Dumpster Diving - A Work Story

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So as a few of you may know I am currently working 3 jobs or so that I can gather up just enough cash to flee the country again (headed to Peru and Chile again... details to come).  One of these exciting and sexy jobs is at the local GNC selling vitamins and 24 hour detox drinks for people who don't smoke marijuana.... ;)

Normally I wouldn't talk much about work but tonight was exciting to say the least.  I only worked a few hours but volunteered to run the trash out to the dumpster before I took the deposit to the bank.  Of course I sat the light bag of paper product trash on the passenger seat and drove to the dumpsters behind the mall (OK so it is only a few stores but the walkway is inside so my small town calls it a mall) but someone was using the one I normally use so I went to the next one.

I got out of my car and threw the bag into what I discovered was the Mexican restaurant Carlito's dumpster.  I then got back in the car and headed toward the bank when I realized that the deposit was no longer on the passenger seat.  Apparently, the adhesive that seals the plastic bag had stuck to the trash bag.  Needless to say, I was going dumpster diving.

I actually had to jump down into the dumpster and stand in a small semi-clean area and reach into the old onions and re-fried beans to fish out the 300+ dollars in a bag submerged in some odd brown sauce that I could not place.  I have decided that I am not making enough money.  Good thing I am fleeing the country in July.

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I have finally decided to put a few ads on my site. I realize that with the small amount of traffic that I generate this will not actually pay me anything, but I figure if a few clicks on the ads here and there actually net my 15 cents over the next three years or so I will consider it a great sucess.

So if you aren't feeling to busy feel free to click on a few ads to hopefully get me up and traveling again. With any luck I could be back on the travel as early as July of this year.

The Doc Appointment in the Burg - Warning Graphic Images

SO I finally saw a doctor that did more than just glimpse at my X-rays. The one out West told me that I would probably need surgery and may need months before I could walk again so I was pretty intimidated to go get checked out.

The wait wasn't too long




When I got in the back I had to strike a sexy pose.

Then I chose to sick with this one. Really the thumbs up came after the doc told me that I had an odd break pattern but that my bones were very strong because it should have shattered it. He also said that there was a possibility that I would start physical therapy in 3 weeks with no surgery.

Then it was time to change my splint over to a brace. When they unwrapped it the stench was epic. Try and imagine while looking at the next image.

The nurse actually went and got the doc again to look at it a second time. I really just think the smell shocked her. The next pic is where the blood pooled in my leg in a pattern left by the bandages.

This is just a great image. My mom took this one.

After it was cleaned up it looked a lot better.

After it was re-bandaged it didn't look bad at all except for the yellow color and a little bruising.

My mother stood by the whole time... I think the smell will haunt her dreams for a while.

I now have a new brace that allows me a whole 20 degrees of movement through my knee, since the doc believes that my ACL might still be in one piece. YAAAY

So it appears that I will be kicking it around Lewisburg for a while so if you feel like driving me places just let me know. It is kinda hard to push the gas with a non-weight bearing leg. All in all a good day at the docs office. I got some new drugs, a new brace, and some good news. Oh yeah, sorry for the graphic images but that is what was going on with my life. All the pics should be up on the photobucket within the next day or so.