Got Wendy Wisner’s Epicenter in the mail today – can’t wait to read it! Probably at one of the four doctor’s appointments I’ve got scheduled in the next seven days. Ah, poetry – the best thing to have in a waiting room, along with those “homey” touches like fireplaces and aquariums I’ve noticed popping up in the last five years. I do like the fireplaces, actually – the air conditioning always makes the labs freezing, so it’s nice to warm up. Let me point out that due to all the health problems I’ve been having, my latest romantic television crush is the star of the tv show House. I have dreams where he’s my doctor, he solves all my problems, and then I rush into his arms. Pathetic, huh?
Good news from my mom – thanks for everyone who sent their well wishes – it turns out the surgeon got all of the cancer on the first try, it hadn’t spread all that much, and the cancer wasn’t the bad type – melanoma – that they were worried about, only basal cell carcinoma. Still she had to have part of her face reconstructed because it had grown so much before they caught it. She’s already looking much better – my dad has been sending pics of her progress every day since the surgery. She’s one of those fair skinned blondes that burns every time she walks outside. My husband is too, so now I’m going to just buy them both tubs on high-powered sunscreen and hats at every holiday opportunity.
And got news today that my MFA program (from which I’m currently on a semester-long leave of absense b/c of health stuff, but to which I plan to return in January) is not going to fall apart as previously feared, the college is going to continue the program and possibly even make it better.