-JB-’s Perpetual Journey

Some have asked how my finger has been doing lately.  I’m still in occupational therapy and making progress.  I still can’t make a tight fist and I probably never will again, but it’s getting better.  I can easily touch my finger tip to the bottom of my palm.  My concern has been gripping the bar for various lifts (especially the heavy ones), but I haven’t had issues lately. 

I went to the ortho that did the surgery this past week and he removed the last pin.  It’s weird to watch someone cut you with a scalpel and feel the pressure of a medical instrument resembling needle-nose pliers pressing and moving against your bone.  I’m a science teacher so to me it was pretty cool.  He stitched me up when he was done and I got to keep the pin.  I’m just glad he numbed me this time; the last pin he extracted hurt to the point where I was sweating. 

A few weeks ago, I left my middle school science teaching position to go to the high school classroom. I’ll be teaching Biology Honors 1st semester, and Earth/Space Honors 2nd. I got hooked up with the athletic director and he gave me the football coach’s number. We talked and I’m now an assistant in the best football program in the nation. Really… they’ve been National Champs for 2 years in a row and Florida state champs for the past 3 years.

http://www.lakelandfootball.com/

Not too shabby… I’ve coached high school baseball before; this will be my first time coaching football. I don’t think I could be in a better position than I am now.