The last 2 1/2 weeks have been so so great and wonderfully busy (hence the long break AGAIN!) so let me get you as caught up as I can! First...the weekends!
We have had some pretty spectacular weekends the last few weeks but it has kept us on our toes
3 weeks ago we were on a lake in Michigan. That was lovely!
2 weeks ago we got to spend a very very amazing weekend with our precious 3Strands (sunday school class) family in New Braunsfels on our annual retreat. So much fun. So much food. So much friending. I just love that weekend and look forward to it every year! Friday night we drove to New Braunsfels with another precious couple we have loved getting to know over the last few years (we
Then, last weekend I got to go to Dallas for my annual college girls trip! A few of us from our pledge class (Go ZTA PC '04!) have gotten together every year since our graduation and as we all have gotten spread all over the state and our lives have gone in a million different directions - this weekend is especially sweet and and great time to slow down and laugh, eat (a lot! Seriously - the restaurants we tried were all AMAZING!) , pamper (I FOR REAL got the best mani pedi of my life...ever...no questions asked - if you are in Dallas go to the Hiatus spa and get the mani/pedi retreat. It will be the best decision you've made in a long time. I promise.) and love on these sweet friends who I have had the privilege of walking the last 10 years with! Love love these amazing ladies! This year was especially sweet as we are saying an extended "see ya later" to one of our own who will be spending the next 2 years on an international mission assignment. What an amazing woman of God and she is so inspiring to be around. I can't wait to see and hear how the Lord uses her in these next few years! Yet another great weekend!
In the midst of all this my oldest most precious friend had her first baby with her hubby. It was so surreal but what an incredibly beautiful moment to see these two become a perfect little family. Love them. Baylor beat Texas and kept their undefeated status (#3 this week! what?!?) and I somehow kept up with my job and the hubster and fit in a few workouts. I am running 3-4 miles pretty comfortably although my speed is SUFFERING since I went on break - but I am so thankful to run. I'm still spinning very comfortably for at least an hour. I got back into yoga and my core strength is pretty laughable. The first time I tried to chataranga I LITERALLY hit the floor as soon as I bent my elbows. It's getting better but my Asana is a little more like Asa-no at this point. This week I also got back in the pool for the first time! I didn't want to get crazy or over do it so I did a slow 1000 meter freestyle continuous swim and felt great! I forget how amazing the water is until I'm back in it. Everyone should swim. Even if you look silly. I always look silly so maybe I'm getting immune to it.
2 weeks ago I also went to what I thought was my 8 week follow up appointment but turned into my implant exchange pre-op appointment. Ya'll things are real. Last surgery plastics was more there to follow up breast surgery and sort of gave me the game plan going into it. This time she sat me down and asked me "so...what do you want to look like." Let's be real ya'll - my face was like:
I've never had plastic surgery before so I don't know what I was really expecting but this was definitely more like what I have seen on E! which is preeettyy much where I'm getting my information about what plastic surgery is like at this point if it doesn't come from my doctor. Genius child over here. Watch out. So long story short We are 9 DAYS AWAY from my implant surgery. I am going to get round smooth silicone implants, a slight lift on the left side since that side's scar healed a little differently than the right and we will do fat grafting from my hips and thighs to my chest wall to smooth everything out. That's right ladies - when you do this - they will suck the fat out of your thighs and hips (my surgeon says "problem areas") and put it in your boobs to make everything more "natural".
If that isn't some sort of karmic reward for having crap genes then I don't know what is. I made a special request from my surgeon for a thigh gap but she said she would take as much as she needed and that my chest was her focus - not my thighs (code for "Hannah - this does not double as free for all liposuction - you're getting a little carried away with your E! TV experiences here - haven't you never had plastic surgery before??"...dammit - ok HB - take a breath).
This 2nd surgery is only day surgery and should only take an hour or two. Then I get to come home! My surgeon said I'll be sore the first 2-3 days but since everything's already been cut and healed during the first surgery/recovery that I should be ready to return to work by the following week! She also said everything is closed w/ surgical super glue so there's no dressings, dressing changes, or weird ointments that smell like some iodized grandma product to keep up with. I'll have to wear Spanx for the lower body to act as a compression garment for where they take fat grafts from for at least the first 4-6 weeks which I find hilarious since I can barely handle putting them on now.
Seriously - can anyone get those on with any kind of grace? But other than that I'm pretty much on the tail end of this guys. After this second surgery I should only have to go back in for any revisions only if I need them. So countdown to October 14 is on people! CAN-I-GET-AN-AMEN??? I'm pumped.
Whew - so that's about it I think... what a stream of consciousness dump site today guys! Thanks for bearing with me! Hope you have a fabulous week! I've been sitting here on my porch in the most perfect Texas weather I think we've ever had typing this post, listening to wind chimes and cherishing the sub-saharan temps with a light breeze and a blue Texas sky. It's pretty perfect. It truly makes me just sit back and think of how great and faithful is our God. I love Sundays. I'll leave you with this - one of my very favorite hymn verses. Keep it in your pocket this week!
I hope your weekend is going as perfectly! Happy Sunday!
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