Laser Eye Surgery

So we had a really great weekend. On Friday we went to the pumpkin patch with Donna and the girls. We hadn't really planned on doing anything but errands and relaxing that day, but once I heard they were going to a pumpkin patch I, clearly, had to go. This place was awesome too; it had lots of rides, games and random areas set up for the kids. We had a lot of fun and then picked up some Chinese food on the way back to Mitchell. The slippery shrimp at the restaurant near them is to die for, so clearly we stayed for dinner.

On Saturday Zach and I finally ran our errands (helloooo Wal-mart) and I had a consultation for laser eye surgery. It ended up costing about what I expected it to, but more than I was HOPING it would. I decided to give myself a couple of days to think it through, especially because I couldn't get it that same day. (They offer it the same day, but I had to work at Lisa's birthday party). So after the consultation and then Wal-Mart we went to CPK for a quick dinner and went up to Lisa's.

Her set-up for the party was so gorgeous, it looked like she had a party planner come in and do everything. It wasn't even really like working because M&D were at the party and we know a few of their friends that were there as well, so I got to talk to them for a fair portion of the night. Plus Lisa just had us helping out essentially, which included taking pictures and stuff I would have been doing for her even if I wasn't getting paid. Pretty awesome. The party was crazy.. despite the fact that they were all older they definitely all thought it was a college party. It kind of was, just in a beautiful home with hired helpers, bartender and DJ. People were smoking weed in the front yard and Mitch said he and one of the guys used the lawn as a toilet. Hilarious. Most importantly, Mitchell wore jeans that I had picked out for him (skinny jeans from Levi's, but not super skinny) and got compliments. The women were veryyyy impressed. :) I left early because there was chaos down at Donna's house. Lisa's kids, her brother's kids and Donna's were all getting babysat at Donna's and the babysitters even came up to the party to let Donna know that it was too crazy and they couldn't handle it. Donna and Lisa's brother left the party for a good 30 minutes to try and diffuse the situation. Pretty funny. By the time I got there the other kids had been brought up to Lisa's and stuck in the bedrooms and Donna's kids were asleep, so I didn't have to do anything.

We get home that night completely exhausted.. I got to bed.. Zach gets in the shower, the usual. Until Zach gets out of the shower and wakes me up angrily asking why I left my glasses on the bed. I tell him I didn't, I left them on the nightstand. Turns out our lovely dog took them off the nightstand and continued to chew on them and completely destroy them. I was so asleep that I didn't even see them until the morning, which was when I realized that they were practically unwearable. So that laser eye surgery planned for next weekend is now scheduled for today, Monday. I am very excited, but also frustrated that the stupid dog made it so I have to miss work, etc. because I can't wear contacts before the surgery and I can now hardly wear glasses. Anyways, we essentially just relaxed yesterday. Zach went for a ride on his motorcycle and I watched some excellent TV since I couldn't really do much.. being blind and all. After fantastic naps we hiked up to the Hollywood sign as it was getting dark. It was misting when we left our house and by the time we got to the point we wanted to turn around the mist had gotten much harder. It was so foggy you could hardly see the lights of Hollywood and the mist was heavy enough that my hair was soaked and we had water dripping down our faces. It was pretty awesome. It felt very secluded and like we weren't in the center of a huge city. No one else was out there or anything.

So today I just have to sit through the next few hours at work and then I'm off to get my surgery. Zach took the day off so I won't have to sit there alone, which is very nice. I can't even imagine not having to worry about glasses or contacts or any of that anymore. SO awesome. Also, Zach and I contemplated just heading home this week so we could move back by the time Jon Stewart has his rally in DC this weekend. Both of us are so excited for Thanksgiving break... But maybe if we move back East it'll be to Raleigh instead of DC. Who knows!