So as I was leaving the gym this morning, one of the ladies who works there says to me, “How are you doing?” I figured it was a polite gesture as is the norm in our society.

I was wrong – she got me good.

I answered, “Good. Thanks.” Then I grabbed for my keys and began to turn around and she says in that don’t think I haven’t noticed voice: “You haven’t been here in a while.”

This woman (who could easily be 20 years or more older than I am) had that look that your Mom or girlfriend gives you when she expects an explanation. Now, I have – in fact – been at the gym. Sure, due to the end of the summer being crazy and the beginning of the school semester being nuts, I’ve had to cut back to maybe going 3 out of the 7 days of the week, but I’m still getting to the gym and working out.

However, being a well-brought up young buck I had no choice but to bow my head and say, “Yeah, I’ve been really busy lately.” Almost as soon as I said those words I knew what was coming next.

“You have to make time to workout.” At this point a second woman behind the counter began “Mmmm Hmmm”-ing her in agreement.

My response was all I could say (staying honest): “Yeah, I’m trying to squeeze in gym times as much as I can, whenever I can. That’s why I came in here today at 7am.”

I think that satisfied their needs – the older woman said, “Well that’s good. I’m glad to see you’re trying to get in here more,” as the other woman chuckled in agreement to my assertion that I was trying to workout whenever I could.

I’m just glad to know that the $51 per month that I pay for my gym membership is at least being spent on people who appear to give a damn. I enjoy that. Good for them for taking an interest in their customers.

I thought it would be prudent to make a post on here about my upcoming surgery. You’ve all heard me complain and bitch and moan about the ridiculous pain that I get put through from this gall bladder/gall stones problem that I have. Well, on July 18th I’m getting my gall bladder taken out.

Some people have asked me if I’m scared about the surgery. Honestly, I’m not scared as much as I am anxious, you know? I have never had surgery before so I’m not quite sure what to expect, but I know that the Doctor seemed really nice and helpful at our meeting yesterday and his staff was top notch (not rude and nasty like at some doctor’s offices).

In any event, the Doctor believes that I will be able to get the surgery done in the morning and be home by the afternoon or early evening. Also, I should be able to eat anything that I want (within reason) the next day and I should really only need a week or so after the surgery to be back to 100%. I’m definitely looking forward to being able to re-expand my food intake because I’ve been extra conservative with it lately – pretty much toast and tomato soup for me…and even the tomato soup has been bad for my stomach lately! Actually, I had some rice and carrots last night, but I had to stop eating it halfway through – it was way too bland!

So if any one has ever had their gall bladder removed before, make sure you contact me to let me know what I’m in for. Other than that, I’ll give it my best to be up on the blog every day posting what’s going on!