Grasping for the Wind

On Our Way to Phil-ay

The wife and I are headed to Philadelphia, city of brotherly-love, to visit my grandparents and extended family on the paternal side of the family. Some of these people the wife has only met at our wedding 2 1/2 years ago. So it will be something of a culture shock for her.

At any rate, we hope to get together with Vox Vendsel (who have a new site by the way) and do a few touristy things downtown and in Westchester, where my grandparents live. I especially want to make it to Baldwin's Book Barn shopping in which is one of my fondest memories from childhood.

Anyway, all that to say that I may not be posting much next week, as my grandparents have a slow connection at their house (at least, I think so) but I hope to come back with some great pictures.

Alson, since I am going in for LASIK surgery the Wednesday after we get back, but before we head to St. Louis, as selfish as it sounds I would like to ask for prayer that the surgery goes well. My vision is already bad, but if something were to go wrong and I were to lose my sight, as big a reader as I am, I don't know what I would do.

That is part of the reason for undergoing this (minor?!?) surgery. I have a limited time frame in which I can do it before my vision gets too bad to be corrected, so I have to do this at 27 years of age. But if all goes well, I will have perfect or more than perfect vision, and not have to wear glasses for the next twenty years or so, and then only reading glasses.

Anyway, if you don't see much from me in the next few weeks, I'm not dead.

I promise to post here how my surgery went, as soon as I can see well enough to type. Which, amazingly, should be the day after the surgery. Isn't general revelation grand?

Posted by John on July 11, 2007 01:44 PM | Posted to Personal Journal
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