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"A little mango smoothie my handsome friend?"

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It's about time...

they named a hurricane after me. Hurricane Kyle has formed in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and it looks like it may hit Nova Scotia. That sounds about right. If I were actually a hurricane I would want to attack Canada... or maybe Oklahoma[1].


1. It's like Canada for Texans.

Going on the 15 day DL

I'm definitely going to be out for a couple of weeks. I was just a simple dive for a grounder, I wouldn't expect this as the result. I hit the ground pretty hard, and apparently a little awkward too. When I got up, my shoulder felt a little stiff right away but it wasn't until after the game that a small amount of pain started to set in. And when I woke up this morning I couldn't move my left shoulder in any direction without extreme pain. So I called in to work and went to the doctor this morning.

The doctor said that I likely rip this lining that is in the shoulder joint. The lining helps the joint rotate with ease (kind of like grease on a ball bearing), and with is ripped there is now this grinding occurring. I'll give you a moment to image two bones grinding together. That's the pain I'm going through. The doc said this kind of thing heals on its own about 50% of the time. If I'm not feeling better in a couple of weeks I may need to go see a specialist and have to consider surgery. And of course, it would be season ending surgery... so that sucks even more.

Three Grand

My church council approved funds of $3000 to remodel our youth room. That's really exciting! It's also unprecedented. My budget for the youth for the entire year is $150[1], and we struggle every year to raise enough money for mission trip. Even though $3000 isn't that much to make over our youth room with, it's still pretty amazing considering how little money we usually have to work with.

We actually have two rooms. Both are the size of a normal class room. One of them we call the Youth Room and that is where we do Sunday School and meet on Wednesday evenings. The other is referred to as the "Recreation Room", and is currently occupied by a worn out pool table an uncomfortable couch and an ugly, lime green book shelf[2]. My thought, which is shared by everyone, is to get rid of everything in both rooms and start fresh.

But what do we do? Painting is an obvious answer, but I don't see us using up the $3000 in just paint. What else? Since the money is coming out of our some memorial funds, where I know there is more money to spare, I think I can negotiate up to another $1000[3]. So, I'm open to suggestions. If it were your youth room, how would you spend the money[4]?


1. Ridiculous.
2. This room sucks!
3. Wishful thinking.
4. 52" plasma and a blue ray player?