I'm an ENFJ, what are you?

We had a team building session yesterday where we were sliced, diced, poked and probed according to the Myers Briggs Type Indicators. I'm an ENFJ (Extraverted Feeling with Intuition), which (should) mean that I'm:

"Warm, empathetic, responsive and responsible. Highly attuned to the
emotions, needs and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone,
want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for
individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and
criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group and provide inspiring
leadership."

So there! It was actually kinda fun. A close colleague and I differ by only one letter, (he's an S, I'm and N), but it's amazing the difference it makes. It was also fun trying to put labels on my family. I've decided that Jeff is probably an INTP. Not entirely sure about the kids, though Peter's almost certainly an I and a J, while Grace is an E and a P, which may explain a lot.

The scary thing, though, is that everyone that buys into this and either studies, writes or teaches about it begins to start all conversations with "Hi, I'm Bill, and I'm an INFP..." It's a little cultish......But, hey, I'm an ENFJ, so it's OK! :)

OUCH!!!!!

I had to have a Nerve Conduction Study done today. I've been having some pain, trembling and weakness in my right arm and fingers lately. I got really freaked out over Christmas when I was decorating the tree and dropped four or five ornaments because I couldn't grip them well, so I made an appointment with my doctor, hoping she'd say, "Oh, this is nothing." Sadly, she got freaked out as well, and sent me to a neurologist for the dreaded NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY!

So to do this, the nice neurologist attaches electrodes to you over certain muscles, then takes another electrode, positions it over a nerve, and zaps the nerve to see if it'll make your muscle jump. It didn't exactly hurt, but it wasn't pleasant, and each time he had to do it, it got less pleasant. It could definitely be a good method of torture, though: "Spill your guts, Sparky, or we'll give you a Nerve Conduction Study!" "No, not that! Anything but that!!!!!" Plus, I felt a little like the frog in a lab when the mad scientist probes his brain....

But, the good news is, while my results were on the low end of normal, they were within the normal ranges. He thinks that it's probably just a case of tendonitis, which may be irritating my nerves (would that be like getting on my last nerve?) which is causing the other symptoms. He'll send a report to my Primary Care doc, and we'll go from there.

Peter's First Basketball Game

Peter's Pee-Wee league team had their first basketball game on Saturday. It was a hard fought game, but unfortunately they wound up on the losing end of things. The final score was 20-17.

Peter had an outstanding first quarter from a defensive perspective. Of course, as a born-and-bred Carolina fan, I'm convinced that defense wins games, if you can play defense then the offense will come eventually, and only the best and smartest players ever really "get" defense, so I was ecstatic! He caused a 5-second call against the other team, and got several good rebounds.

In the third quarter, Peter was moved to point guard. He had a little trouble getting used to it, but by the end of the quarter was getting in his rhythm, and made a couple of nice plays that led to scores.

He sat out most of the final quarter, but the coach put him back in in the final few minutes. Unfortunately, even with some tough defense and lots of shot attempts, his team still came up short.

Peter's team, the Timberwolves, has five returning players from last year. It's really amazing how much they've all grown in a year, and how well they're playing together already. Last year it took awhile for the boys to mesh as a team; this year they were scrimmaging during their first practice, and have gone on from there. We're looking forward to a fun season of basketball!