Ugh.

I am now in physical therapy two times a week. I'm not sure I'm comfortable talking about why I'm in physical therapy on the Internet, so I'm not going to. But if you personally want to know, I'm okay with sharing the gruesome details. Long story short, after my first appointment yesterday - which was mostly to meet my therapist and get a feel for how this is all going to work - I found out that not only will this correct the problem that I originally started seeking treatment for, but it will also correct 2 problems I've had my entire life and never connected to this issue as well as 1 more recent problem that I also never connected. So basically, in 6 to 8 weeks time, I'll be cured of 4 unpleasant problems!

Anyway, because of the rarity of this particular treatment, there are only 3 physical therapists who treat it within a 4 hour drive of my house. All 3 of them are at Beaumont Health Center in Royal Oak. Royal Oak!!

So, on Mondays and Wednesdays I have to go in to work at 7 a.m. so that I can leave at 3:30 and drive down to Royal Oak. My appointment is at 5 and I'm out of there at 6. If traffic is decent, I get home around 7 or 7:15 p.m. I then have to make and eat dinner and do homework.

Why can't Aharon make dinner? Because he's currently working until 8 p.m. every weeknight.

To make my life easier, I've had to sort of plan out dinners ahead of time. I used to just throw together whatever was around because it didn't matter if dinner took an hour or two to make. But there's no way we can eat dinner at 9 or 10 p.m. Especially when I have to be up the next morning by 7 at the latest.

One of the perks of both of us working in the hunting industry despite the fact that neither of us hunt is that my freezer has about 15 pounds of ground venison in it. I checked out some venison-specific recipes online, and none of them sounded that awesome. So I'm making my own dinners using the venison as a substitute for ground beef.

Here's my meal plan for now:

Tuesday, August 25: chicken and rice casserole
Wednesday, August 26 (Wipeout night!): fajita style chicken with fried jasmine rice and onions
Thursday, August 27: spaghetti with venison meatballs
Friday, August 28: BBQ venison (Also, I need to make 6 loaves of banana bread for people at work who are giving us even more venison!)
Saturday, August 29: baked salami bagels for lunch; Clare and Jamie's wedding for dinner (hahaha, that sounds funny!)

Sunday, August 30: teriyaki chicken stir fry for lunch; brinner (breakfast for dinner. in this case, scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes)
Monday, August 31: Pork Roast and mashed potatoes
Tuesday, September 1: sloppy venison joes and baked potato chunks
Wednesday, September 2 (Wipeout night!): venison dogs (chili dogs but it's left over sloppy venison joe mix, thus venison dogs) and left over baked potato chunks
Thursday, September 3: New York Strip Steak and scalloped potatoes
Friday, September 4: Cheeseburgers and corn on the cob
Saturday, September 5: Pig Roast at Nick's!