Brushing Away Cobwebs

Man, is it ever dusty around here. It’s been far too long since I’ve posted here, a fault I intend to correct. But first, some updating is in order.

First of all, I’m grateful to God for my wife’s recovery thus far from her accident in September. It has required one rather significant surgery thus far, in which an artificial disk was inserted in her neck. Since the accident, she has experienced a continuous burning sensation in her hands, apparently the result of an injury to her spinal cord caused by the impact. The artificial disk will restore necessary space for the cord to begin to heal, a process that takes four to six months. So while she still has the pain, it should be able to heal now. She still has an issue with her lower back, and we’ll be visiting the neurosurgeon again in January to find out what the next step is. Considering the severity of the accident, it clearly could have been much worse. We’re grateful to be on the road to recovery.

All of this turmoil has posed challenges in other areas, as you might imagine. The date of my last post here was just two days after the accident, and I’ve been only slightly more active over at SBC Today. I intend to improve in both areas. I miss the release that blogging can be, and I miss the interaction and the iron-sharpening that goes on in a good blog fight discussion. So while I don’t think I’ll ever return to 2006-2007 levels, I do intend to post somewhat more frequently that I have over the last couple of months.

Another impact has been on my studies. I had enrolled in eighteen hours for this Fall semester, which is what I completed in the spring. That load was divided between two subterms of three classes each. After the accident, I was forced to drop all three classes in the first subterm, and I ended up dropping one of the three in the second. I finished the remaining two courses last week, and was within two points of an “A” in both classes. My Spring schedule is populated by the four classes dropped this Fall, two classes per term. That’s a more manageable level for me at this point. Those eighteen hours I took in the Spring may have spawned undue optimism on my part. I realize now that there is a significant difference between ENGL 102 and BIBL 450.

It’s good to be back (if you can call this back). I’ll likely not post again here between now and Christmas, but I look forward to returning to a much more consistent schedule in the new year. To the handful of folks who still check in every day, I’m very grateful, but perhaps a feed reader would serve you well. Just sayin’…