Armed with Cheesecake and Vodka, World Watch Out, I'm Back!

So... A few people have asked about the funny parts of my surgery, since I always try to find a few. So here goes. Wednesday we had to be at the hospital at 530 in the morning. Yes in the morning people... you all were still sleeping while I was wondering if I should go to the bathroom now or later... That meant getting up at 430, and that makes for a grumpy jessica, especially since I did not get to have my coffee. We get to the place, and I am outside while Brian is parking the car and the doors are locked. I see a lady in the office, but I am not sure if I am at the right place. So then I see a light around the building and start walking to it... and of course it is nothing, and then I start freaking out because it is still very dark and spooky at 515 in the morning. I go back to the doors that still wont open and just stand there like an idiot till she turns around and looks in my direction. She lets me in, and starts complaining that the cleaning crew is waxing the floors and that...

So before I went under the knife I made a trip to Costco to pick up some snacks, yogurt and food. I saw this: Now I love to make pancakes and I love to eat them. I mixed whatever I can and usually add an egg for some fluffiness. I have been known to put vanilla extract, blueberries, maple extract, strawberries and other stuff in the house to the mix, stir cook and eat! I found this HUGe bag of pancake mix at Costco, and it was only 6 bucks so guess what? I bought it. The entire bag will make 224 pancakes. I am thinking that it is going to be around for a long time, since I only will make pancakes once every two weeks maybe. Now that I have this huge bag of mix I was thinking of making batter and cook breakfast for the family in the morning. This would mean that I have to get up in the morning and actually roll out of bed and make them!

It seems that the animals are recouperating right a long with me. I enjoy the company, but there is only so much room on the couch. I wonder if they do this while I am at work every day? I am glad that they get along so well but is there a limit...

This month has been a whirlwind of hard choices, a few regrets and many other things that my friends are experiencing. For me, I have been through a lot, but I am fine now so you don't have to ask anymore. I love the kind thoughts the nice cards and awesome words.... but there is so many other people who have it worse than I do, and when I get that warm hug or smile I think to myself, "ya know... so and so could use this more than I can right now" Of course you can't say that to anyone, but if your reading this I hope you know where I am coming from without hurt feelings and paranoia. Many people have things worse off, many people within our grasp. There is such a larger picture out there, and I am just a pixel. Yes, I just made that up but it sounded very good huh? I am still on the mend, I went a bit sat bhit crazy today, but it all worked out in the wash, Bryant took me driving around, since I can't drive for another week and a few days and you know I am...

I am home, and under a lot of pain medication. The surgery went very well and they did find some more endrometrious. (sp). I already feel better knowing that I wont have to wear black pants for 3 weeks out of the month. I already feel better knowing that I will not be rolling on the ground trying to breath my way out of the cramps. The hospital stay was interesting, I had some of the weirdest nurses I have ever met. One of them came in at 3 in the morning for my pain meds and brought up a chair and started talking to me. They had my in the OB/GYN area where all of the cute newborns are, and many of the nurses are older and not educated in the laproscopy procedures. They could not believe that I had a hysterectomy and was already walking around and really not needing pain meds, but I took them so my body could rest. They asked all sorts of questions like my favorite was, "did they just suck it through your belly button?" I wanted to ask "when did you graduate from n...

Obviously by the title you can tell that I am not talking about bacon today, nor am I talking about planting or photography so if you are a normal male you might want to move on. I am on the phone now, on hold with my doctor's office. They have not called me to tell me everything that is going to happen and to tell me that I am being over cautious and extremely difficult right now. I am waiting for them to tell me what to expect and why the hell I am going to be off work for 6 weeks. I don't quite understand the entire process and since I am paying for it, I should be getting color by number steps of exactly what they are going to do. I am not difficult in any means. i just want to request that someone hold my hand through the entire procedure and whisper sweet nothings in my ear and watch for tears coming out of my eyes in case I am still awake during the procedure. Yes, I know I watch too much television, but hey at least if it does happen I know exactly what to do right? So ...

If you are ever in the area I can honestly say that if you golf you must go to Quantico golf course. The day was amazing. We left the Franconia Moose Lodge around 9 am and it was chilly and windy. Most of the golfers wore pants, I think there was only one person who wore shorts, and I wore capri's. I was worried becuase it was very cold and windy, and I was thinking that I picked the wrong outfit to wear. Once we got there and started moving around I warmed up. The view is spectacular and each hole was amazing in itself. There were so many trees, to watch, the creek was moving since the recent rains and it was beautiful. I hit myself in the head many times for forgetting my camera. The day warmed up and I was glad that I did not wear pants or a long sleeved shirt. The day ended with an awesome sandwich from the club house. A pepper jack chicken with bacon sammich! It was great. A few drinks later, we headed back to the moose to celebrate a glorious day!

Whenever I go 100 miles around San Diego I will drive there, to Ocean Beach to visit P L Bagel. This awesome bagel shop in on Voltaire street and is a family owned place, hole in the wall actually, and they have the best bagels. The bagels are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Best thing is that they have mini bagels. My favorite is the sesame mini bagels, which you can get 12 of them for like 5 bucks. I can drive around, dipping the mini bagel in the cream cheese, I can only imagine what it would taste like on a toasted bagel Then there is the homemade cream cheese. I finally scoured the internet and found a close recipe for the garlic, bacon and basil cream cheese that was the most intense taste in your most that was housed with bread. You take one taste of this cream cheese, and your tastebuds explode. I am going to make these this weekend. I am going to put some bacon crispy of course in the food processor, grind till fine, then add some garlic and also some fresh bas...

Okay so after yesterday I knew I had to go back on the porch and take care of the plants that I bought yesterday. I was going to conquer my fear of the bees and wasps. I walked out on the deck and of course the dog was no where to be found and not wanting to come out with me. I felt bad for her and stopped by the bakery and got her some doggie cookies. I dont want her to tell her daddy how mean I was to her LOL. So I went outside... and I just kept my eyes on the task at hand, since I was alarmed but the condition of some of the plants and needed to transplant them right now. I took care of that, while listening to the wonderful noise of the bees buzzing by and the bumbles I didn't even pay attention too.... Who am I kidding? I lasted 5 minutes, when I heard the bee buzz, I threw the soil in the air, grabbed my plants while keeping my mouth shut, ran in the house, dropped the plants and ran to the corner laid in the fetal position and cried. Daisy walked past me as if to say, ...

You know how it is, not sure if you are feeding off of one person's moodiness or if it is your own moodiness swaying the vote. Today was one of those days. I felt like I could do nothing right and everything went downhill. I did get out of the house after work, went to HD, Wally World and Nalls. Bought tomato's, jalapenos, yellow peppers and green peppers and some garden chili's. YUM! Home is on my mind with the earth quakes. I remember trying to pretend that they did not bother me, but if one woke me up in the middle of the night I was awake the rest of the night, or when I was a child and an earthquake came through I would run to my mothers room, and she would be sleeping away, and I would be terrified. I would just stand there till the rolling went away and then go back to sleep until the next tremor happened. It was a memorable event in my childhood and one that I would not forget. Since I went and bought all of these vegetables and herbs, I gathered that I would...

Friday - blur Saturday - blur Sunday - nice More to come.