Material Girl

Not only have I learned how vain I am, now I've learned how materialistic I am too.

Last Sunday, we found out that our laptop's hard drive was corrupted and we were not able to restore it. Sunday evening I started moping around and Jim asked me what was wrong. I told him that I felt as if I had lost my closest friend. Sadly, I wasn't talking about a human but about a silly old computer. I never realized how much I relied on it. It had been my friend for me when we moved to New Zealand and then it has been great during my recovery. So silly. Can a computer be a friend? It shows just another character flaw in me. I was grateful that we still have our desktop, but it wouldn't allow me to blog, and then when I figured out why it was so slow. My thoughts kept getting distracted by the computer. It was driving me a little crazy. OK, I was already there but now it was putting me over the edge.

Thankfully, we had put money aside for the kids braces, so we were able to transfer some funds around to get a new laptop. I mean who cares if the kids teeth are straight? Just kidding. It's all worked out. We always said our next computer would be a MAC but that was way beyond our budget. It'll happen sometime in the future.

How am I feeling? Just depends on which hour you ask me. My stomach issues had not completely gone away during the week, but each day I was getting better. My doctor believes I must have gotten a virus. My thought was I haven't been anywhere to catch a virus? My family hasn't been sick so who knows. This weekend I have felt much better. I'm almost afraid to say normal.

I have been spending my days reading, cross-stitching, and staying away from the desktop computer (smile). Friday, I had a friend of my aunt's come and help me with house work. It's been so nice to have a clean house again. My kid's believe it is true torture for a "cleaning freak" to have to stay in a house that she can't clean. I think they enjoy that I was being tortured. They normally help but they both have been so busy with school, sports, and music.

My surgery is this Tuesday the 28th at 7:30 am. I hate surgeries but I can't wait to have this incision closed up. I will see my Oncologist tomorrow to check my white blood count and make sure I'm ready for the surgery. Please pray that my recovery goes well with no complications. If I'm unable to blog I will have Jim update you.