Just a couple of updates ...

The siding is done and it looks fabulous! Ed and I still have some work to do around the house, a little painting here and there, but it's really looking good.

The Fairfax County Health Department is coming by today to give us an evaluation on our septic tank, which we found out was installed in 1953. Yikes! It's all a part of the permit process we're having to undergo because of the neighborhood idiot who reported us for rebuilding our deck without a permit.

We think we know who did it, and boy, the neighborhood is not happy about the can of worms that has been opened...

My thumb is doing GREAT. In fact, I think I'm ready to pick up a softball bat again, and it's not even been four weeks since my surgery. Timmy the tumor is gone, though he could come back. I'll cross that bridge if and when I get to it.

In the meantime, softball is back in my picture, with the upcoming MAGIC Tournament here in D.C. over Labor Day weekend, and then the Gay World Series in Phoenix in October. Can't wait ...

Timmy the tumor

Well, it's been almost a week and the thumb is feeling pretty good, as you can see by the picture. Had the giant cell tumor removed last week. I head back to the doctor on Wednesday and hope to have the stitches removed then.

I was awake during the whole procedure, which took about a half-hour. Didn't feel a thing, which is good. And while I wanted to watch, or at least catch a peek, they wouldn't let me. Oh well.

They said it would be up to me as far as how soon I wanted to get back to playing softball. Fall ball begins soon, with the Gay World Series in Phoenix just around the corner in early October.

The thumb is stronger than I thought it would be, so I don't think it'll be long before I'll be swinging a bat again.

Not soon enough, I'll tell you that...

All I can think of is AHnold

So I went to the doctor yesterday to have a growth on my right thumb looked at. It's been there for more than a year, but lately it's been bothering me a little more than usual.

I thought it was a ganglion cyst, but imagine my surprise when the doctor told me it was a tumor! But no worries -- it's something called a Giant Cell Tumor, which are 99.9% benign.

The doctor stuck a needle in my thumb and said one of two things would happen: It would either pop, meaning it was a cyst, or it wouldn't, which means it's probably a tumor. Well, it didn't pop.

Of course you hear the word tumor and crazy things start popping into your mind. But I've done a bit of research on it, and from everything I've read, there's nothing to worry about. I'll have it surgically removed at the end of July, well after most of my softball season is over. Thank God!

As for the AHnold reference, it's from Kindergarten Cop. Makes me laugh every time.