Excitement on Saturday night

I was just settled in for a quiet Saturday night of watching TV and playing cards with Jim when there was a loud gunshot like sound, followed by a scream, then another gunshot like sound, and finally the sound of many sirens. Jim and I went outside to check it out to find an apartment in the building next store on fire! Earlier in the evening there had been an odd smell but I just attributed it to my downstairs neighbors and their stinky cooking but it may have been the start of the fire. By the time we went out the whole patio was in flames, there was smoke pouring out of the windows and the attic vents and there was water raining down everywhere (this complex has sprinklers in the apartments). The firemen got it out pretty quickly but according to the news 2 families were without homes after the fire.

The rest of the weekend was spent working and eating thousands of calories at Outback.

Back to the real world

Tomorrow I get to go back to work and to the real world after being holed up in my apartment for a week. I am VERY tired of daytime TV and of DVDs so this will be a welcome change until work gets crazy :)

In my recovery week, I finished the baby blanket I was working on, started the next one, and started a fuzzy scarf to wear to cover up my scar (I've gotten alot of strange looks over the last couple of days!). The fuzzy yarn is very annoying to knit so I don't think I'll use it again but it does make a pretty cool looking scarf.

In case you are wondering, this is what my scar looks like. Its getting better everyday and I can see the difference in just the few days the bangage has been off. Dr says it will take 6-8 months to fully heal and at that point it will be barely noticable. I can't wait!

On the mend

I had half of my thyroid removed last week and I'm now at home recovering. Its not been too bad thanks to drugs and lots of sleep. :)

Tuality Hospital impressed me! They gave drugs before I got to the operating room so I wasn't freaking out and after surgery the nurses were awesome! They even have room service for food so you can order anything off their menu all day long. It was very nice to not have to eat the standard hospital food at a certain time of the day. I had to stay overnight but was out by noon the next day.

My surgeon was great! She was very reassuring and it looks like she did a great job of lining up the scar with my natural neck crease but I'll know for sure once the bandage comes off. She said I had a golf ball sized cyst and it sure feels alot better to not have that pressing on my throat anymore.

Jim has been awesome through this whole thing! He brought me a slushy and a new stuffed animal in the hospital, talked to my mom multiple times, and kept me company by letting me beat him at rummy. He has been keeping tabs on me everyday and picking me up at least once a day for lunch or errands or whatever (I can't drive yet) and is helping keep me in good spirits when it gets painful. Thank God for Jim!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! 2006 was quite a year and 2007 is starting off with a bang! While I was home for Christmas, I went looking at houses and decided to have a house built. The new house will be twice as large as my current house (with twice the mortgage too!) but is beautiful and conveniently located 10 miles closer to work. The higher mortgage will mean I'll be keeping the stinky boys and dog with me for at least another year but with more space we won't be tripping over each other all the time. Another bonus is the new house has higher ceilings so we'll have more room to play Wii without hitting the ceiling fan :)

The other exciting news is that I'm having surgery this Thursday to remove half of my thyroid. I decided that I can't stand the choking sensation anymore and since the draining didn't work my best choice is surgery. Everything should go well and Jim is going to take good care of me so no need to worry!