Distraction

My sister-in-law tied the marital knot on Saturday. It was a wonderful celebration, with family visiting from all over, including a large contingency from Ecuador (where my father-in-law maintains strong family ties). All in, it was four days of intense family time. How is it that weddings suck so much time and yet seem to go by so quickly?

Yesterday it was back to work, and there’s plenty of it, which is great, but I’m having a lot of trouble concentrating because my guy is having fairly serious back surgery tomorrow morning. He will probably hate that I’m blogging about it. He’s a private person. He doesn’t even do Facebook, so those of you who know him and are thinking of shooting him a quick get well soon “poke” – rest assured, he won’t get it.

He has a great doctor, and he’s in great health, so I know he’ll come through it fine, but it’s a little scary having someone you love go through something like this. It’s a five hour surgery.  Then a few days in the hospital, followed by a slow and steady rehab. I’m not sure what to expect, and so I am distracted thinking of all the contingencies and “what ifs.”

The thing I’m trying to focus on is him being done with the back pain that has plagued him for so long. He’ll have long scars on his stomach and back (which I think is cool – I’ve always thought scars are sexy), so I try to imagine what those scars will look like when we go swimming in some alpine lake after hiking all afternoon in the mountains. We haven’t been hiking together in years.

What does this have to do with my writing? Nothing, except that I’m glad I finished that draft of my novel when I did. I just don’t think I could focus on my fiction right now.

I’ll post as soon as I can to let you know how everything goes.