Sunday, November 9, 2008

Following Yellow Brick Road

T-39 days

Found on a fortune cookie at Pei Wei: Some like it hot. Eat more Kung Pao.

Surely a good omen or something akin to one! (My lucky numbers are 5,9, 11,20,36, and 40, by the way.)

So, where were we? Somewhere along the "I'm a fairly healthy person point." About mid-September, I went in to my OS (Orthopaediatric Surgeon) at the grand ol' Campell Clinic. I had told him about pains I had in my hip, how it was pretty bad some days, blah, blah, blah. He took x-rays, which are muy uncomfortablemente, by the way, and had them on the computer and was hemming and hawing and said: "If you don't have surgery within the next 5 years you'll need a replacement... (something about cartilage, not important at this present moment)...but I recommend getting them within the next 2 year span or so. Get back in touch with us when you want to schedule." So we talked. At Atlanta Bread company. I mean, I'm off school, right?

And I mull. I decide Christmas. There is my story (pretty much, details to come later, I suppose). Any questions? Comments? Threats? What does this mean to me as a Junior at Harding Academy?

13 comments:

RT (Panzer Time!) said...

Huh, some Christmas present to give yourself.

melee said...

*sigh*
I'm so thoughtful.

RT (Panzer Time!) said...

So what day is it, exactly? My math says the 18th.

And what's the policy on visits and stuff?

melee said...

No idea. That'll come later. Oh, by the way, my pre-op is on the 21st at 3:30, so I don't think I'll make the french movie. First french event and I skip. Typical.

RT (Panzer Time!) said...

We'll all miss you very much.

Yours Truly said...

You know you'll have quite a list... of things to watch. You won't feel very lonely either. Guarantee? Maybe. Mwaha.

melee said...

Is that a threat?

Hey. How do you fix the identity board thing to expand to anons and such?

RT (Panzer Time!) said...

You go to:

dashboard thing - that's where you make new posts from

settings link - Mine actually says "Paramètres", but I use the French version

"Comments" on the second row of tabs along the top - all of the settings are here

"Qui peut ajouter des commentaires ?" - this is like the third section down, in English it's "Who can post comments" or something like that

Done!

ashleybee said...

Wow. That's all I can say pretty much. I would have never guessed any of this about you...
Well, I hope everything goes well. I'm so bad at saying good luck to people... But really, I bet it's difficult to have the surgery at Christmas.

So are you like a secret agent or something else I need to know about?

Anonymous said...

Melora - Love your blog. Can I tell everybody about it?

melee said...

Yup. You sure can!

Spread the news...
spread the love...
spread the nutella!

Anonymous said...

I love Nutella :)

melee said...

So do I! Man, it puts love in my life.