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He Makes Me Laugh

It’s been a bit of a rough week. On Wednesday I had a doctor’s appointment to schedule my surgery. For those of you that don’t know, I have a pesky uterine fibroid and need to have it removed. I had an ultersound in conjunction with the appointment and they found a cyst on one of my ovaries. Sheesh! Can’t a girl catch a break. My OB is awesome and was very frank about the whole situation. Surgery is likely to go very well, but there is the chance that they may have to remove more than expected — ie: a hystrecotmy.

As you can imagine, I’ve had quite a few emotions running around in my mind. I understand that I am a 35 year old woman, and the longer I wait to get pregnant, the harder it will be. The truth is, I’m just not ready to be a mommy. I have every confidence that Chuck and I will be fantastic parents — we just might not be biological ones. Mom gave me some good advice — take each day as it comes. (Too bad she doesn’t follow her own advice.) 🙂

While we were waiting in the room for the doctor to come back with some notes, Chuck and I had a conversation about my docs. He too really likes my OB. The conversation went something like this:

Chuck: I really like Dr. Adams. She knows her stuff.

Nicole: Do you like her better than my internist?

Chuck: The New-Agey one?

Nicole: She’s not New-Agey, but yes.

Chuck: She’s New-Agey. If she found out you were having surgery, she would probably say all you need is some shark skin on your abdomen and those fibroids would be gone in no time.

Nicole: Shark skin?

Chuck: Sure. And then she’d sacrifice a chicken and use the blood to outline your body. Yeah I like Dr. Adams better than the other one.

He really knew how to lighten the mood. I laughed my butt off. Incidentally, my internist is *not* New-Agey regardless of what Chucklebutt says — although I am running low on shark skin so I may need my doc to refill my prescription. 😉

I snagged the following video from Hop Hop Jingle Boo’s blog. It reminds me of Chuck and me. Thanks baby for keeping me laughing!

Swaps Are So Fun!

I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions, but I did promise myself to participate in a few swaps during 2009. Well, I think I may be a bit obsessed. It’s a great opportunity to create art and a create excuse to shop — not that I need an excuse to shop, but you get the idea.

I just finished up the Spring Sweetness Swap and hope my partner Bethanie enjoys her loot. I was a little late in mailing off the package, so here is a preview while she patiently waits for the mail to arrive:

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What spring treasures could be inside?

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What a cutie patootie!

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These were too cool and I thought long and hard about keeping them for myself.

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This was my favorite find — a crocheted nut cup. Can’t you just imagine some Southern Belle playing Bridge eating from this dainty thing. I bought two and actually kept one for myself. I couldn’t resist.

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I threw in a few yards of my vintage lace — as Mom knows I flat out have a lot of lace — and shipped it on Saturday. Hopefully Bethanie should receive it next week.

This weekend has been pretty eventful. My students opened their show and despite the fact they are still learning their lines, the audience loved it. Chuck had a surprising moment when he overflowed his director’s toilet. Think Ben Stiller in “Along Came Polly.” The only thing missing was a ferret. I’ll save everyone the details, but it was hilarious. I laughed so hard when he told me about his plight that I almost wet my pants.

The other exciting moment was when Chuck dragged me to Urgent Care kicking and screaming. Actually it wasn’t that bad, but were it not for him, I wouldn’t have gone. Apparently I have an infection in my eye (think stye and not pink eye) and am having to take steroids, antibiotics and eye drops to clear it up. The doctor said it was a good thing that I came when I did because if it had worsened, I would have to have intravenous drugs in the ER. Yipes! Chuck gave me an “I told you so look,” and off we went.

I hope that everyone has a good Monday! Ciao!