A system of fluid-filled bladders...

Been a scary and draining last few days... yesterday morning, Mom drove herself to the emergency room with severe chest/back pain. They ran some tests and discovered that her gallbladder was infected and her gallstones were acting up. This, of course, meant that she needed to have surgery to remove the blasted thing. I stayed with her from 4:30 until about 10:30 when she went in for surgery. The surgeon called around 12:30 with good news: the surgery went well and she was doing fine. I called her early this morning and talked with her a bit, then went to bed and couldn't really sleep. The phone calls from family started pouring in around 8am, and I ended up sleeping intermittently until about 3:00. Now I'm waiting for my aunt to come over and we're going to head over to the hospital together for a bit.

The surgery was laproscopic, so there are only two or three incision holes and they're very tiny. I've been out of it ever since she told me she was going to the emergency room... can't really focus on anything for too long, can't keep the house in shape... oh well. Things'll be back to normal soon enough.

Allez Cuisine!

I figure I should update this sumbitch with some news... I've lost about 8 inches or so off my waist since september. I'm heading to the big & tall shoppe tomorrow to buy some new pants, which will hopefully be too big in a few months. I've started exercising a bit for the first time, and, though I'm sore, I can tell it's helping.

Also, I've decided to take action and give my life direction for the first time in god knows how long. I'm going to do everything in my power to enroll in culinary school by fall 2008. It's probably going to be the Art Institute of Orange County's culinary school, and I'm going to see if I can get my associates in culinary arts and pastry arts.

I'm excited! Things are looking up.