The nurse’s voice became more and more urgent “stand up, get on the table, stand up, get on the table“. But I was seeing spots and there was no way I was going anywhere that required upward movement – I’d been there before and knew it meant I was going to faint. “Don’t stand up, don’t stand up” pulsed through my head. “Try to lay down, keep breathing” my brain said. Have you ever tried to lay down while sitting in a plastic Dr’s office chair – it is about as impossible as you are imagining, but I was trying […]
Aug 152012
There are two kinds of people in this world. Ones who make lists and ones who don’t. I’m not judging either way it just is how it is. I am a list maker – I have to write things down or they fly out of my head, peeking back in a the most inopportune times and haunting me endlessly. I also love ticking things off of said lists – it is terribly satisfying. Needless to say the lists for our upcoming trip have started, sort of… there are currently three items staring me from a piece of paper on my […]
Jun 202012
You could call it going on vacation, you could call it discovering (you could also call it running away – lets not) but we call it going on an adventure. Mr. W has renewed his passport – for the second time since we’ve been together – so we of course need to fill it up again. The flights on either end of a multi-monthed trip are booked! We know when we need to be on an airplane and that’s a damn good start. The only other thing booked is a trek to Macchu Picchu – squeeeeeeee! I have always wanted […]