Lungs for Mandy

After a two hour wait the Docs just said surgery went fine. Should be in recovery for a few hours. Not sure Laurie will be able to stay the night with her. More later

I add the post about WICKED in all caps because the show was OUTSTANDING!

Mom and I attended the 8 o’clock show last night and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. I love the fact that it is the real-story of the Wicked Witch of the West and how she really never got the benefit of the doubt…ever. And that maybe, just maybe she wasn’t as evil as we have all been taught since we were young.  The show was not only great, it really added on to the book which I read about three years ago. The two work together and you should go for both, if you haven’t already!

Thank you Mom and Dad for such a great birthday present. 34 was a great birthday that seemed to last almost an entire week… Every birthday is special since I’ve been given another chance.

Fate is such an unusual thing-

I’ve spent the last few weeks worrying about the stomach surgery I was required to have. It was so nerve wrecking for my psyche that I was getting stomach aches and headaches. I was scared to go under anesthesia and running into an illness like in March. Well, on the way to the hospital this morning, we received a call from the surgeon’s office stating that a set of lungs had become available and the doctor had to perform a LUNG TRANSPLANT instead of my elective stomach surgery (Yea, it was really something I wanted to do) Anyway, I had to reschedule for early July which really screws up my schedule for the rest of the summer,  although I am happy that someone was given the opportunity to live on due to a wonderful organ donor and a GREAT surgeon who can save so many lives.

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What a great birthday I had last night! I am so thankful to be celebrating another birthday especially after the year I’ve had. We spent the evening at the Atomic Cowboy eating, drinking, visiting and dancing (near closing time). Cindy and I started the dancing party with Snoop Dogg’s California and then Gin and Juice. It was pretty funny to watch a bunch of white girls trying to cut a rug.  

In the photo from left to right: Shelly, Me, Amy, Cindy, Amy and Denise. I wish we could have gotten all the girls in the photo, but things were a little crazy.

I want to say thanks for everyone coming out to celebrate and making my 34th one of the best in years.

Happy Birthday Eve to me.

Hello there. Well tomorrow is my birthday, more importantly I have five days until all solid food is eliminated from my diet…I mean my surgery. I received my list of items I can eat for three weeks past surgery and the list stinks. Have you ever heard of cornmeal pudding? It sounds disgusting and I wouldn’t eat that if my life depended on it, ok maybe if my life were depending on it. I can have honey, but I’m wondering how full I will really be after a bottle of honey..? Doesn’t strained or blenderized soup sound yuck? I’m very happy to report that I can eat/drink milkshakes — WOHOO. I’ve decided to not eat any meat after my surgery, I think its going to be a good transition from a liquid diet to a vegetarian diet and I’ve wanted to stop eating meat for a long time. I did stop eating pork almost a year ago, but now all meat is going to be eliminated except seafood. Although, now with the oil spill in the gulf, I can’t afford seafood anyway. Can you believe the mess down there? I feel terrible for the families who depend on the the ocean for their livelihood.  I’m so mad about the whole thing that I don’t even like to mention it.  Anyway, I will not be eating meat. I just heard a group sigh from all the chickens and cows…. Especially chicken since I eat so much of it.

This evening a friend and I went to a new coffeehouse and watched a woman play the hard. It was really pleasant and the woman played so beautifully. I can’t say I have ever seen anyone up close play the hard, but it was really cool. She played a Janis Joplin song which was so cool!

Mom purchased new Wicked tickets yesterday and we are heading to the theatre on June 22 at 8pm to see WICKED! I can’t wait. I’m trying to talk Mom into Ethiopian food, but I doubt she will budge.  I’m going to find somewhere new for us to have a nice meal together. It will be nice to hang out with her, it seems we are always rushing when we are together so it will be a good change to be able to slow down and actually hang out. I have the best Mom. and Dad and brother and dog and Grandpa and Aunts, and cousins….okay I’ll stop!

Funny thing, when Creagle first came home, she always laid under the desk on my feet. Right now she is trying to get under the desk and her booty is too big to fit there. She is really getting frustrated with this one, I bet she is going to start howling—just as I thought, she’s howling and trying to push my legs out of the way. Silly girl.

Namaste’