minicoopercraig
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Kala mai ia'u.
In other words, learn Hawaiian.
I'm sorry, that's what that means.
I've been kind of pre-occupied for the last couple of months and haven't had to the time or attention span to make it over to my favorite boards.
You see, I've been planning a small vacation for myself over to the great and wonderful state of Hawai'i (It's pronounced Ha-vye-ee).
And I just returned with a buttload of pictures, if you are a friend of mine on Facebook, just look at the 5 days worth of pictures. If you're not a friend and want to see, try a search on Shymatta, and see what comes up. ANYWHO!!! Back to subject.
I had 5 days in that wonderful state, which was surely not enough by the standards of any migrating bird, I should have stayed all winter, but people would have missed me back home. I did two interisland trips:
One day on Kaua'i. (Did adventure like stuff there.)
One day on Hawai'i. (The Big Island, saw coffee plantation and volcano.)
And the rest on O'ahu. (That's where Honolulu and the Dole Plantation are.)
Then, once I got home, my DP of 7 years gave me the greatest gift I could possibly ask for besides a wedding band, BUT that's a WHOLE other thread.
On Friday, I recieved a package in the mail, just a medium sized envelope, no markings on it, the return address was actually covered up by a sticker from the Postal Service, so I didn't see who it was from. So I had to wait for him to get home (Fishing trip in MD at The Solomons.) and then I could open it. He said it's an early Christmas present.
When I opened it a doctor's appointment card fell out along with a letter and some brochures. I asked him why he got me a doctor's appointment for Christmas (You'll understand why later.) and he told me to read the information that came with it. I put the letter down, and right underneath it was an information packet of iLasik surgery. The SOB made an appointment for me to have my vision corrected.
I've been wearing glasses with a perscription of -3.75 since I was in the third grade (22 years now). I was elated, I was crying, I was jumping up and down inside. I just don't know what to think of that.
So he explained that he researched this and found the eye doctor who does all eye procedures for the Pittsburgh Steelers (and who happens to be the Asst. Professor of Opthamology at UPMC [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]) See, here he is Dr. Mah.
And then I saw my first appointment is in two days, this Wednesday. And that if I am a candidate for iLasik, that I'll go four weeks without wearing my contacts, have another appointment for the mapping of my eye for the lasers, and then go in for my surgery a week after that. So all in all it should be done before Christmas. He didn't hide the fact that he's found the best person possible in Pittsburgh to do this and that the price is upwards of $1800 - $2500 an eye to have this done. And he said that he wants this person to do it because they are affiliated with a hospital and that if anything goes wrong AFTER the surgery, I can always go back to them.
There's a little more, but I won't bore you with the little things, but let's just say that these two things have been enough to keep me away, so if I don't post for a while after this, you'll have to understand.
Sorry again for being away so long, I'll try to keep updates flowing.
Craig
In other words, learn Hawaiian.
I'm sorry, that's what that means. I've been kind of pre-occupied for the last couple of months and haven't had to the time or attention span to make it over to my favorite boards.
You see, I've been planning a small vacation for myself over to the great and wonderful state of Hawai'i (It's pronounced Ha-vye-ee).
And I just returned with a buttload of pictures, if you are a friend of mine on Facebook, just look at the 5 days worth of pictures. If you're not a friend and want to see, try a search on Shymatta, and see what comes up. ANYWHO!!! Back to subject.
I had 5 days in that wonderful state, which was surely not enough by the standards of any migrating bird, I should have stayed all winter, but people would have missed me back home. I did two interisland trips:
One day on Kaua'i. (Did adventure like stuff there.)
One day on Hawai'i. (The Big Island, saw coffee plantation and volcano.)
And the rest on O'ahu. (That's where Honolulu and the Dole Plantation are.)
Then, once I got home, my DP of 7 years gave me the greatest gift I could possibly ask for besides a wedding band, BUT that's a WHOLE other thread.
On Friday, I recieved a package in the mail, just a medium sized envelope, no markings on it, the return address was actually covered up by a sticker from the Postal Service, so I didn't see who it was from. So I had to wait for him to get home (Fishing trip in MD at The Solomons.) and then I could open it. He said it's an early Christmas present.
When I opened it a doctor's appointment card fell out along with a letter and some brochures. I asked him why he got me a doctor's appointment for Christmas (You'll understand why later.) and he told me to read the information that came with it. I put the letter down, and right underneath it was an information packet of iLasik surgery. The SOB made an appointment for me to have my vision corrected.
I've been wearing glasses with a perscription of -3.75 since I was in the third grade (22 years now). I was elated, I was crying, I was jumping up and down inside. I just don't know what to think of that.
So he explained that he researched this and found the eye doctor who does all eye procedures for the Pittsburgh Steelers (and who happens to be the Asst. Professor of Opthamology at UPMC [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]) See, here he is Dr. Mah.
And then I saw my first appointment is in two days, this Wednesday. And that if I am a candidate for iLasik, that I'll go four weeks without wearing my contacts, have another appointment for the mapping of my eye for the lasers, and then go in for my surgery a week after that. So all in all it should be done before Christmas. He didn't hide the fact that he's found the best person possible in Pittsburgh to do this and that the price is upwards of $1800 - $2500 an eye to have this done. And he said that he wants this person to do it because they are affiliated with a hospital and that if anything goes wrong AFTER the surgery, I can always go back to them.
There's a little more, but I won't bore you with the little things, but let's just say that these two things have been enough to keep me away, so if I don't post for a while after this, you'll have to understand.
Sorry again for being away so long, I'll try to keep updates flowing.
Craig
