Knee Problems

In more than 6 years of running I have never had any serious leg injuries or problems. Now, all of a sudden, my knee hurts. Not always so bad, but it's getting worse so that I have to go see a doctor and get an MRI. Let me tell you, I am not happy about that at all. This was my year to do great-I've been running so much this summer, and now knee problems. Well, I'm going to go to the doctor soon hopefully, and hopefully they'll tell me nothing is wrong. We'll see. But I'm going to take it a bit easier on the knee and go biking tomorrow instead of running.

Other than my knee, life is mainly good. Work is alright, nothing to complain about, and I might get more overtime this year than I expected, which is a plus. This week my family is gone either on the mission trip or at my Grandma and Grandpa's house. I need to call up there and find out how everything is going, but I'm assuming it's a nice break from being home. I know Theresa and I appreciate the house to ourselves for the week. I'm getting a ton done that I need to, plus I'm doing a ton that I want to.

Eric's surprise party this past weekend went well, except for the fact that it poured all night so we couldn't have a bonfire. Oh well. His actual birthday is Friday and I'm taking him out to dinner, which should be a good time. We're going to the Vineyard, and neither of us have been there so I'm hoping it's good!

Wedding Invitations and Ex-girlfriends

This weekend Eric and I went shopping. Mostly to get him "work shoes" whatever that meant. Turns out it just meant tennis shoes. After that we went to Michael's so I could look at purchasing ink for my stamps for scrapbooking-I only have black and a brownish color, and after scrapbooking with my friend Anya whose family has seriously at least 30 different inks, I really wanted to buy some more. At Michael's we saw a very cute bride and groom stamp that we decided to purchase for wedding invites and such. That got us thinking about our invites, despite the fact that we won't need to send them out for about a year. Before buying anything though, we walked down to Target to look at invites there, decided we liked the style but not to buy them, so we walked back to Michael's to get the stamp, ink pads, and look at invites. We ended up finding plain invites in the same style that we decided we liked, and we get to personalize them however we want. We grabbed some and headed to the register. Ironically, one of Eric's ex-girlfriends was working it. Her line was the shortest so that's the one we ended up in. To tell you the truth, I don't think she remembered me, even though I was in band with her for 2 years, and she either pretended not to know Eric or didn't look at him or has actually forgotten about him. But most girls don't forget any of their boyfriends. And Eric's not exactly forgettable. But still. All in all, I thought it was hilarious, while Eric found it a bit more awkward I think. It is ironic, us buying wedding invites from his ex-girlfriend. Talk about your blatant irony.

She and I settled down you can bet that he is going to have to settle for less
He's someone that I would hate to be I got the girl and he's left with just the memory

Music

A year ago, if I knew the kind of music I'd be listening to today, I think I probably would have scoffed at myself. That's right, scoffed. Not actually sure how to do a scoff, but I'd figure it out. My point is, my tastes in music have changed drastically. Last year I was listening mostly to country and the hits from today, things like Rascal Flatts, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Eminem, Simple Plan, and whatever crap was (and is) played on KDWB. Now, I'm finding myself listening to alternative and that sort of music, some popular music too such as Fallout Boy and The All American Rejects, but I'm also listening to things such as The Shins, Weezer, Starting Line, Panic! at the Disco, and Franz Ferdinand. I'm not sure why the change occurred, but I'm liking it, seeing as I now have a wide and varying range of musical tastes. The best part is it's not like I switched completely from what I used to listen to; I still listen to all of that (even the crap on KDWB), I just listen to more of other stuff as well. If anybody has any other bands that they think I should download, I would be more than happy to get them. I'm already planning to download Saves the Day as well, but more and more music is always appreciated!

this is side one
flip me over i know i
'm not your favorite record
the songs you grow to like never stick at first
so i'm writing you a chorus
and here is your verse