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Well, you didn't cancel the idea in a panic like I was kinda expecting, so that's a plus. So makeup artist you're going to be ready to go when I get home and do me really fast? And then I"ll do both our hair, yes? Experimenting with your hair is a lot of fun, you have so much more of it than I do. I think getting our hair done together will be fun too. I will wear this for you, but I will never be any good at it. Even as a beginner you are more skilled at it than I am due to your artist history. I can't even draw a believable stick figure, remember? Let alone strait and even eyeliner. Gyah. This is one of the places C was always threatening my girl card on. LOL I'm much better with hair. We're going to have a negotiation about my eyes, or you're going to be recreating the roll of my stepmom chasing me around the room with an eyeliner pencil looking like something from Scooby Doo. And they always cut it a BIT shorter than you say, because it grows out really fast and the style holds longer. SO take a deep breath after okay? And if you get more into the rhythm of taking care of it, you might find what I did, it is healthier, looks better, and you have control when you're in the salon. They're there to try to please you! Trust me when I tell you most girls hate scraggly ends! Thank you for not turning it back on me, I've seen that a lot on threads and videos "I was scared, why can't you understand and are being selfish?" like I wasn't scared because I didn't understand why my marriage was dying and you spent four years checked out of it basically(honestly thought you were replacing me with some other girl), I really am trying to manage the 'angry' and let it go. It really helps that you get that it's not about what you need but what all the secrecy did to the marriage and shutting me out did to me. I'm lucky that while communication may not be your go to like it is mine, you ARE very empathetic and actually care about me. Yes, I'm horribly nervous about the therapy, but I knew we are forming our understanding of where we're at blindly on our own, and neither of us are experts. It will be what it will be, and we'll make our choices as we go as best we can. But more, I'm worried for you if you choose to try the hypnotherapy option to reclaim the memories. I have no idea if you'll be better served letting it go or facing it, and if the best route for you personally is facing it, I'm scared of how much hurt that will bring you. I have a box like that, and I know what it feels like to poke at it. If I could I would erase your box and make it just go away. I'm really happy you're working on actually being you, and I'm not talking how you dress. Telling me whatever I want and then getting mad at me for doing that is an awful situation for me. I'm always afraid I sound naggy or harpyish when I'm talking about these things with you, but it matters. I hope I don't sound bad, I just want a better barometer of what things mean when you say them. I'm really confused by a lot of your go to communication choices. I'm thinking down the road when we've mastered the financial mess, we should consider dance lessons. Cuz we're awful. And you want to go to places where they do that thing. LOL I need education to do more than step from side to side to slow music.

Thanks Briannah (did I remember the spelling of your name right?) In post op I asked for orange juice and she said bc of the acidity it's not a good idea with anastetic. Last night approx 11 hours after I got out of surgery I had an orange and ginger ale ( I dont drink GA at all).. I only kept it down for about 45 minutes. My caregiver remembered what the nurse said about oranges. I forgot that interaction completely. I don't know about avoiding before surgery, but hope that helps :)

I'm sorry, and brace well for what's coming! *Hugs* Winter is not my favorite thing, but I confess I'm heavily biologically biased against it, cold triggers my asthma in all sorts of painful ways. I like heat, my asthma goes dormant. I grew up a bit south of you, Jersey beach bum girl! I really really miss having access to the ocean, it's one of the things I never got over losing when I moved from Jersey to Ohio. *sniffles* Usually Nikki takes me to an ocean once a year, but my stupid surgery made it financially improbable this year. OH well, next year is coming! All my life I wanted a pool, and the year Nikki and I finally got one was the best ever. I remember every little detail about getting in the first time (and nearly dying on the not quite properly leveled ladder that we spend six hours the next day fixing) and swimming in my OWN pool in my OWN yard for the first time ever. He was feeling the same way even though he admitted it wasn't one of his dreams forever like me. LOL I think he was a little blown away by how giddy I am over my pool, even now when it's packed away waiting for it's third summer. I'm off to face work, have to go in early to cover a doctors appointment for my boss.

HI Brigsby, Congratulations! I am sure you're feeling relief and delight. Also, some impatience for healing? Makes perfect sense to me. For the photos, yes, it's weird. For a blog you select a button called "upload" as I recall and then find the file on your computer and select it. I'm typing now on my iPad so I can't be more specific. Hope this helps and, more, that you make a very fast recovery! Emma