Odds and Ends from the Weekend

Nothing too crazy to report, but I must say, I think that's what was needed! 

Friday the bestie was visiting from up north, getting her new house on base in preparation for her hubby's fast approaching homecoming from Afghanistan! Not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited to have my best friend living near me again! So considering Friday night traffic through LA is comparable to torture by the Spanish Inquisition... she waited until rush hour faded and tagged along for dinner with the hubby and I to good ol' Red Lobster. 

(fishies... yum) 

And as a consequence of hubby footing the bill - we let him drag us around Best Buy for way too long, looking for something they didn't carry... But we got a couple of DVDs to add to our movie-obsessed collection, so I was happy. 

Saturday proved to be a much-needed DIY self-pampering day. I finally got the chipped nail polish off my nails and treated them to an at-home spa mani/pedi, lounged around like the Queen of Sheeba, and took WAY too long getting ready for our dinner & a movie date! 

 

(Me. Post-Pamperage. Look at that freshly scrubbed face!haha)

Hubby & I finally went and saw The Dark Knight Rises - and let me just tell you, I wished I never did my nails because I had pretty much chipped off all the fresh polish by the time it was over due to the incredible suspense! It really was ridiculously well-done.

Sunday pretty much went to the dogs..

Falling asleep in a seriously weird position will give you SUCH a CRICK IN THA NECK! 

(Meant to be said like the Genie, played by Robin Williams in Aladdin...)

So I basically spent the day as clumsy folk like me do.. With an ice pack. But my husband was such a sweet heart and kept me supplied with Advil and Oreos. (Helloooo, cure-all)

But of course the weekend wouldn't be complete without a cold beverage and the newest episode of True Blood! (Bill, you bastard!)

(I wouldn't call myself a beer aficionado - but this wasn't bad!)

Blogging... A possible cure for fast-approaching insanity.

Seriously? Just call me 'The Wonder Lung'... you wouldn't be the first.

(But that's really not a very catchy superhero name is it...)

Since I was 18 I've struggled with a reoccurring issue called a 'spontaneous pnuemothorax' (a.k.a. collapsed lung). It happened twice with my right lung which caused me to have major thoracic surgery to prevent it from happening over and over and over..... you get the idea. 

But considering it involved stapling a bit of my lung off (ew), and what surgeons like to call 'pleurodesis' (I call it 'the thing that's caused Lindsey the most pain in her life') - it really put me out of commission for a while & I honestly nearly went crazy from boredom & lack of mobility. 

(There is only so much Sex & the City you can watch...)

So I had conquered that tough phase of my young adult life, and learned a lot about how fragile we are as human beings, and how much we really do take for granted. Everything, including the simple air in our lungs.

(You never know how precious simply breathing is until its agonizing to do just that..)

The problem was fixed though, and I would never have to go through that again. Or so I thought..

I guess after 3 years my left lung felt left out and has collapsed twice since 2010 - most recently last month, while on vacation in Texas, visiting my wonderful in-laws. 

Therefore, I have opted to have the surgery again. 

Part of me feels totally crazy for volunteering to undergo the most painful experience of my life, but at the same time I'm excited to be free of the anxiety this problem causes me every day. 

This is where you come in... 

(yay!)

Considering I will soon be very stationary (and not liking it) for quite a while, I figured starting a blog would give me an outlet and something to occupy my time... and also provide you with some highly medicated ramblings... 

(I may have to recruit my husband to censor me so I don't embarrass myself too badly.)

So if you decide to follow along, thank you for the support and enjoy the show! ;)

(Awesome x-ray. See all that dark area... yeah, not supposed to be like that.. Stupid wonder lungs!)