Gil’s Blog

I got home a little bit early so that I could eat, stretch, and then get to my hockey game without rushing.  It’s the playoffs after all.  I got home maybe a little bit too early!  With some time to kill before dinner, I decided to play a few minutes of WiiFit which I had borrowed from Ben.  After a few minutes of same old exercises, I unlocked the Snowboard Slalom.  Cool!  First time through, I missed a bunch of the gates which resulted in time penalties.  Second time through, I got an even slower time than my first attempt.  I kept trying over and over again, but I wasn’t getting any better.  So after, I finished my last run, I hopped off the WiiFit board and kicked the sofa in frustration.  It wasn’t even a hard kick.  It’s just that I was expecting the sofa to be very soft, but found a spot that was very hard.  It felt like I had stubbed my toe.  But when the pain wouldn’t subside I knew it was much, much worse.  I guess I get to visit the doctor’s office tomorrow to figure out how badly I hurt my big toe on my left foot.  Oh boy, I can’t wait to tell my teammates why I missed our playoff game.

A little past 7PM, while on my way home from work, I got a call from my home security system alerting me that the alarm had been set off.  Could it be another attempted break-in?  It was just about one year ago when someone attempted to break into my house.  No way!  Our family has had this house for thirty years without an incident.  There was just no way that we could have two attempted break-ins in two consecuitve years.  I rushed home as quickly as I could, but I was still about 10 minutes away.  When I got home the siren was still blaring, so I figured if there was a thief he would have been long gone by now. But I grabbed one of my hockey sticks just in case. When I checked the security system, it revealed to me that the master bedroom motion detector had been set off. That’s odd, since one of the doors or windows had to be breached if it was due to a thief. I made my way into the bedroom and noticed Alice’s birthday balloons were swaying in front of the motion detector. The alarm must have been set off when the heater kicked on. I guess I shouldn’t have put those balloons there. Man, I gave myself quite a scare!

Yesterday I had my work cubicle reconfigured into a standing cubicle.  This gives me the option to alternate between standing and sitting, which should alleviate the stress on my back.  Unfortunately, they didn’t give me a tall chair yet, so I’ve been on my feet all day.  It kind of defeats the purpose, so hopefully, I’ll get my chair soon.  One other thing.  After six straight days of feeling good, my back started to bother me again last night.  I’m not ready to blame the new cubicle configuration yet; especially since it’s still missing one of the key ingredients.