Posted by wenchwit on March 20, 2009
It is FINALLY going to happen. I am going “under the knife” on Monday, March 23, 2009. I am scared sh*tless, truth be told, but I have hope that the surgery will afford me better vision, fewer headaches and some semblance of normalcy as far as appearances. I have a glitch in that I cannot undergo any sort of general anesthesia, so I will be awake while my eyes are being insulted by a scalpel and needles and such. Fun, fun, fun. Like my daddy always said,”If it doesn’t kill you, it will make you stronger…” (Where did I put that last will and testament?) This is one of several things that will happen over the next few weeks/months to get me back on a healthy track, and all of them have been painstakingly and ridiculously slow in coming. I’m having my daughter take before and after pictures for posterity and my memoirs, and I usually balk at having my picture taken. God help me if I ever have to have a mug shot other than the mug shots taken for driver’s license purposes. Some even say that my reflection cannot be captured in either a mirror or on film, given my nocturnal nature.
My physician is a cutie and came highly recommended, but medicine is not now and never has been an exact science, and we are all at the mercy of whatever medical professional who maybe did not get enough sleep, had a fight with his or her partner, drank a little too much, or is simply not at the top of his or her game.
E is getting her permit tomorrow. That’s an iron-clad guarantee of more gray hair for me, but there is always Miss Clairol and I expect to know her up close and personally for the rest of my days…or perhaps I WILL shave my head and sport a variety of “do rags” in outrageously garish patterns.
Life goes on,
WW
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Posted by wenchwit on March 10, 2009
My birthday celebration turned out to be VERY NICE and I raked in several trinkets. I got several lovely cards, a string of very nice pearls, a lovely floral arrangement (pink and purple tulips), some cash, a gift certificate from Amazon, a laptop and laser printer, a Swiffer (which I desperately needed), a homemade from-scratch cake, and some very nice phone calls. Even though I balked at formal dinner gatherings, I did have dinner with my grandsons and daughter (compliments of my daughter) and, all in all, it was a low-key weekend, which I desperately needed.
The weather yesterday, however, was utter shit. We went from a balmy 60 degrees to off and on internet and power, tornado warnings and AWESOME winds, rain that seemed as though it would never stop, and my back yard is now a pool of standing water…my sister says the end is near…the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. My brother says it does not apply to him since he is not Mayan. I prefer to think along those lines.
WW
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Posted by wenchwit on March 6, 2009
So, yeah, I went away and it was cool for awhile. I got aggravated…not with any one particular person or thing, just aggravated in general. It happens.
I came back in celebration of…you guessed it… My Smurfday. And what have I learned, kiddies, during my absence? That people are not generally to be trusted, that if it looks and smells like a pig, it is more than likely a pig, that I am none the worse for wear and that I will say what I want whenever I want to whomever I choose and it would take a pretty big roll of duct tape to stop me.
Off to the races. Another day, another dollar.
The Always Divine Ms. M
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