Life returns to a semblance of normality. -and-
How I got Achilles Tendonitis
I think I have begun to adapt to my new home in
the friend zone. I was a lot less
depressed today, and felt more like my usual old self.
The depression only sets in when I
chat with Allie. When I see her in
person, I don't tend to feel bad, but for some reason, whenever I talk with her
online, it only brings me
pain.
I think I managed to make a new
friend today. I was
juggling the
soccer ball with a guy I didn't know in
PE, a few days ago. He isn't in my
class, so I didn't see him every day.
One day at
lunch though, I saw him
writing something. I assumed that he was using the opportunity to finish some
homework assignment due later that day, and asked him about it.
It turns out that John writes
fantasy. He is working on his first
book.
I get excited about this, because I am a fantasy enthusiast. I have tried to
pen some of my ideas before, but I have some
difficulties narrating a story, that I might
node later.
Today we played some more soccer, and then we talked for a while about
Forgotten Realms before I went home.
When I got home, I sat down to work on my
MUD. But before I started to
code, I realized I still hadn't solved that little
inheritance problem my
objects kept having. I asked some of my
coder friends, but the ones that weren't busy at the time didn't have a clue. It wasn't solved in any of my books, either.
Just as I was leaving to go to
Borders with my dad, Tina came running down the
street. Apparently,
AT&T messed up again, because she couldn't call my
house, "
That number has been disconnected.".
I apologized that I couldn't stay, then left with my dad. I looked through the fantasy section quickly, but saw nothing that caught my eye. I then proceeded to the
computer section, and skimmed through all the
C++ books until I found my
answer, explained in a
margin in three lines of code.
Afterwards, I went to
Tae Kwan Do. The session progressed regularly, until I was supposed to
bludgeon a pad with a
jump roundhouse kick. As I was pivoting my
ankle, a
shooting pain went up through my
Achilles Tendon.
I informed my
instructor that
something was wrong, and that I would need to sit out for a bit. He immediately got concerned when I described the
problem, and instructed me to see a
doctor immediately.
I was more than slightly freaked out.
I went home, and told my mom about the problem. She also had an "oh no"
expression when I showed her which
tendon hurt, but didn't seem as worried as the instructor had. She told me to
ice it and go to
bed, and see how it felt in the
morning.
I
hope I don't have this
damaging condition.
I don't want to stop walking.