Well, OK, I was going to try to just not mention this online — each of us adopts certain modes of self-disclosure and eschews others — but I feel all cranky and weary, and it’s because I have a double hernia that they’re going to operate on Monday, and now it hurts more and differently than it had so far, and it makes me grouchy to feel vulnerable. And it makes me feel ashamed of my vanity when I realize that I’m concealing and resisting my own feelings of vulnerability. Which, of course, doesn’t improve my mood.
You can tell how out of sorts I am by the fact that I’m just leaving that big ugly split infinitive in the first line.
Part of this has been catalyzed by the two-day faculty conference Seabury holds several times a year, which I found very stressful, for several reasons that I will resist detailing. Suffice it to say that I think I held up my end pretty well for two days, but now I’m exhausted.
Posted by AKMA at September 18, 2003 08:38 PM | TrackBackTo infinitvely split is better than to split infinitvely.
Go well and take care of your self for Monday.
Posted by: Gary Turner at September 18, 2003 08:56 PMHere's wishing you a speedy recovery. Ouch!
Posted by: ARJ at September 18, 2003 09:11 PMYou'll be okay. Promise.
Posted by: Dorothea Salo at September 18, 2003 09:23 PMSorry you have to go through this. Corraggio!
Posted by: Nancy Trueblood at September 18, 2003 11:02 PMOuch! Sounds sore akma - hope you are OK and that the split infinitives stop happening.
Posted by: Euan at September 19, 2003 03:44 AMTake care, AKMA. I've asked my mother to light a candle for you and I'll be sending you good thoughts for a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Jonathon Delacour at September 19, 2003 04:13 AMGet well soon, sir.
Posted by: George Kelly at September 19, 2003 04:53 AMHope it all goes smoothly, AKMA. Will be thinking of you today.
Posted by: Liz at September 19, 2003 08:03 AMI had a hernia operation when I was younger. You'll feel better afterward, I promise...
Get well soon!
Posted by: Jacob Martin at September 19, 2003 08:18 AMEmbrace your inner split infinitive!
Sorry to hear about the hernia deal. Of course, you'll have to offer us a detailed account of your hospital stay. They're almost never fun, but they're nearly always interesting.
Posted by: dave rogers at September 19, 2003 08:49 AMSorry to hear of the soreness. May you have skilled and compassionate physicians, and be healed swiftly and soon.
Posted by: Pascale Soleil at September 19, 2003 09:12 AMHey, do I need to send my lovely wife-nurse up there??
I know it's NO fun, but you will feel so much better, a few days after post-op.
Are the hernia's related to slam dunks on the Seabury outdoor basketball court?? I thought so...
YOu are in my prayers, brother.
Yikes, AKMA! Feel better soon.
Posted by: AmyMo at September 19, 2003 10:32 AMAKMA, they say laughter is the best medicine, but I think I'll hold my best jokes if you're having hernia surgery.
Take care, and get well soon.
Arrr
Posted by: Shelley at September 19, 2003 10:38 AMSending healing thoughts your way.
Posted by: Tish at September 19, 2003 10:47 AMI'll be up on campus way early on Monday, and staying until after supper; Pippa is welcome to join me anytime. Have Margaret call if you need anything else.
Oh, and did I mention I'll be praying for you, too? (^_^)
Posted by: Jane Ellen at September 19, 2003 01:29 PMOuch. Sorry to hear you're in pain.
(I was going to write something funny, but then I remembered the time a friend was recuperating at home with post-surgery staples, and myself and another Steve got him laughing so hard he almost popped them right out. And, like Shelley, I'd hate to make you bust a gut. So to speak.)
Posted by: steve at September 19, 2003 02:50 PMIf you haven't read this, you should. Try not to laugh too hard.
Posted by: Pascale Soleil at September 19, 2003 05:52 PMFeel well, AKMA. We will pray for you in Minneapolis and then in Chcago. Pax.
Posted by: Tripp at September 19, 2003 06:20 PMMay saints Alban of Mainz, Catald, Conrad of Piacenza, Cosmas, Damian, Drogo (?) and Gummarus (and for that matter Gummo) stand you in good stead.
Posted by: tom matrullo at September 20, 2003 07:49 AMAm I the only one who sees the split infinitive as an unconscious metaphor for the hernia? =)
With prayers for your healing and for sufficient grace,
Daniel
Posted by: NeoTheologue at September 21, 2003 02:11 AMHolding you in the light and praying for your speedy recovery.
Frank
Posted by: fp at September 21, 2003 10:15 PM