Spring Break Status (Read: I need some motivation. Stat.)

No more back brace! Freedom! *jumps up and down with joy*
ow ow ow ow ow.........
Now I have to settle down for the many many weeks of painful soreness and awkward vulnerability. At least I can stop wearing long sleeve shirts. Everything is so cold now.

Beat all the campaign missions on my computer game, Age of Mythology (go Arkantos- you lightning wielding demigod!). Now I move on to the expansion, Age of Mythology: the Titans. I also picked up an Elton John CD for my theme song, "Rocketman"

Very little schoolwork has been accomplished.............I started Catch-22, but mostly have been reading my books (Star Wars) instead. I also started my SEAP action, but was interrupted by JJ and Jason (much appreciated) and haven't returned.

The relaxing is going well, but the makeup work is actually bothering me, because I'm still almost 3 months behind. I just want all this crap behind me. I don't know if I should write this year off and do nothing, or bust my ass and kill myself trying to do everything. I don't want to do eitehr, but I don't seem to be capable of any grey area inbetween. Matt tells me I should take the AP Stats test b/c it's easy (even at my current level, he says). It can't hurt, but it's a lot of stress.
lemme put it another way..........

There's a little screen in my head:
Warning: !Contents under pressure!
Systems failure & permanent memory loss immenent if current course is not changed.
*Blue screen of death*
Ctrl+Alt+Delete isn't responding
Messages and Inbox full
-Warning: hardware in sector [>spine<] negatively responding to stimuli (probability of internal damage: 99.9%) / cannot find "support hardware: back brace"
-Warning: sector [>right foot<] is reading negative input (possible sensor failure/internal damage)
Parent network suffering catastrophic internal errors

On a lighter note, JJ and Jason managed to rescue me on Friday/Saturday. We watched movies, played video games, and watched cartoons. We also frisbee golfed like crazy. A total of 3 games over two days, although my scores were pathetically, back-surgeryly low (-3 for the two full games), but I expect the scores to get better as I heal. I also got my 2004 Hamilton park sticker for my car (that makes a set of 5!).

Easter was..............sorta confusing. For the first time in my memory, we didn't celebrate at Grandma's house. We celebrated at Grandma's apartment. Change is inevitable, but this one hit home. Not to mention my parents arguing. Sis managed to make it, but the whole occasion seemed...........odd. I think this was the last year I'm going to participate in all of our little traditions (at least as a kid). Some may see it as an attempt to retire as the undisputed king of the egg finders, but that's open to interpretation. Part of that is the whole turning 18 in a month and half/college in 4 months bit, the other is the nagging voice in my head that screams "hypocrisy" over the celebration of Easter as an athiest. Similar to the sirens that pop up during Christmas. I can't really explain why or how we celebrate. It really has no secular meaning (for me, at least)........it's just something I've always done as a kid (maybe mom and dad didn't want me to feel left out?). Anyway, I think I'm growing out of it. We'll see.