Well...my area of the deserts of West Texas has gotten record snowfall here! We had a white Christmas for the first time since 1997, and then two days ago, we had a winter snow storm blow in and WOW! And people here aren't accustomed to snow and so you can imagine all the wrecks that happened! I worked the day that it started to snow, but I stayed home the rest of the day! I kept my oldest daughter home from school and of course, they played out in it for about 30 minutes and then came in and asked for hot chocolate, which I made, but they forgot about - haha!
And here is a picture I took while we were picking our daughter up early before the snow got really bad!
Imagine all this after the summer we had! We had a brutally dry and hot summer, and all these scary grass fires, and put on water restrictions and then a few months later, we get buried in snow! That's crazy Texas weather for you! I don't know how the Northerners deal with heavy snow all the time, but I am tired of it! :)
Today also marks 3 years since I left Odessa to head to Dallas for my surgery. My surgery was on the 15th, but I had to go a little early to do some last minute pre-op procedures. It was definitely a memorable trip down there and I think about it a lot, but especially every January 10th that comes and goes. I remember on the way to Dallas, I called and texted people to tell them I loved them just in case something happened. I remember pulling away from my Nana's house where I had just dropped off my girls, when I had to say goodbye to them - THAT was SOOOO hard. I was very confident in my surgery to come, but you still never know when something could happen. Leaving them there was the hardest thing ever...But thats all history and here I am today!
I know so many people have surgeries and its no biggie...but when you have a surgery of this magnitude, a lot of emotions come with it. Psychologically scars you in good ways, and some bad. Kinda like our lives were split with 9/11...."Oh this happened to me before 9/11, this happened a couple years after 9/11", same thing here. There was life before my surgery and after my surgery. Crazy!
My 3 year anniversary is 5 days away...
1 comments:
Hey I had scoliosis surgery too and I was wondering when you had your kids were you able to get an epidural? I did what you shouldn't and googled to find out information. Seems the popular thing was go to under anesthesia which I am not a fan of. I have had way to many surgeries 4 total (only one back related surgery though) anyways if you dont mind sharing what you went through please fill me in. Thanks Evelyn.
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