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It’s been a pretty eventful month. I installed a new hot tub in my back yard last week. First I had to dig a 80″ by 85″ by 30″ deep hole to make it level w/ the new deck. Then I had to fill it w/ Pea Stone, run the electrical line w/ GFI outlet, dig a trench and wire it.

The hot tub is running and I’m really happy w/ the one I picked out. It has a lounger, a waterfall thingy and some lights.
My next project is building a deck to surround the hot tub. I dropped the hot tub down about 14 inches so that when I build the deck it will sit flush w/ the top of the hot tub so you don’t have to step over a big side.

I finally got the new convertible G6
I’ve been talking about and I must say I really enjoy having a convertible.
The car is basically identical to my last car but it has a removable hard top. The hard top is fucking sweet by the way. I’m really happy w/ it.

Unfortunately, I’ve been driving my car w/ my left foot. Last week I was walking home from Pancheros along Albert right by my house. I was on the sidewalk talking to Chris as we walked towards his place. I was looking back over my shoulder as we walked and I got close to the edge of the sidewalk. My foot was half-way on the sidewalk and half-way off. When I stepped down it just twisted towards the road and I heard a pop. I thought I had just twisted my ankle so I kept walking home. I went to bed w/ some ice on it thinking it was a sprain. When I woke my foot was swollen, black and blue. I went to fast-track at sparrow, which ironically took 3hours, and they told me I had a Jones-Fracture. It’s not that bad of a break. I have a walking cast thing and crutches, so I get around fine. It’s just annoying. I won’t be able to start on my deck for a long time and doing everything is slower now with crutches. I’m not letting it keep me down though. Paul and Lyndz pushed me down to tailgate!

As a side note, people say really strange and mildly rude things when you break a bones. As just one small example, coming out of my office today I had this exchange

I just can’t see the same person saying, “Man, that’s some funny cancer you’ve got there”