My boyfriend's back

Got that song suck in my head. I don't know, the term "boyfriend" seems so juvenile; it's not a term I favor. Partner, significant other? Partner makes me sound like a lesbian (nothing wrong with that), especially when I use the term "girlfriend" to describe my friends who are female. So maybe I'll refer to my boyfriend as my significant other because he is that, maybe more. There isn't really a term that fits the description. I'll just call him Scott.

I am going under the knife on Wednesday morning. The result should involve 2 pins and a screw; a bunch of pain, pain killers, and maybe crutches. Won't know until after the surgery. It's part 2 for the foot surgery, part 3 will come in a year and a half when I'm off for the summer again and done with school. That means I will have a semester of whatever freedom is defined as. I've got one more day of teaching school left until 2009. After Monday I'm taking almost 2 weeks of sick leave. I am currently working on the final manuscript of a research paper I need to turn in on Tuesday. Then I can declare Grad school work done until 2009.

I got an espresso maker last week. It's awesome. I know own four machines that take coffee but all serve different purposes. I have the weekend one (it makes 4 cups of coffee), I have the work one which just makes coffee (I still have to take it to work), the one I take to work (it brews and grinds) and now the espresso for the morning and at night. The only bad thing about the espresso machine is it doesn't turn off so that was me tonight, letting it overflow. My bad.

Anyhow, you probably won't hear from me for another month. How time will fly. In the next month I hope to see Nights in Rodanthe because I recently have read the book by Nicholas Sparks. For my downtime, I've saved up a few Nicholas Sparks and John Steinbeck books. A perfect note to end the year on.