Perin's step-father is a doctor and sent a copy of my results to specialists in the NJ area and they concur with the NZ doctors about the injury and my options going forward. Thanks Bob! The plan is to get surgery and rebuild the ACL using a piece of tendon from the back of my thigh. And then six months of rehab and I'll be stronger and faster than any human before me.
I also got a new job. Yay! Started yesterday. I'm working for Gen-i now which is a subsidiary of the phone company (Telecom). Basically I'm technical sales with an emphasis in Oracle/Sun servers and storage focused on the largest 100 accounts in NZ.
I took Monday off to give myself a three-day weekend and then started yesterday. Huge change from my last company. I sit on a whole floor of sales (and sales support) people so everyone is enthusiastic and high -energy. I got a hug from one of the sales guys who originally interviewed me because he was so excited to start closing deals with me (not the reserved Kiwi behavior I expected). One of the other pre-sales guys was rolling his own cigarettes at his desk and told me to get ready for a lifestyle of "cocaine and champagne." Of course, he was joking:)
And today is definitely a Wednesday. Forgot the recycling this morning and they rolled by at 6:40am. Missed them again. And it's been exactly 16 days since summer official ended and we've got pouring rain and howling wind. People had puffy jackets and furry hats on walking to work this morning. And finally, it's St. Patrick's today (which I didn't even realize until I saw the queue of people waiting to get into the Irish pub) and I didn't wear any green.
Fortunately, I'm part Irish and I think as soon as I have a Guinness in me, nobody will be able to legally pinch me. Plus, I'll get these sales guys to buy me a pint for sure!
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