Hi Gram,
You may be wondering why I haven’t written in a while. It’s been a busy few weeks since I last wrote, but not terribly exciting. I got back to Illinois and spent a few days unwinding, doing laundry, sleeping, reading, and of course doing my daily routine of exercises and such.

I went to Arizona for a week to visit my folks and some friends in there, but I’ve mostly just been doing paperwork, organizing my things, doing some last minute shopping, and making sure I’m ready for my trip to Bali.

I got PRK laser eye surgery last week. It was a tough decision because I was scheduled to go to CampFI this past weekend. I’ve been trying to schedule the PRK since April, but there were a lot of phone calls, paperwork, waiting, confusion, failure to coordinate, and frustration. I didn’t think I was going to be able to get it done before my trip, but we were able to get it scheduled just in time. I had my follow-up visit today and the eyes are healing according to schedule. I thought I would be expecting a week of recovery, but found out today that there’s a few months of daily eye drops and healing ahead of me. My vision is almost 20/20 already and they expect that it will be clear within the next week. I still have a few months of eye drops to help the healing, but that won’t affect my vision. I’m excited to see clearly again!

The next time I write, I’ll probably be on the other side of the world! I’m nervous and excited for my flight, and eager to see what the next few months hold in store!