Mission accomplished!

Well now I can cross one more thing off of my list of "things to do before I die"....I made an international phone call!! I called my good friend, Carlos, in Guatemala. Okay yeah, I know for all you world travelers out there you're like "big effin' deal". Well for ME it is! I have never traveled outside of the U.S. I don't even own a passport! So yes, for the first time in my life, at 30-something years old, I made my first international call. Some may call this a sad way of life since I haven't seen much of the world. And yeah, someday I'd like to get at least ONE stamp in a passport. But hey, I got a nice stable life here and I'm grateful for all the good things I have.


My mom just had minor back surgery on Monday. She's had back problems for years & years. And she can't walk around for long periods of time or else she'll be in pain. So on Monday she had this wire temporarily installed in her spine to see if it makes her feel better. This wire emits small electrical impulses to her spine so that when she typically experiences pain, the impulse will intercept this so that she doesn't feel the pain. After one full day of having it, she said she hasn't felt this good in years - YAY! so the next step is getting this wire permanently installed into her spine. She's going in next week to schedule the surgery. We'll see how it goes!

Well off to bed now...