all byyyy myself...

it's quite lonely living by yourself... it'll have to take some getting used to. i keep thinking jenie's on vacation or something and will return. i also need to do a major cleaning session of the house. and i could find another roommate, but i need to figure out what i'm going to do within the next year before that. it doesn't make that much sense to get another roommate if i won't be there in a year.

today also marks the one-year birthday of my knee. it also marks the first time since 2005 that there has been no intrusion into my knee for a continuous year.

actually, i'm not even sure what to count as its birthday, but this is the one-year birthday of the 5th (and LAST!) surgery on my right knee, the second complete reconstruction. to be honest, it's a pretty darn crappy knee that won't let me go up and down stairs, among other things, but i'm thankful that God's finally given me peace in this whole knee situation, even if it didn't turn out the way i wanted it to. hey, at least i still have a knee.

to celebrate the one-year birthday of my right knee, my left leg decided to have a bout of sciatica. no fun indeed. it's so painful to bend over, sit in certain positions, or to lift my leg. i'm trying to do certain stretches hoping that i won't have to see a doctor about it and that it'll eventually go away.