i am still alive!

i 

passed

my 

kidney

stone

!!!!!!

it has been over a month of going back and forth to the doctor, receiving x-rays & ct scans, and waiting.  waiting for the pain to go away, waiting for the pain to get so bad so i could just have surgery and get it over with, and waiting for the stone to pass.  well i am happy to announce that it passed all by itself last night and i didn't even feel a thing.  don't worry i kept it for memories sake and also to have the dr do an analysis on it so i might be able to learn how to prevent these in the future.  unfortunately...there is another little jagged crystallized guy hanging out in my kidney, so i will be having surgery in a couple of weeks to crush that one to pieces to avoid reliving the past month all over again.

in other news, a week from today i will be a college graduate!!!  you probably won't be hearing from me for a few days since i will be working on final papers (yes, the last ones i will turn in for my undergraduate career ever) and final exams.  wish me luck!

oh and my family is all coming out here wednesday to celebrate and i could not be more excited.  summer is oh so close.

still loving old photos

this is my great-grandma {nana} and my beautiful mother as an adorable little girl. my great-grandma was one of a kind - she was known for her leopard prints and big jewelery {i can't tell you how many times i borrowed her jewelry for high school dances} and she loved fashion, fake nails, and fake eyelashes.  she had her hair done at the salon every week and she always wore the latest trends.  she really was one of the most stylish and dignified {and cutest} ladies i've ever known and i really only knew her for the last fifteen years of her life, which definitely says something about her style in her older years.  

i saw this video today and i couldn't help but reminded of my nana & so i thought i would share it here.  i hope i am as spunky as these women in my old age!

"you're gonna be an old woman some day.... don't worry about it!"

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