Hey, y'all.

So I decided to open up my blog and make it public. I mean, who the hell is going to care about my measly little blog anyhow except those people who care about me? If I find it causes a problem, I'll make it private again, but in the mean time you should be able to find a service (like Boglines) that will send update notices to you when I update the blog, or just use the new link on the left side of the page.

And speaking of updates..........here's the latest poop. My second surgery is scheduled for Thursday, September 18th. I could have gotten in much sooner, but I specifically wanted to wait until the kids were back in school which will just make it much easier on me. And I also specifically asked for a Thursday, so that I would be able to rest all day Thursday and Friday while the kids are in school, and through the week-end. The surgery won't be as long this time so I am hoping that the anesthesia won't take as long to get out of my system and that by Monday I'll be able to do things like tie my shoes without needing a 3-hour nap afterward! The surgery is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. (ugh!) so the kids will be spending the night with friends on Wednesday night who can get them on the bus and off to school for us. (Thank you, friends!!!) And my friend who is the nurse-anesthetist is going to sign up to be there again for the surgery, so Yay! for that, too.

And speaking of the kids..........feel free to weigh in with your opinions on something. I'm reconsidering telling Boy #1 what is going on. (Sorry, the blog is public now - don't necessarily want to use their names.) I wasn't going to say anything at all to either of the kids, but the more I think about it, the more I think that R. could certainly handle this. My sister thinks I should be prepared with a book or pamphlet or something that I can use as "back up" in case he has questions or doesn't believe that I'll be alright in the end, but I'm having trouble finding something age-appropriate that won't scare the crap out of him. KidsHealth.org has a page about Breast Cancer, but it talks about being "sick" and how "many times, especially if a lump is caught early, women with breast cancer go on to live full, healthy lives after treatment." Now, first of all I'm not "sick", plus he's smart enough to infer what the opposite of that second statement would be and I just don't want him to think about it that way. (I'm going to die from something, but it ain't gonna be this, and I don't want to scare him.) I dunno; feel free to share your thoughts. And if any of you have a resource for me that's not scary let me know. (Hmm......maybe I'll write my own children's book about it.)

Otherwise, things are going well. The kids are gearing up to go back to school (and they're excited about it too - little nerds!), soccer practices have started, and I am SO not ready to be the "scheduling queen" again but someone's gotta do it!

Off to start filling out school calendars, already..........