OH! KY!

I have appendicitis, I’m going to have surgery today sometime.

I was expecting a quite week after winebratsf’s visit last weekend (Eurovision party! Whiskey was had! Also, TRON, in some bizarre drunken haze, but anyway), but when one of your best friends has nobody with her the day she’s going into surgery and you can possibly get there in time? It’s time for ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: buying a plane ticket and flying the same day.

(thanks goes to my employers, of course, for giving me the flexibility of being able to do that; I’m in a privileged position that not many people share)

Thankfully, the surgery went well, which meant I spent the week doing some driving in Kentucky and trying to beat back the Calvinist American work ethic. Keyhole surgery or not, I feel a week off is understandable (and recommended by the NHS!). Others disagreed, but we came to a compromise of at least easing back into work.

Oh, and I ate this in Kentucky and survived:

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(admittedly, I only ate half)

Now, back home, cleaning the house up some, keeping an eye on work data processes that are running all weekend, and looking forward to next week’s long weekend. Whereupon I shall endeavour to try and keep myself busy. There may be chocolate involved.