Delirity

Last week I had LASIK. My mom came up from San Diego to take care of me and enjoy – for once – the beautiful weather! I had a wonderful experience with the procedure at Casey Eye. I have to admit that I was quite nervous before doing it, but really, it wasn’t that bad. The worst part was when my first dose of pain meds wore off while I was sleeping afterward and I woke up feeling like I had been chopping onions – not bad at all! I had been nervous about the pressure people talked about during the portion where the flap is created (imagining it would feel like my eye would explode or something equally dramatic), but I actually didn’t even notice the pressure that much and it certainly didn’t hurt.

I’m enjoying having clear vision without having to deal with contacts or glasses, though I’ll be really happy when the light sensitivity goes away a bit more since it’s hard to drive much or stare at the computer for very long.

Glad that I no longer need to be jealous of all those people who had LASIK done before me!

Over the past few months I have been up and down the West coast more times than I really care to count. It started with a drive down to San Diego at the end of April to get Jesse down there to shadow a chiropractor for a month, and a vacation to visit family for me. By the end of May Jesse and I were headed north to move him to Bellingham, WA for an amazing job opportunity. Since then, I’ve traveled both directions on various weekends for weddings (way to go Mr. and Mrs. Wilson!) and graduations (congrats Tyson!).

The travel is slowing down a little (though my mom is actually coming up to Portland this week) and will primarily consist of me visiting my husband (yes, visiting) every couple of weekends over the next 2 years (or until we decide we absolutely can’t deal with the distance anymore). Yes, we’re currently in an odd situation… but I love my job, his job takes up pretty much all the time he can muster, and I think that if we can stick this out for two years we will be in much much much better financial shape.

One up-side to Jesse’s temporary relocation is that we’re going to have some good chances to explore Vancouver, BC and make the trip back to Victoria. Those things will have to wait until I renew my passport and Jesse gets his cool extended WA driver’s license, but I’m definitely looking forward to getting to explore a little more of Canada. Plus, Bellingham is beautiful – this summer we will definitely be doing some pedal boating on Lake Samish!

The last few months (pretty much since Jesse graduated in March) have been a bit of a whirlwind. At the very least, any semblance of a normal routine has gone out the window. I have a trip this weekend, but then I’ll be back. I have lots to share, but I want to be sure to do it when I feel a little more mentally de-cluttered.

Have a great weekend!

1. Recommit to Flylady - Going pretty well! However, this week it didn’t happen since I’ve been sick and we’re just about to be on vacation.

2. Continual Reassessment of Finances - We’re just about to send in our first life insurance check (we’re about 90% decided on amounts). We’ve been spending a little more recently since we’re on the cusp of Jesse’s move (first to San Diego, then to Bellingham), but they’re mostly reasonable purchases.

3. Run 250 miles - Shin splints have been coming back in and out of my life (I’ve got an appointment with the foot doc later this month to hopefully sort out what on earth I’m doing wrong), so I only ran about 12 miles this month which puts me right around the 50 miles for the year mark. Definitely behind schedule, but I think my doctor will get me on the right track. On the plus side, I’ve been hitting more cycling classes which has been really nice.

4. Watch AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies Top 10 - Add one more to the list! We’ve now seen: Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Casablanca. I also watched The Graduate (#17) which I had never seen before.

5. Find 5 Ways that I Want to Give Every Year - Holding steady on this one. I’ll figure it out someday. For now, I’m giving smiles (and blood every 2 months).

I’ve been reading a lot. And watching a lot of tv/movies.

Twilight started it – I watched the movie, then read the books, then watched the movie (possibly a few more times), then collected the music Stephenie Meyer listed having listened to for the various novels. Thankfully I think I’m just about over the Twilight fanatacism.

Now I’m devouring Wuthering Heights again. I had read it before, but couldn’t for the life of me remember anything about it! Now it’s seeming really familiar, but I still can’t remember more than a chapter ahead of where I am.

Casablanca is next on the top 100 list for us and I’m thinking we might need to watch that one this weekend (yes, somehow I’ve never seen it). And for some reason I’m thinking there are some movies I wanted to see that just came out on video. Thankfully I don’t have to watch those this weekend – I can wait for a few weeks til Jesse is gone and I need things to do.

We had some really beautiful weather last weekend and I think it reminded me that the warm, blue skied weather is coming, so I should get a lot of movie watching/reading done now so that I won’t be trying to do it when I should be enjoying the beautiful outdoors. Thankfully, reading at the park is nice on a sunny day – the number of books on my to-read list is pretty much never ending.