Here We Go!!!!

Today is Saturday. Yesterday I had my preop appointment at the hospital and it appears all things are a go for my surgery on Tuesday, May 13th. I have checked off everything on the list including losing 9.6 pounds on the MediFast (I call it the "cardboard" diet) since my consult appointment 10 days ago. I have purchased everything on my shopping list to have plenty of liquids to drink for the first couple of weeks including the protein and vitamins. I bought a Bella Cucina device (much like the Magic Bullet) to mix my smoothies in. It will be small enough I can take it to work. My disability paperwork is in at the surgeons office and all I have to do now is wait. That and go to work on Monday, try to get all my odds and ends caught up. On top of that I have to box up most of my office because they are planning on doing a bit of remodeling while I'm gone.

I am not going to ruminate on this or try to think too much about this over the weekend I just want to relax. I want to make this blog a journal of my journey. The title is "Help Me Make it Through the Night" as all my other blogs have been titles of Kris Kristofferson songs and I thought this would be the most appropriate one since I already had used "For the Good Times" for my main blog.

As well as taking this journey, I have started The Artist's Way Class which will last until September. This will be two hours every Tuesday afternoon, but entails a lot of homework every week including "morning pages" and an "artist's date". I decided that 2008 is a commitment to working on myself and my well being after 40 years of doing for others and ignoring myself and my own mental and physical health.

I will check in after my surgery, update my journey periodically, and hope serve as an help and inspiration for anyone else considering this journey.