So here, have a bit of a redesign. Nothing makes a girl feel better than a new
outfit, am I right??
(Oh and note to self,
correct/update links to blogs in sidebar...you people just keep moving on
without me!!)
And just for fun, here’s a picture of one of the random
plastic ducks which have mysteriously appeared in the front yard.
Okay, moving on.
Hello readers…if there are still any of you guys around at this point.
Real life seems to have gotten the best of me this year. But hey, at least I’m mostly on the other side of things at this point.
I don’t honestly know how much more we can squeeze into one year, but hey *knock on wood* let’s not push our luck by counting out anything.
Big events to catch you up on:
Eye Surgery: Oh, the horror!! The squishy, icky, more than you’ve ever wanted to know about your own eyeballs horror!! Well…okay, it has been a trial but we’ve handled it. Now officially three surgeries down and zero to go. Everything was looking really good at the most recent checkup and the doctor is very pleased with my progress. My field of vision is markedly improved and I can actually read out of my left eye, which is flat out amazing. My mother keeps threatening to parade me in front of her church congregation as proof that God does in fact still gift us with miracles.
Random Side Adventure to Eye Surgery Number 3: I managed to seriously turn my ankle while walking through a parking lot two days prior to surgery. It was bad. Like, screaming, crying, thought-I-was-gonna-vomit-from-the-pain bad. Worst part of it was that I had to crawl into my car and drive 20 miles to get home. Thank goodness for my overly prepared roommate who, along with my mother, met me as I pulled into the driveway with an ice pack, an ACE bandage, and the big bottle of Tylenol. The long and the short of it is that I came down hard enough to bruise the bones in my ankle. It’s a slow recovery and my ankle is still stiff and swollen at the end of every day. The up side is that it totally took my mind off the surgery!
Knee Replacement Surgery: Yes, you read that correctly, and no, it wasn’t me. My aunt had her left knee replaced on June 18th. (At the ‘other’ branch of Northside Hospital…we’re keeping them in business this year.) It’s been a long time coming and though she was toying with the idea of waiting until she retired, she decided to go ahead and have it done. And thank goodness! She’s slowly recovering and finds the entire process to be tedious in the extreme…however, she’s moving better than she has in years. True, one kind of pain has just been replaced with another but all parties concerned know that it was the right thing to do.
Heart Surgery: Again, yes, you read that correctly, and no, it’s also not me. We rolled past the one year anniversary of my uncle’s heart surgery in August. All three stints are in place and doing their job. He’s fit, happy, and feeling better than he had been for quite some time. He’s been in full on ‘handy-uncle’ mode around the house for the last year, turning up to take care of this and that whenever he’s needed. He even climbed under my bathroom sink to make a minor repair one Sunday in his church clothes!
Random events to ramble about:
Medication: I’m into my third full week of being ‘steroid free.’ After 7 months of constant use I’m finally free of that particular medication (taken for my eyes) and it is wonderful! I feel more and more like myself every day and haven’t gotten ‘ridiculously angry for no reason’ for about a week now, which is just heaven! As they wear out of my system, which will still take MONTHS *sigh*, I’m beginning to get the little things back…like my generally happy disposition and my ability to remember things without having to leave a trail of Post-Its.
The 50 Book Challenge: Well, 50 books was apparently not enough of a challenge. So I moved my target up to 75 books…and I’ve gotten through 68 titles so far. I’ve added a widget on the sidebar which will keep you more up to date. The odds are good that I’ll be increasing my target again before the end of the year. Not too shabby for a girl with two bad eyes.
My cat: Is still fat. And lazy.
- HistoryDiva
1 comment:
Glad to see you back on Blogger. Like the new look--very cute, very you!
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