Following Yellow Brick Road

T-39 days

Found on a fortune cookie at Pei Wei: Some like it hot. Eat more Kung Pao.

Surely a good omen or something akin to one! (My lucky numbers are 5,9, 11,20,36, and 40, by the way.)

So, where were we? Somewhere along the "I'm a fairly healthy person point." About mid-September, I went in to my OS (Orthopaediatric Surgeon) at the grand ol' Campell Clinic. I had told him about pains I had in my hip, how it was pretty bad some days, blah, blah, blah. He took x-rays, which are muy uncomfortablemente, by the way, and had them on the computer and was hemming and hawing and said: "If you don't have surgery within the next 5 years you'll need a replacement... (something about cartilage, not important at this present moment)...but I recommend getting them within the next 2 year span or so. Get back in touch with us when you want to schedule." So we talked. At Atlanta Bread company. I mean, I'm off school, right?

And I mull. I decide Christmas. There is my story (pretty much, details to come later, I suppose). Any questions? Comments? Threats? What does this mean to me as a Junior at Harding Academy?