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November 6, 2006
T-Minus 90 Minutes
I'm up, showered and ready to go. I haven't eaten or had anything to drink since last night. I didn't put any deodorant on. I did brush my teeth, being very careful to not swallow any water during the rinse cycle.
Granny spent the night and is taking me to the hospital this morning. Last week several people I know -- a couple of guys I work with, a woman I've known since high school, a guy I used to work with -- offered to take me to the hospital and said they'd be more than happy to drop food by for me this week. Just yesterday another female friend offered to come by and sit at my place following surgery even though she knew she'd have to do all the work. This was sweet, though I couldn't help but notice the offer came after I told her I'd spent all day cleaning [which, in all fairness was the first thing I said after "hello." (I like the sound of "I've spent all day cleaning" so much that I'm thinking of changing my voice mail message to include it.)]
I didn't sleep terribly well last night. I knew I had to get up early, was afraid I'd oversleep, and to combat that fear managed to wake up just about every hour. Three hours from now I'll have a gas mask on and will spend the four hours after that catching up. Based on past getting-gassed experience, I imagine I'll be groggy the rest of the day.
It is currently 4:30 a.m. and I need to be out the door in 15 minutes.
I wish I could move my bowels. I'm afraid yesterday's marathon-house-cleaning session has managed to bind me up somehow; which is why I don't do hard-core cleaning more often.
Posted by delmer at November 6, 2006 4:10 AM
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I hope you're healing up well, and that you'll be back up and running very soon. Best wishes, Delmer.
Posted by: The Phoenix at November 6, 2006 5:48 PM
Thanks Phoenix. Things don't hurt as much as I wa afraid they would -- but the drugs are keeping me incredibly zoned.
Posted by: delmer at November 7, 2006 10:38 PM