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The (S)unshine State

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pool_rainrainThis was the weather in Florida pretty much the entire time we were there. Bizarre weather for Florida this time of year. However, it did clear up enough for us to get some quality beach time Tuesday evening before we left.

We did get away to Philadelphia for 4th of July weekend where it was always sunny and surprisingly not too hot. Perfect weather for taking in a baseball game.

We really enjoyed our time in Florida and Philly, catching up with family and friends. I’m sorry we couldn’t see everyone we wanted to, but hopefully we will be there longer the next time we’re stateside. We both decided that spending 3.5 weeks between three places (CA, FL, and Philly) isn’t quite enough time to do everything we’d like to do.

Please pray for us as Tricia and I recoup before new and old staff start trickling in and the school year gets underway.

Diagnosis: Rotatorenmanschettenruptur Li

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No this isn’t a spinoff of Diagnosis: Murder, and it doesn’t star Dick Van Dyke or Scott Baio (sadly). Oh, Scott Baio, where have you gone?

This is the official diagnosis for my shoulder handed down by my orthopedic. I still have not succeeded in properly saying that word, but I guess that doesn’t really matter so long as my insurance company can figure it out.

In English this means I have a rupture or tear in my left rotator cuff. Specifically the tear is in the Supraspinatus muscle (see picture).  And that will end our science lesson for today.

My orthopedic recommended surgery and we’ve scheduled it for this coming Friday. I will be admitted to the hospital Thursday afternoon, surgery will be Friday morning and I should be discharged sometime on Saturday.

In the US this would almost definitely be outpatient surgery, but I’m not sure outpatient surgery exists in Austria. I guess that’s just one of the perks of the medical system here.

I would appreciate it if you would keep me in your prayers this week.

So I Got an UltraSound Yesterday…

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…and it’s a rupture. Or maybe bursitis. But it looks like a small rupture in my outer shoulder muscle says my doctor. He gave me the name of the muscle in German…or maybe it was Latin with an Austrian accent. In any case  it was about 20 syllables long and I’ve already forgotten it.

I injured my shoulder in an ultimate frisbee game over Easter Break, and was hoping that time would heal it. A month later that doesn’t seem to be happening. My doctor is hoping a cortizone shot will solve the problem, and I’m hoping so as well.

I have a follow-up appointment on Friday. Please pray that my shoulder is feeling better by then and that I can avoid surgery.

Robotics Insanity

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Anybody know a good robot shrink?

One of my students received this error message when trying to code her robot.

I’m not exactly sure what the “insane object” is. I know where it’s at (BDHP+2A70), and I know what it’s in (“sumo bot.rbt”) Which means… well, it means I don’t have any idea what this means.

Maybe some rogue programmer is trying to insult one my students. Maybe my robots are taking on emotions and personality, and not in a good way. Because insanity isn’t good…right?

In any case, consider yourself warned.

Mr. Klein, My Red Eye Isn’t Working!

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I’ve been doing a short digital photography unit in one of my classes and today we were working on editing. This led to the following conversation:

Student: Mr. Klein, my red eye isn’t working.

Me: Well, you’ve already made it black and white, so I don’t think the red eye is going to work.

Student: Yeah, but shouldn’t it be making his eyes red?