FYI - surgery is scheduled

it is official, i had to hound the nurses to get it done, but my surgery is scheduled for 7:30am on thursday october 18th. bring it on! well, not really, i'm not too excited about spending the morning with my legs propped in the air against my will as i am unconscious. but whatever. it must be done... and hopefully won't have to be done again (unless to remove a child).
not a whole lot else going on at the Casa Buford. this last weekend charles and i went to his grandparents Oneslager to spend time with them and his dad and stepmom. it's always fun to go out there, those are the ones who live out in the middle of no where. it was not until saturday morning that it occured to me how tight charles really is wound up. he was constantly fidgeting and had a REALLY hard time sitting still. he kept trying to get his grandpa to consent to go cut down a tree or something labor-intensive so that he could help. i was glad that his grandpa also saw that there was a serious need for him to just CHILL THE HELL OUT! and he eventually did, but it still bothers me that he spends his life on such a high frequency. i wish we could have more weekends away or take advantage of his 2 days off to do something more relaxing. i dont know how to do that, since his days off hardly ever fall on my days off, but i'd still like to find some way to help him use that time to unwind. open for suggestions:
also, back on the surgery - he will be able to take off work to take me there and tend to me. it was a battle, and hopefully they don't try and re-neg on their promise, at which time he would pretty much chew someone's head off. but as of now, the plan is for him to take care of me. :O) i'm looking forward to it.