Well, it's been a pretty long day and it's finally coming to a close. I'm trying to kill about 30 minutes so I can take my motrin before going to bed and I figured I'd post a quick update. There's only three things worth mentioning tonight and both are mostly good news. ☺ First of all, Ruby's surgery went well and she came home the same day. They weren't sure if she'd need to stay overnight but they ended up sending her home mid-afternoon. She's doing well but she's not very happy.. She's got to wear this little tiny cone of shame for the next 12 days. It's almost bigger than she is and she does not like it. She's taking sedatives for the next 5 days to help keep…

I wanted to drop you a quick line and let you know how my surgery went. As you may or may not know, I had oral surgery on Friday morning and I was not looking forward to it. I'm not sure anyone looks forward to something like that. Anyway, this was a huge deal for me, and I hardly ate anything on Thursday and barely managed 2 hours of sleep Thursday night. I took a Valium at 8 AM, right before my Mom picked Lizze and I up. I was concerned that the Valium wasn't going to help but by the time I walked into the office, checked in and sat down, it was definitely working. I felt pretty chill and a little dizzy. The staff knew how terrified I…

Alright folks, I've got a shit load of nervous energy right now. I'm leaving inside the next 30 minutes and heading to the oral surgeon. I'm not going to lie and say I'm feeling awesome because I'm not. At the same time, I'm far more chill than I expected. I will be taking something in about 20 minutes, so that as I enter this procedure, I'm relaxed. I'm going on about 2 hours of sleep and I haven't eaten anything since noon yesterday. I've just been so nervous, I couldn't eat. Depression is making this whole experience so much more difficult than it probably should be and I'm incredibly anxious to begin my new antidepressant. I can't live like this. I'm told I'll probably sleep the rest of the day…