Which is awesome, but totally not what I'm posting about. I just felt like updating, reading over the last few posts was kind of a downer and I felt like saying things don't completely suck on the off chance someone runs across this blog.

My grandpa is getting better now. When he'd finished his treatment for the prostate cancer, he went for a followup (just a formality at that point) and they found a mass in his throat. It turned out to be cancer, and he had to undergo treatment for that as well. During the treatment he lost most of his ability to taste and to make saliva; the taste will (and is, though he can't eat yet) come back, the saliva probably won't. The treatments made it even more difficult and painful for him to swallow so he got a g-tube put in.

On top of that, he had all his teeth removed before he started the treatment. He had to have it done as most of them were rotting something fierce, and they wanted to take care of that while he still had saliva to aid in the healing. So it was all mush while he still could eat, adding to his disdain of eating. He's able to swallow things like mashed potatoes now, though.

It's kind of funny; he first went to the doctors because of issues swallowing and decided to get a general physical because he hadn't seen a doctor in at least ten years. They found the prostate cancer purely by coincidence. Same with the throat cancer while he was recovering from previous treatments. My mom and especially my grandmother are suspicious that the first doctor missed something, but I'm not sure. It could just have been that chemo weakened the other parts of his body and his throat was already weak, so the cancer came from the previous treatment. Guess we'll never really know.

I still can't drive. With all the stuff that's been going on with my grandpa, I've not been able to get much done, and while it's partly my fault for wasting my time, it was also knowing that even if I got all my shit in order, I still wouldn't be able to do anything with it because nobody could bring me to take a driver's test or have the time to teach me.

As far as the future comes, learning to drive should be my main priority. Everything's calming down now, the smoke is falling, and I'm not nearly as worried about everyone else. After that I'll get my GED and take some college classes. I'm also going to learn a programming language; I want to learn C# but I've also found a pretty good python tutorial so I might do that first. I have a big interest in game design, so I think I'll try to get a job in that, but if not there's always the military.

My grandfather was in the Navy, so I'm considering that as well as the Air Force. He says I should chose whatever branch I think I'll do good in if I decide to go this route, but he really doesn't want me to join the Army and doesn't think I'll do well in the Marines; I'm inclined to agree. The Coast Guard is also a possibility.

So, that's really all there is to report. As for right now, though, I can promise I'll spend this weekend playing Skyrim. And, well, the eye exam I have scheduled. My glasses broke and I've not had an eye exam for about three years anyways.