It has been way too long since I blogged. I've kept myself quite busy since my last post, and kept thinking, "I really must blog this," but now that I'm sitting down to write, I'm having trouble remembering all of the terribly interesting activities I've been getting up to.
Well, for one, I had my hysteroscopy last week, and the doctor removed a polyp from my uterus. I'm proud to say that I have been polyp-free for four days now. It was actually surprisingly painless, though I'm a little concerned that I may be a drug addict now. My anesthesia was absolutely dreamy--literally, I had a wonderful dream having to do with a large Christmas tree and angels--and for 20 minutes I enjoyed the best sleep of my entire life. I actually managed to wake up from anesthesia feeling remarkably rested. Well, after it took 2 nurses to transport me from the procedure room to recovery. For a minute there I felt more like I'd just downed three cosmos and a panty dropper than like I was recovering from minor surgery.
As a side-note, ever since I discovered that I may be rife with uterine polyps, I've been imagining that inside of me is a tiny reproduction of Ursula's garden of unfortunates in The Little Mermaid. I imagined mine as a sort of greying, mustachioed little man--an unholy combination of a polyp and the Lorax. I kind of miss him now that he's gone.
My parents were in town for the week, to ensure that I did not have any sort of anesthesia related emergencies, not the least of which included perusing the underbelly of Craigslist for enterprising doctors who may be convinced to ply me with a steady drip of propofol on a nightly basis. They kept mentioning Michael Jackson. I got the message loud and clear.
When we weren't spending quality family time at the fertility clinic, we managed to have a little fun out on the town. They treated me to a mouth-wateringly delicious anniversary dinner at Hall's Chophouse in downtown Charleston, my mom and I spent a day knocking out our Christmas lists, and we even squeezed in a matinee of The Muppets. I still tear up when I think about The Rainbow Connection number, though that may have still been the remnants of drugs giving me such a warm, glowy feeling.
They headed home on Friday, and I spent the weekend recovering from all of my non-hermit behavior with a full DVR and a new book. I even managed to squeeze in a little money-making, babysitting for a new family with three adorable kids.
All in all, it's been a good few weeks, and my mood has been, for the most part, pretty elevated. I feel like I've finally gotten into my deployment groove, and have somewhat acclimated to my routine of single spousehood. Obviously, I really wish that Colby could be here for all of the holidays and, well, everything, but I'm in a pretty good place, and it seems like time is going by a little more quickly now than it did a few weeks ago. I've still got plenty to keep me busy with my favorite hobby of uselessly stressing and fretting, but at least now when I cry I generally have a pretty good reason!
OMG, I LOVED this post. I was totally agreeing with you at first. I do that all the time. I think "Oh, I should totally blog about this tomorrow" Then when it is time, I am like "Yeah, I've got nothing to say."
But this ended up being such a funny post. Especially how you characterized those polyps. I literally laughedf out loud.
Posted by: erin | December 12, 2011 at 03:17 PM
Hilarious about the polyps! Seriously, you are such an awesome writer, love reading what you write, even if its about the inside of your body :) Glad you had a nice visit with your parents...I loved our (very) short visit to Charleston and am SO jealous you get to spend every day there!!
Posted by: laura | December 12, 2011 at 07:37 PM
just got back from visiting my friends' new baby! she had polyps too and was able to conceive right after. If you'd like to win 5 shirts from Stylemint, please enter my giveaway!
Posted by: Elle Sees | December 13, 2011 at 02:55 AM
What did you have at Hall's Chophouse? Sounds like a great place. Wasn't "The Muppets" great? I could see heads tilting along with "Rainbow Connection" and it made me sniffly, too!
Posted by: Kate P | December 13, 2011 at 05:50 AM
Oh, those poor, unfortunate polyps! I've never seen anyone make them funny before. Glad the procedure wasn't too bad.
Posted by: Ashley | December 14, 2011 at 08:56 AM
Congrats on being polyp-free!
I'm glad it was painless procedure. Just reading about it made me worry.
Posted by: Thoughts Appear | December 14, 2011 at 03:02 PM