

While I Was Sleeping
I’m writing this on pain meds and between naps, so it won’t be my best work. But it’s meant to be a testament to how the best things happen when we’re out of control, so maybe that’s just perfect. ... On Thursday, I was scheduled for a no-big-deal, outpatient surgery. It was to clear out endometriosis, which is abnormal tissue that grows on the uterus. This stuff hurts like cray cray so I was happy to rid my body of it. It’s typically a 45-minute procedure, the kind of thing