I've Been Cut...

 in so many ways!

1. Twenty days ago the doctor cut into me - through my belly button. I missed the last 2 days of school before spring break (and of course, hence me being MIA in blog land). The surgery was planned. But lemme tell you something, I don't care how much you plan for surgery, you are never prepared. Everything comes down to the wire and down to the last minute. And you are never ever prepared for the recovery. I had been in pain for a while, so believe it or not, I was looking forward to the surgery and had given my doctor strict instructions that she was not to close me up until she found something (I wanted answers). Well she found it alright. She found endometriosis and scar tissue. I am not shy to talk about this, because I find that some people still don't know what this is and I urge you to educate yourself. Needless to say she found plenty, and where I should just have one incision in my belly button with stitches, I have two others and so a total of three locations of stitches holding me together. The recovery was gruesome, I've worn the same two maxi skirts with elastic waists to school for the past week. Cross your fingers stitches come out Friday. Of course, on top of my recovery I came down with a horrible sinus cold and cough, and this week has begun week three of that. Oh happy, happy joy, joy! I think I am on tissue box number 4!

2. If you have paid attention to any of my 'getting to know me' posts then you know that I was hired after the beginning of the school year (for the 2nd time in a row) and that does not guarantee me a contract for this coming school year. I knew that going into it, but of course it always hurts to hear it. I heard it about a week or two before my surgery and spring break. No matter how sympathetic my principal is, I still cried. I've been pretty positive about it ever since, but cut from a job again. Oh, teaching.

3. Cut from my followers. Where have they gone? Why is it blank over on my sidebar? I wish I knew. I wish I had the energy to figure it all out. With all the other aforementioned cuts, I'm already in my pajamas and in bed. Perhaps I'll give it a go another night. Stay tuned this week. I intend to make this week a series, for how I'm coping, growing up, staying positive and how I've been humored and enlightened. So much happens when we enter a new decade, I suppose...