Getting Giddy!

Following my "week of pain" a.k.a. Bloody Hell, I am back!  Now for a yucky detail that I am proud of myself for.  (If you get grossed out, you might want to skip ahead.) 

I pulled out one of my stitches.  Ewww!!  It had started to come out and was getting caught in the back of my mouth between the two rows of teeth, causing me more discomfort than anything.  It was Thursday morning, like really morning, about 1AM and I got so frustrated, I figured I'd take a look back there and see if I could help the cause.  Well, once I caught the little sucker, I barely tugged and out it came.  My husband thought I was crazy!  It was sore, but more comfortable, if that makes sense. 

Anyways, when I told the doctor at my one-week post-op he wasn't too upset and took the other stitches out for me.  He said to take it easy for the next few weeks and that I should be healed in about a month.  I've already noticed a difference in my comfort level, but yeah, it reminds me a few times a day like when I try to eat or talk for too long! 

End gross-out.
And since things have calmed down in my mouth, I feel like I have a better hold on everything else going on...liiiiike my birthday tomorrow!!  My birthday is one of my absolute favorite days of the year, or quite possibly, my actual favorite day of the year.  Literally.  It is thisclose to Christmas in my eyes.  And I have a wonderful family that treats it as such!

My parents still make a big deal about it, yes, even for a woman that will be in her late-20s.  In fact, I have a package that I got a few days ago that's just sitting, just waiting, for that special day to roll around so I can open it.  (They sent it early to make sure it got here in time and to torture me while I wait for the day that I am allowed to open it.  My mother even made sure to let my husband know, that she let me know, that I can't open it until my birthday...redic!)  Can't wait to see what's inside!

My brother and SIL sent me a really sweet card with an awesome Victoria's Secret gift card inside!  (They let me open things early, unlike said parents!)  I love Vicki's Secret, but hate spending money on myself since we're newlyweds saving for a house, another car when we move, etc. but my SIL has advised me to have different "weapons" in my "arsenal" when it comes to bedroom attire.  I am sure that my hubby will enjoy this gift as much as I enjoy picking something out!

So, I don't know what is in store for me tomorrow.  My husband has planned the day out and I have to just go with it.  He has done things like this quite a few times before (read: so romantic), but I am afraid that Mother Nature will have an objection tomorrow.  We are supposedly going to be in the worse blizzard since 1967...and I hate Chicago winters hence one of the reasons we are moving.  Lucky me, this will all go down on my birthday, but it's okay.  Change what you cannot accept, accept what you cannot change...right?  We went grocery shopping yesterday and stocked up.  If we end up getting snowed in together and eating cream-cheese filled poppers all day, then that'll be okay too.  I'll just have to push my mani/pedi (the one thing I know about scheduled for tomorrow) back to later in the week.  That is something I am sooo looking forward to.

Perfectly smiling ear to ear today,
Danielle