I'm at T minus twelve hours (give or take) for eye surgery. Without going into details, I feel like I'm quite lucky it's happening at all. Even though I've basically had the green light for about a month and a half now, it still hasn't sunk in. And that might be a good thing since my pessimistic self insists that I'm just getting my hopes up for nothing. Or worse, some catastrophic will make things far worse. I've needed corrective lenses since I was about 10. (I can't stand glasses, so I've been wearing contacts for most of that time.) As of now, my vision is bad enough that I can't see much past my elbow. So yes, I feel like this is a bit of a big deal for me. I just hope everything turns out ok.

I'm not sure how this will affect my short-term presence here. I'm supposed to spend the next several days with my eyes closed as much as possible. (Sleeping is the ideal.) Depending on the level of pain and the effect of the meds, that may or may not be easy to follow. I'm tentatively planning on being completely out of commission for 2 to 4 days. Though, like I said, I have no clue how things will actually shake down. So consider this my notice in case I'm gone longer than I expect.