Survival

Hi. I'm still alive. Just so you know. Just very busy with the big move and all. The movers come on Friday which means that I only have one day (ONE!) to finish organizing, packing, cleaning, etc. I knew it was coming on quickly, but I've been slightly distracted by other things this week:


1. I had a quick outpatient surgery on Saturday. Nothing major, nothing big. I'm fine and all and was up and moving around that night. My doctor gave me a prescription for percocet, but I haven't taken a single one. Actually, my tongue is taking the longest time to recover from the ordeal and not the actual bits that were sliced open. Apparently, the face mask they put in your mouth during general anesthesia to help you breathe often pinches the tongue and numbs it for several days. I'm slowly getting the feeling back, but if I stick the tip of my tongue into anything cold, like ice cream, I can't feel a thing. It's really annoying. I was pretty scared going into the surgery since any number of things can go wrong. Like I said, it wasn't anything life threatening or major (I don't mind going into more detail but a public place like this blog just isn't the place for this discussion....if you're curious, I can explain more), but I was still apprehensive about going under, the recovery process, and the fact that it was happening only 2 weeks before we were leaving the islands forever. But my doctor assured me it would be fine, it was a short procedure (less than 30 minutes), and that it was better to take preventive action now than to than wait until it worsened and I was was in a lot of pain. Which would not be fun since I'll be spending a lot of time on airplanes in the next month. Luckily, David was absolutely wonderful and supportive during the whole process and it even got him an extension on his mid-term for his accounting class.

2. I've taken a few sub jobs in the last few days since I figured it would be a good idea to earn a few more dollars before taking off and not having a paycheck for who knows how long. All I can say is that I am now 95% convinced that I will homeschool my own children. (David is 120% convinced.) Public school is, quite frankly, a big huge waste of time. (For the record, I want to homeschool while our children are elementary age and then put them in a traditional high school so they have the opportunity to get involved in other activities and take AP classes.) Anyway, subbing takes a lot out of me.


3. Parties and good-byes. Much more to come next week but it's so hard to say good-bye. Especially when you're not really gone yet.


4. Last day of work. Today was my last day at my part-time job. It was kinda sad, but I was done about 3 weeks ago, so I'm not going to miss it a whole lot. Actually, I'm quite relieved.


Right now, my biggest concerns are to finish packing, sell our cars (which is proving to be quite difficult), and to finally get our plane tickets. (The Navy is sure taking their sweet time with those. I'm a planner. How can I plan if I don't even know when we're leaving?) Hopefully I'll get a chance to update ya'll on our progress and adventures during the next month, but if you don't hear from me, you'll know why.

In just over a week, I'll be in San Diego with all my family and I get to meet my brand new niece Isabel. Yay!