OK, so after nearly a week of not sleeping properly, THE DAY finally rolled round. Apologies in advance to anyone reading this who knows about laser surgery or has had it done. I'm sure much of what I'm about to say is very similar to the experiences of the majority of people getting zapped. However, I did promise one young lady in particular a blow by blow account in order to help her decide whether she should go for it. So here it goes ...
Before we going any further though, may I just reassure you that I'm writing this today, on day 4, without the aid of glasses or contact lenses. I am not dictating this - although quite who I'd be dictating it to is anybody's guess since hubby is in work but felt it just required clarification ;)
Having established that this story has a happy ending (personally, I like to know this in advance. If I need tissues, I do prefer to be warned) here's how the day unfolded.
You may have already seen how stupidly early I sent a text update to Twitter on Friday morning. By half five I gave up and got up because I was bored of lying in bed willing myself to sleep. What you might not know is that thanks to the lack of sleep and general excitement of last week, I'm now sitting here sporting two rather uncomfortable mouth ulcers. It seems my body failed to appreciate the difference between stress and excitement and thought I was under attack ;)
Eek ... my battery is about to die and I'm working tomorrow. I should really get to bed. Apologies for the delay (again!) but I'll have to love you and leave you and finish this tomorrow. I was enjoying myself so much, I totally lost track of the time and forgot that I have to be in school by 8am, hence the sudden apologetic rush.
Catch you tomorrow,
x
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
69 hours to go!
Earlier on I realised that with just three days to go, that's just 72 hours. I'm getting zapped at around 4pm so that's now cut it down to 69 hours and counting.
Not only is my husband having to put up with my annoyingly excited self, he's now getting texts from his mates telling him how annoyingly excited I am. I think I've been pretty good today though, only grinned inanely a couple of times!
I just still can't quite believe it. I've been wearing specs since I was 10. In fact seeing as I was plump too, I did well to survive school at all really!
The list of 'things I'm looking forward to' is ever expanding. This will sound a bit middle aged but there was the most lush sunrise this morning but because I refuse to put my glasses on until I've had at least one cup of tea it was, as ever, a blurry sunrise!
And this afternoon we (husband excluding, he was off to work poor lamb) all had a mess around on the trampoline. It was fab but I had to choose between looking at my children through a blur or ending the day with a spectacle squashed face!
I'm wondering if I might even get a little better at reversing after Friday. It's doubtful but one can live in hope!
Not only is my husband having to put up with my annoyingly excited self, he's now getting texts from his mates telling him how annoyingly excited I am. I think I've been pretty good today though, only grinned inanely a couple of times!
I just still can't quite believe it. I've been wearing specs since I was 10. In fact seeing as I was plump too, I did well to survive school at all really!
The list of 'things I'm looking forward to' is ever expanding. This will sound a bit middle aged but there was the most lush sunrise this morning but because I refuse to put my glasses on until I've had at least one cup of tea it was, as ever, a blurry sunrise!
And this afternoon we (husband excluding, he was off to work poor lamb) all had a mess around on the trampoline. It was fab but I had to choose between looking at my children through a blur or ending the day with a spectacle squashed face!
I'm wondering if I might even get a little better at reversing after Friday. It's doubtful but one can live in hope!
Monday, 16 March 2009
Change of plan ...
OK, I've decided to add the RSS feed of this blog to my Facebook account because I can't see much point in talking to myself!
FB friends, if you're reading this, feel free to ignore my ramblings. (Many of my closest friends will be well practiced at this already!)
FB friends, if you're reading this, feel free to ignore my ramblings. (Many of my closest friends will be well practiced at this already!)
Monday, 9 March 2009
Laser treatment intro
About 10 years ago, Sue and Helen (my step-mother-in-law and sister-in-law in case anyone other than me ever reads this!) went for a free consultation in Bristol. At the time, that was the closest clinic for us here in West Wales. Helen got the thumbs up but decided she couldn't justify the cost (£5K at the time) whilst Sue got a thumbs down.
Fast forward 9 years, technology has improved, costs have come down and now Sue and Helen (and now also my mother-in-law, Alyson) have all been zapped.
At the time of their first consult, I got some info about it as I've been wearing specs since I was 10 but I just couldn't afford it and so never really gave it any serious thought.
Then after Helen and Alyson's success 6 months ago, I started thinking about it a lot more seriously. My prescription has been stable at around -2 in the right eye and -1.5 in the left for years now but money was still a problem. Hubby said that I could probably have it done one day but ...
Fast forward 6 months and following an evening with Helen and Kev and I'm not only going for a free consultation on Thursday, but my treatment is all booked for the week after!
More about the consultation to come ...
Fast forward 9 years, technology has improved, costs have come down and now Sue and Helen (and now also my mother-in-law, Alyson) have all been zapped.
At the time of their first consult, I got some info about it as I've been wearing specs since I was 10 but I just couldn't afford it and so never really gave it any serious thought.
