Surgery went well. Painful on the nose and throat but I'm alive and hopefully will be breathing normally again soon. I will post a pic just for grins and giggles. My eyes are swollen and I have two strings coming out of my nose taped to the bridge. How's this for weird? They put the mask on my face and right at that moment my favorite song from Adele came on the radio in the OR! I fell into my drug induced sleep with the best song ever! The recovery was a little rough. My nose felt like I was on fire. I had a great nurse who just kept pushing the fentynl and soon enough, life was bliss. Surgery took a little over an hour and a half. I was there at 6 AM and home by 11 AM. I have been sleeping on and off since. Jade and the boys are gone camping and I vaguely remember hearing Jaxson say, "Bye mom. I will miss you" as he raced out the door for a weekend of ooey gooey smores.



I have never been the kind of person to make goals or dreams, or so I thought. I had the major life goals to get married and have kids but never had a goal to go to college or get a profession. That just kind of happened. I have let go of some of my dreams this week and now I am soul searching for some new ones. Everyone expects the typical "woman" goals of losing weight, improving image. I'm thinking bigger.......like getting BSN then master's degree. Maybe Nurse Practitioner? I have this life. This one life to do great things with. I know I have had my share of the wrong things and now, I want to make great things. Don't get me wrong, I have made 4 REALLY great boys and that alone makes my life happy but I don't want to stop. I have this nursing degree for a reason? I know that compassion is not just something people are born with and I have been given this great overflowing gift of compassion for others....I have always wanted to donate my nursing skills to sick children in third world countries?? I want two things to be said of me at the end of my life: 1. I want my children to all say without any doubt they had a mother that loved them and believed in Jesus Christ 2. That I was a good woman that gave freely of my gifts and talents.