wrote down the verdict isn't that conclusive, is it? I'll keep working on it.

On another note Labor Day weekend kicked ass. Liz, another girl who lives in the same house as I who is also a good friend, invited me, Ellie, and her boyfriend Ryan up to her family cabin by Hubbard Lake somewhere in Northern Michigan. It was awesome up there. The cabin had a bunch of beds, a pool table, and some grand parents there that rocked. The grandma kept making tons of great good that we all constantly ate. I'm sure I gained a few pounds from it all. The lake was fun. We did some tubing, water skiing, frisbee in the water, swam, and found a platform that we could almost tip over with all four of us standing on one corner. A few rounds of king of the platform was played which gave us a few injuries. I got a bruise on my left arm from my elbow to my wrist from falling on it and then dragging it on the platform till I slid off. It still hurts, but I'll be okay. Ryan got kicked in the balls accidentally, and Ellie bled in a couple of places, all in good fun, of course. It was hard to leave but by the end of the weekend we were all sore all over and burnt in other places. The weather was great most of the time too, just some strong wind on Sunday. It was all pretty great. Here's some pics:















Great stuff.

I've also heard from my lawyer and he says that he and the other person's insurance company are now negotiating on a final settlement sum, which means it will all be over very soon. All the bills will be paid and I'll get some money.

Right now what I want to do most is go to business school in Sweden next fall. There this school that doesn't want a GRE or GMAT score and is increasing the number of US students for 2008. I'm going to shoot for it. Wish me luck.

There more stuff going on but I don't feel like typing about it right now.

Peace.