Keep...Moving...Forward...

I'm home!

I came home yesterday at about 2pm. I am kind of glad to be home, but I miss the bed. Oh, the bed! Complete with five pillows and a nurse button.

I could have stayed there for a long time, eating bagels and grapes and apple juice. But nope, they kicked me out (kindly), leaving me appendixless and with a bloody, bandaged belly button. And some Tylenol.

Well what do you know....

You know how a few days ago, I said I wanted to die because my stomach hurt so bad? Well I really was dying. It was my appendix! I had surgery on Monday night. I was in a lot of pain after the surgery, but I am doing a lot better now. The worst part about the whole thing was going into anesthesia and coming out of it. I was so confused! They put some anesthesia medicine in my IV, and then the started asking me all these questions. I was trying to answer, but I couldn't! Then they put a gas mask over my mouth and it was SOOOOO nasty! I couldn't breathe! But I went right out. When I woke up I was crying uncontrollably, and I didn't even know why! I didn't stop crying for like two hours. The nurse told my mom that uncontrollable crying is how some people react to anesthesia, kind of like a side effect.

Anyway, I've just been sitting around eating bagels and fruit. I'm just having fun watching lots of good movies and talking to my Dad. The good part is I won't have a PE class for like three weeks! yahoo!

Ugh....

I have the worst stomach ache. Worse than any stomachaches I've ever had. I wish I was dead right now. I know, that sounds horrible, but I am about to go insane, it hurts so bad.

Toast with jam.

I just realized that most of my posts are about my cousins.... That's okay I guess.

I'm stuck in the big whirlwind/tornado of school. Physics, chemistry, socratic discussions, orchestra, knee injury in PE, geometry (ahem... proofs...), National History Day, SAT vocabulary, research....

Add 'em all together, and voila! You get stress and sleep deprivation. Plus lots of flashcards.

Five weeks until Thanksgiving break. Just holding on until....

Daisy comes!

I am Homesick.

I have been thinking a lot about my summer adventures in Utah. They have brought me sadness and joy. Joy for the fun memory, sadness for being without my soul sisters (and brothers).

I laugh, I cry, I think about it all the time.

I remember Noah and I barely managing to control our laughter when we saw a George Lopez look-alike at the ice cream place.

Falling asleep watching Man from Snowy River.

Riding a teeny little scooter in Daisy's backyard.

Daisy confessing her love for Prince Zuko from Avatar.

Begging James to sleep by the door of the big cousin's tent, for fear of the monsters that roam the woods at the campgrounds.

Sigh. I want my best friends (cousins) to be with me right now.

I miss you all!