December 6, 2004

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  Well, the big day is approaching...

  
  

  

  
  

  Wednesday is the day I go for my sinus surgery and the bonus anti-snoring surgery the ENT Dr. will also be doing while I am out. It is outpatient surgery, performed at the outpatient surgical center of the hospital. I will be going in the morning, and if things go the way they did the last time, I should be home by late afternoon. They just keep you long enough to make sure there are no serious complications from the anestesia or the procedure. Then they send you home to finish the recovery process in your own bed. I like that.

  
  

  I am getting as much done as I can around here so I won't have to worry about stuff for at least a few days. And I have also gotten most of my Christmas shopping done, so I don't have to deal with crowds and stuff later on if I am not up to it. I am doing some laundry now, and the next thing I have to do is wash the new set of flannel sheets that just arrived in the mail, so they will be soft and fluffy to put on my bed tomorrow. They are gorgeous -- pale pink with a rosebud design, on cushy 5 oz. European Flannel. Perfect for the Royal Bedchamber...

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Not much else to say, so I leave you this list-thingie I found on hairlessmunkee's site ... thought I'd give it a go: 

  
  

   

  
  

  TEN Random Things About Me
  10. I never learned how to drive a standard transmission (stick shift)
  9. I still remember my grammar school song (for some unknown reason), but never learned my college song
  8. I have green eyes with yellow streaks in them, like cat's eyes
  7. I never learned the multiplication tables
  6. I don't like melons
  5. I love visiting caves -- but only the ones that have been made accessible with lights and walkways and stuff -- no crawling through wild caves for me
  4. I prefer dark and bittersweet chocolate
  3. I have never once successfully hit a ball with a bat in my lifetime (did I say I am not a sportsperson?)
  2. I love to watch figure skating, but I can't skate
  1. I own a plant that I got for Christmas in 1975...it's a ponytail palm, and it still alive after all these years...
  
  NINE Places I've Visited
  9. England
  8. France
  7. Jamaica
  6. all but 4 states of the continental US (I haven't been to Kansas, Washington, Oregon or Tennessee)
  5. Canada
  4. Chartres Cathedral (in France)
  3. Stonehenge (twice)
  2. The First Wendy's ever opened (in Columbus, Ohio)
  1. The Indianapolis Speedway Museum (this was my choice -- I made my husband go -- I've got a picture of me behind the wheel of an Indy car to prove it)
  
  EIGHT Things I want to do before I die
  8. see the sun rise over the Haleakala volcano crater in Maui
  7. go on a cruise
  6. chart my family tree
  5. write a book, and get it published
  4. visit Budapest, where my grandmother was born
  3. travel, travel, travel
  2. see/hear wild loons, beluga whales, maybe even a right whale
  1. paint my masterpiece
  
  SEVEN Ways to win my heart 
  7. be honest. no matter what.
  6. make me laugh
  5. love my dogs -- not just sweet Dolly, but neurotic yappy Pearl, too
  4. don't try to change me
  3. bring me fresh coffee in the morning
  2. forgive me
  1. make some time for my interests and passions, as well as yours

  
  

  SIX Things I believe in
  6. the power of music, rhythm and vibration
  5. the existence of Higher Power
  4. Karmic Return (a.k.a. "what goes around, comes around")
  3. Love
  2. holistic healing
  1. that there are no coincidences -- everything happens for a reason
  
  FIVE Things I'm afraid of
  5. heights
  4. leeches
  3. nuclear warfare
  2. fundamentalist religions in positions of power
  1. jellyfish
  
  FOUR of my Favorite Items in my bedroom:
  4. the big soft comfy bed
  3. my grandmother's antique vanity and dresser
  2. Dylan Thomas and Shakespeare anthologies at my bedside
  1. the rose-patterned file box I call my "memory box" -- it's full of ticket stubs and other memorabilia of a lifetime

  
  

  THREE Things I do everyday
  3. let dogs and cats in and out a few dozen times
  2. clean up after dogs and cats
  1. read my email and check in at xanga
  
  TWO Things I am trying not to do right now:
  2. think about my upcoming surgery
  1. worry about everything I wanted to get done by now, but didn't
  
  ONE Person I want to see right now:
  1. My brother. I don't get to see him enough, and I miss him. He is a big source of strength for me.

  
  

  

  
  

   

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