Friends rock

Recently I posted about going to hospital for a surgery. What I didn't talk about was how great friends are when you go through something like that.

I have a long, long time friend who is SO busy. She was so sweet to drive me to hospital on the morning of my surgery and this lovely lady has 4 kids under the age of 4. Are you kidding me? I am so proud of her. She also prayed for me in the car before I went in, which was so nice as I was a "tiny" bit anxious about the experience. So she dropped me off and without missing a beat, my friend DJ showed up to distract me and make me laugh while I waited for pre-op and then waited longer with me before I rolled under the knife.

It is funny how people come into your life at just the right time. DJ had offered to come to the hospital with me and I thought, "oh no thats so boring you would hate it!". But instead I said, "sure!". Why? I don't know , but I am so thankful I did. I needed a DJ there. Now DJ and I have known each other on paper since kindergarten or 3rd grade we aren't sure which it is. Mostly because neither of us can remember that far back, actually thats not true, we both remember. We just do not remember each other. We did not have our first class officially together until 3rd grade. A lot happened that year in 3rd grade, BTW. We read "Where the Red Fern Grows", learned about Jewish holidays, DJ stuck his finger in a pencil sharpener and bled everywhere and then fainted (wuss) and my mom made me cut my hair, (still traumatized by that FYI)- but that is another post.

But the coolest thing about having a friend like DJ, is, he gets it. He spent the good part of his 20's making a lot of decisions that created a difficult life. So, suffering is something he knows a thing or two about. He has since changed his life and made better decisions, and so when I talk to him, I trust him. When you have someone in your life that you can absolutely be vulnerable with and honest with amazing things can happen to you. DJ is a person that you know will be there if you are so happy, or if you had the worst news, but he is also someone that can just, be. I also trust him because he pursues himself. He is constantly asking why, how or how to. That is so cool because you actually see him change. Right when I thought people don't change at all, I was wrong. Which is good! People like this are WAY contagious and they will indeed influence change in your own life too.

Friends are blessings...be one too.

GTJ Sometimes life is SLOW

Yesterday was my first experience at hospital. It was all very routine, and kind of what I would expect.

But the best part was AFTER the surgery, on the recovery medicine. Yeah, you know what I am talking about don't you?

After I get discharged, mom and I go to the drug store to fulfill my PX. I am high as a kite at this point because of just waking up from my "procedure" as nurse Lynsey calls it. At the drug store I can barely walk and my mom has to hold me up to turn in my Px's. We turn around and all of the sudden there is a mad rush of geriatric shoppers edging to get to the one section of eye drops right by mom and I, and we can't move. In my happy state, I laugh out loud and say "geriatric traffic jam!" and just about wet my pants laughing so hard. I think this is hilarious!

My mother, completely mortified, starts telling people, "so sorry about my daughter, she is on drugs".

Like these people can,

A) Hear and

B) care. I am stating the truth! Geeze. This, in turn, makes me laugh even harder because she is so aware of me and peoples reactions and I am so numb I don't care about their reactions. I laugh so hard, I have to sit down in a chair, but I can't really sit b/c of my surgery I have to kind of lay sideways.

Now I am in bed and still on pain killers and still laughing. I really like this state of being.