Hospital-Drunk Ramblings

Optimism before staring down the IV drip for me is making plans for afterwards and not pulling the trigger on doing absolutely everything before surgery.            I don't have a date for surgery yet, but the urge to get more tattoos, buy things, learn random skills, start new projects and generally be impulsive doesn't care. It's hard. I've had to cut work down, and already that means I have to cut back on spending, but having to do that when the impulse to buy things is at its highest has been a test of discipline vs a brain already primed to give in to temptation. Hilariously, the weirdest impulse I've been having to deal with is getting a new job or making money, or dumping money into my resume making business and general writing. Fact is, I've already done that a little, but the urge to do more is tantalizing. Picking up more work is beyond tempting, but I have school to focus on, if it weren't for the fact I'm crawling the walls searching for fo...

 So, when's the operation?                I saw Dr. Andrew Campbell, the surgeon who's going to be operating on me for the second time in my life, back in December. The long and the short of that appointment is that I've chosen to undergo surgery sooner rather than later, knowing all the risks and that doing surgery now vs waiting another year or more means my next surgery after this one will be sooner as well. In terms of actual dates, we're looking at early March, which I'm going to request is going to actually be mid-March, as there is no way I'm missing Vancoufur. I'm planning on running a writing panel there as well as performing in the variety show yet again. I also want to use Vancoufur as time to see my friends again right before surgery and let them know in-person, when I can, about when my surgery is. I'll get told about a month in advance when my surgery date is going to be, so February sometime. I've sent Dr. Campbell's assis...