Then after Helen and Alyson's success 6 months ago, I started thinking about it a lot more seriously. My prescription has been stable at around -2 in the right eye and -1.5 in the left for years now but money was still a problem. Hubby said that I could probably have it done one day but ...
Fast forward 6 months and following an evening with Helen and Kev and I'm not only going for a free consultation on Thursday, but my treatment is all booked for the week after!
More about the consultation to come ...
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Two years later ...
Well would you look at that ... I totally forgot that I even started this blog and here we are two years down the line and Blogger found it for me. What a clever little piece of technology.
Update ... only a quick one because I'm the only one reading this and I already know what I've been doing for the last 2 years!
Writing course - incomplete - on hold - awaiting completion of assignment 2.
Baby #3 - born, little boy, Michael. Nearly 2!
So that's the update. Don't hold your breath but I hope to be back soon!
El x
Update ... only a quick one because I'm the only one reading this and I already know what I've been doing for the last 2 years!
Writing course - incomplete - on hold - awaiting completion of assignment 2.
Baby #3 - born, little boy, Michael. Nearly 2!
So that's the update. Don't hold your breath but I hope to be back soon!
El x
Monday, 22 January 2007
Warming Up
I'm studying The Writers Bureau course and in their first book, they recommend warming up your brain for writing. This is what I'm doing right now! I'm told that this initial practice writing can be discarded. I've decided to plot my journey via this blog so I won't be doing that. This will be a little haphazard however as I get my brain into gear!
I'm two thirds of the way through my first assignment so this will probably be a short entry. I'm keen to get this first assignment finished so I can make progress with the second one. The advise we are given is to draft and re-draft but there is nothing to stop me studying the next section of the course in between drafts!
So back to today and the things I have been doing. Today has been a busy day as I've been teaching Year 3 and the Nursery children whilst on supply. It's the first time I've spent the two sessions with different classes and it wasn't much fun. I didn't feel like I belonged anywhere!
Emily returned to school today. She was sick on Saturday night and early Sunday morning so that combined with our needing her father take her to school today, I was a little anxious. It seems like she had a lovely day though so I needn't have worried. There were the usual tears in the morning but that's still to be expected at this stage.
Caitlin tired her daddy out today as she missed her mammy! They had an exciting time at the swings but by three o'clock it seems they were both flagging. Only one more day to go though so it could be worse.
The real excitement of the day came at 5 o'clock this morning. The washer that had been threatening to break for several days finally decided to give up. It had been hemorrhaging hot water most of the night but thankfully it was only a slow leak. I tried persuading Dai that we should get a torch and look for the stop cock at 5am but needless to say he decided that this wasn't in any one's best interests! Similarly, a call to our trusty plumber (my dad!) was avoided until the much more reasonable time of quarter to eight. I don't know what his call out charge is but less than 12 hours later and the tap is fixed!
I'm two thirds of the way through my first assignment so this will probably be a short entry. I'm keen to get this first assignment finished so I can make progress with the second one. The advise we are given is to draft and re-draft but there is nothing to stop me studying the next section of the course in between drafts!
So back to today and the things I have been doing. Today has been a busy day as I've been teaching Year 3 and the Nursery children whilst on supply. It's the first time I've spent the two sessions with different classes and it wasn't much fun. I didn't feel like I belonged anywhere!
Emily returned to school today. She was sick on Saturday night and early Sunday morning so that combined with our needing her father take her to school today, I was a little anxious. It seems like she had a lovely day though so I needn't have worried. There were the usual tears in the morning but that's still to be expected at this stage.
Caitlin tired her daddy out today as she missed her mammy! They had an exciting time at the swings but by three o'clock it seems they were both flagging. Only one more day to go though so it could be worse.
The real excitement of the day came at 5 o'clock this morning. The washer that had been threatening to break for several days finally decided to give up. It had been hemorrhaging hot water most of the night but thankfully it was only a slow leak. I tried persuading Dai that we should get a torch and look for the stop cock at 5am but needless to say he decided that this wasn't in any one's best interests! Similarly, a call to our trusty plumber (my dad!) was avoided until the much more reasonable time of quarter to eight. I don't know what his call out charge is but less than 12 hours later and the tap is fixed!
Sunday, 21 January 2007
The Beginning!
Hi,
The purpose of this blog is to create a space for me to record a daily (or near daily!) diary.
Why?
I've finally persuaded my husband that I have enough time to complete a creative writing course (the baby's not due for another 11 weeks, I don't know why he was sceptical!) and they recommend writing every day. It was suggested that keeping a diary would be a good way to do this, hence this blog!
Enjoy!
The purpose of this blog is to create a space for me to record a daily (or near daily!) diary.
Why?
I've finally persuaded my husband that I have enough time to complete a creative writing course (the baby's not due for another 11 weeks, I don't know why he was sceptical!) and they recommend writing every day. It was suggested that keeping a diary would be a good way to do this, hence this blog!
Enjoy!
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