It's Sunday

Well it just so happens to be a beautiful Sunday here in Portland Me. It is also Father's Day, so happy Father's Day everyone.. Well all the fathers and fathers to be at least.

Haven't really been doing too much lately, last week I came in contact with Poison Ivy on my left leg and I have to say that its not fun. The itch has stopped for the most part but at this point it is a nasty case of contact dermatitis. This essentially means that my skin came in contact with something in the enviorment that it didn't like and now it is an allergic reaction that is complete with pain, pus, scabs, and reddened new skin. Treatment basically goes as follows; keep it clean, keep an eye on it, wrap if needed ( I do that part for work and sleep), treat with an anti itch cream such as Benadryl and an ointment with germ killing powers (Neosporin). When it gets wrapped I use gauze, (athletic pre-wrap which I ran out of and had to get at Icing..) and tape. Around the ankle I perform a figure 8 that wraps around the foot and upper ankle and the biggest spot which is on the anterio-lateral portion of my leg just distal to the fibular head I simply wrap tape making sure it points towards the fat part of the leg. This ensures proper contours and clean tape that lacks folds.

Tiny little rant time: Pre-wrap is not used to hold your hair back, as a belt, or some fashionable wristbands. Pre-wrap is used to protect the skin from the adhesive qualities of tape and can also effectively be used as cho-pads for patella tendonitis. It shouldn't be sold at Icing where you can get hello kitty earrings...

This past week I moved my room around and it freakin awesome. I just need to go to a local beach and invest in some paper weights.
I have been doing alot of reading this Summer, everyone who may still be looking at this blog check out "The Saxon Series" and "The Grail Quest Series" both are by Bernard Cornwell and are great. Speaking of the "Saxon Series" I am on book three and I accidentally went to Borders here in So Po and bought book 5 before book 4... ooops, I got them confused.

So finally, I want to keep doing this but if anyone is actually reading these posts tell me what you want me to talk about or ask me questions. I don't want to keep rambling about my boring life.

Well I'm back... Kinda. We will have to see how consistent I can be with my posts but I feel like this is a good start, well restart.

Not sure you guys know but the Boston Bruins are Stanley Cup Champs. The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy in all four of the North American sports. Here's a name for you kids to watch out for Brad Marchand- he's a grinder. He is a grinder that outworks his opponents down low and can set up a teammate or snipe high glove side. This kid is gonna be huge.

Well its back to homework for me. I will do my best to keep up with this.