Hi from Seattle, where we just finished the warmest January on record. :)

In celebration of Groundhog day, my LASIK doctor has seen his shadow — there will be another month of leave for him (at least). SO I’ve switched. I was starting to think I was ready to put my lenses back in and just wait on the doctor, but I’m just not confident in his schedule or, frankly, level of focus after such a long absence, and I’m afraid it will never get done. The whole point of this was to stop putting it off and get it DONE so I can see my kids someday when I have to get up with them in the middle of the night.

Switching was a big pain in the a**! I have no recommendations or referrals for anywhere, and no doctors to ask. Googling and googling, calling, leaving messages, hearing about appointment times that won’t work anyway, appointment times that are forever away, surgeries that are astronimically priced, doctors that are too far away for my liking, places that look to “tacky” for me to be willing to have them cut my eye open….

Finally got ahold of the office I had been considering my back up place. My consult is scheduled for Monday. My surgery is scheduled for, wait for it, Feb. 23! That’s only glasses for SIX weeks total. So, that’s a six week headache for me and glasses for the Olympics… Oh well! I’m still quite regretful that glasses are not a viable seeing option for me. I was willing to do a week, two weeks, then three… I’m not to terms with this timing quite yet. However, I AM relieved that I’m on a calendar somewhere. This is, at least, an improvement. (Yes, I know, millions of people wear glasses. I do NOT. I am paying thousands of dollars for surgery so that I don’t ever have to have the pain of glasses or contacts again…. otherwise, I would just stick with these good ol’ things.)

I’m not 100 percent sure I’m willing to sacrifice my comfort at the olympics yet. I have been wanting to do this my whole life, we’re going because it’s a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity. So, I’m still not convinced I’m not going to reschedule the surgery for later in March so I can put my contacts back in. But I need to sleep on it a few nights because this is still new. Again, Oh Well!

Meanwhile, my cousin’s young son is having major [planned] surgery today. So all frustrations aside, perspective is an important thing today! I’m thinking very much of Grant today, wishing the remainder of the surgery goes smoothly and that he has a speedy recovery! Updates are all good so far!

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