more memories

again, i'm pasting from my shoutlife. i know it makes two posts in one day, and both long, but oh well, you don't have to read them.
gosh, do you know what a wonderful feeling it is to come back from a shopping excursion, having gotten what you wanted, and having saved more than you spent?? haha! =D yay! it was awesome. but i won't talk about shopping, that's a kinda boring topic anyway. i was having a good time with memories again today. (i actually wrote about memories in my other blog, here is a link to that post if ya wanna check it out: http://flppnsweetviolin.blogspot.com/2007/01/memories.html ) i was remembering with my parents about my surgery 9 years ago, and it wasn't hard memories, they were fun, just a bunch of little things. it's kinda funny the different things we each remembered about that time, i had such different memories from anyone else. i remembered HATING that catheter with every once of me, absolutely insisted they get rid of it, i was perfectly capable of using the bathroom myself, thank-you-very-much! i remembered this nice nurse who came in my room, reclined me back a little, and washed my hair in this lovely warm bucket of water, it felt wonderful! then when going home, i was not allowed to lie down for a while, i have no idea how long, but it felt like absolutely forever that i was confined to that recliner, escept not reclined, and actually had many many pillows stuffed behind me..... oh how i wanted to just be FREE! and when my best friend came, we palyed with barbies *blush* and my mom says we painted our toenails or something, i don't remember that. i also remember going to my neurosurgeon when he was going to remove the staples, and i wanted to see the tool he was using, and he let me have it, actually, i still have it, i've kept it all these years! my Dad said he remembered me talking to my surgeon about how long did it take, and then why did it take that long? i figure it should take maybe 10 minutes to cut in, 10 to remove the tumor, 10 to close it up again, so it should therefore take about half an hour, not however many hours it took. something like 4 or 5, can't remember. but anyway, i do not remember that at all, but boy does my Dad! he remembers Dr. Gham's twinkle in his eyes as he listens to me, and how he laughed, but not in a mean way, and how much he just enjoyed that all! but anyway, this time, i have plans for my time in confinement. MARATHON TIME!!!!!! LOTR marathon, Matrix, P&P, maybe Star Wars, North and South, Wives and Daughters, there was another i'm forgetting right now...... oh well, i actually have to get to bed now, nighties!