All About Me

I said I was going to call that number my mom gave me yesterday, but lost the gumption to do it when I picked up the phone. But this morning, I found it in myself to actually make the call. And… it wasn’t bad at all. And it didn’t hurt. In fact : It was an automated messaging system, and I’m waiting for them to call me back. I had no idea I wouldn’t be talking to a real person when I dialed that number. But the request for help has been put out there, and now I have to wait. I’m going to call Elga (my ‘case worker’ and the woman who works with my mother who referred me to this place) and see if there is anything I should be doing right now. I don’t know if I should call back if I don’t called tomorrow or what. But I just feel so much better for actually doing it.

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The past two days I’ve been over at my mom’s and we’ve been altering my dress for Carissa’s wedding. My friend who initially told me she would alter it for me, bailed two weeks ago. So I brought the dress to my mom and asked her if she could just measure to where I wanted it and I would cut it myself. But then my mom took over the project like a boss and – so far – it is coming out amazing.

I’m the third one in from the left!

Its the same dress I wore for Tina’s wedding in May. But I’m cutting it to knee length. And I’m probably going to wear leg warmers. To go with the 80’s theme. But we’ll see about those. I don’t even know what I’m going to do with my hair yet. It will probably involve a lot of hair spray.

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My recovery from my surgery is going extremely well. I haven’t had any problems, little to no pain, and I’ve started eating solid foods again today. Which included salad, rice, a whole hamburger, brussel sprouts, broccoli, kielbasa, and a roll. And then we had ice cream sundaes in edible tortilla bowls. (Which were made with cinnamon sugar and they were crunchy and delicious.) 

That was my birthday dinner from Nana. And it was delicious. Sam’s family is pretty freaking awesome, and I love that – completely unbidden – they threw me a little impromptu birthday dinner. And even got me a card and a gift card to Joann Fabric. And it isn’t even that they got me anything, its that they thought enough of me to do something like this for me.

Tonight really made me feel so much better about my birthday in general. I usually hate celebrating my birthday. And – as a rule (apparently) – I ruin my birthday for myself almost every year. Mostly because I can’t just let it be and enjoy it. Its pretty dumb. But as of now, I’m just going to do my best and enjoy it. Even if I do nothing on my birthdate, I will just let it be and enjoy my day anyway. I think I owe it to myself to at least be happy on my birthday.

Follow up dental appointment in morning. Looking forward to hearing him say, "You’re doing such a good job taking care of your stitches!" Or something like that. "Good brusher!" Yeah. I’ll take that, too. Sounds good, Drea. Keep up the good work!

ALW