I moved most of my stuff home on Wednesday and because my mom was out of town I got away with dumping it all on my kitchen table and then taking a nap. Then I had some chipotle with Elise, and we started planning a roadtrip to LA in July, which should be awesome. Except then Thursday happened, so the roadtrip might not work out after all......
On Thursday I went back to Stanford to get the last of my stuff. Then I had an appointment with doctor #8 about my mystery hip problem (for those of you who have not seen me limping around campus at various times this year, it's a really long 5-year story).
Pro #1: Doctor #8 thinks he knows what the problem is.
Con #1: Said problem will require surgery on both hips, one at a time, and recovery time is 6 months for each hip. So I may be getting around campus by golf cart for a while next year :(.
Con #2: Doctor #8 wants to do another arthrogram (the very very uncomfortable procedure I had done in February that essentially dislocated my hip on purpose) to confirm. So that will not be fun.
Pro #2: It looks like I will be catching up on movies, books, and TV shows this summer!
Pro #3: I preemptively offer you all rides in my future golf cart :)
The rest of the week and weekend I spent catching up with friends, helping my mom set up for a block party, hanging at Boronnes (though James Franco was sadly not there), snuggling with my two kitties, and SLEEPING.
This morning I had to get up at 6:30 (which is not even a legitimate hour during the summer) to go to SF and get some passport stuff worked out, because on Wednesday I leave for Belize and Guatemala with my family! With the exception of spending 11 days with my trouble-making brother and teen-angsty sister, I think it should be a pretty fun trip. Though I think my mom has organized a very non-tourist excursion, because today at dinner she handed me an anti-malarial prescription with my name on it. She also casually mentioned that we are foregoing the Yellow Fever shots that we're supposed to get because we're short on time. Hmmm........my mom is a little more adventurous than I am......
So that has been my summer so far. And the rest of my summer is currently completely up in the air. I trying to take the opportunity to get better at going with the flow and just rolling with things.
I will post an update of my trip when I get back, if I don't die of Yellow Fever and I'm not kidnapped by Guatemalan drug lords. :)
I hope everyone's having a great summer!
-Eliza
P.S. I just reread this post and it is kind of depressing. Sorry about that. I'm going to blame it on the anti-malarial medication, because it is making me really nauseous. But reading all of you guys' posts definitely cheers me up!
4 comments:
sorry to hear that... but you shouldn't be sorry! hope you have an awesome time in belize and guatemala and that everything goes well! :D
Sorry to hear about your hip, but at least it sounds like they're finally coming to some conclusions, which must be nice. I hope that you stay Yellow Fever-free in Belize and Guatemala (and also that you generally have an amazing time).
Elizaaaaa! I tell you we just need to shake that hip around a bit, and it will be fine.. No seriously, I hope it realises it needs to buck up and get perfect, to fit with the rest of you!:)
Belize and Guatemalaaaaa!!! Woah! You will have soo much fun. Write to us about it - in detail.
You can have all of my sunshine Eliza.. Apparently its making people around me a little nauseous anyway :P
love ya!
I am veeeeery excited to see pictures from your adventures. :)
And you will have a road trip fo-sho sometime. And it will be even more excellent when it happens because you will be like, "I win! I get to go on a road trip anyway! Because I am awesome!"
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