What do you want to be when you grow up?

When you were little did anybody ever ask you "what you wanted to be when you grow up"? I remember couple of years ago I cracked my kids up when I told them I wanted to be a garbage man. We lived in Mishawaka up until I was 8yrs old so every Thursday was garbage day and I always thought those guys had such a cool job because they got to ride on the back of the truck and throw stuff in the back of it and pull a little lever and smash stuff which to an 8 yr old is pretty cool. The unfortunate thing is I didn't know about all the nasty stuff they have to put up with that existed in the world of the garbage man beyond the curb in front of our house. After watching an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel about picking up trash in San Franciscos China town im glad I didn't pursue my dream since it is really a nasty job but im glad somebody does it and I gladly pay my garbage man to pick up our trash.

Ever wanted to try something but you were afraid of what others would think?

Did you ever want to learn to ballroom dance,square dance or something along those lines? Well ever since I was a little kid I wanted to learn how to scuba dive. Tracy and I booked ourselves on a Caribbean cruise with a bunch of poeple from church so I decieded this was a good time to learn how to do this. Tracy was going to get certified with me but she had problems clearing her ears and talked herself out of it but thats another story.
So I walked into my LDS (local dive shop) and paid my money got my books and preceded to embark on one of my most rewarding adventures I have ever encounterd. I am not going to go way into depth here but I really think you want to join me so just ask me how. I did it because it was something I always wanted to do and now it has opened up an entirely new relm to explore.

5 months later

Well I went in for the 5 month exam and the Dr said "see ya in a year" and he thinks this hip should last me over 20yrs maybe even 25 which is good news since they can only do so many revisions before there isn't enough bone to graft to.
I have to admit I like Dr Kim's style at South Bend Orthopedics he doesn't pull any punches and takes great effort to make sure you understand whats going on before he proceeds. It looks like fixing the left hip has bought us time on the right and im hoping for 2-3 yrs before I need that hip replaced.
Now the bad news, no more snow skiing/snowboard, water skiing, full court basketball and any sport that would pound the hip, but I can golf, scubadive, ride a bike, swim and just enjoy not being in pain.....aaaaaahhhhhhh