Christmas Gifts

Before hitting on the title, tonight will be the first night in nearly two weeks that I will sleep in my bed (last time was the night before the hospital visit). Since then, I've slept in or on: 3 couches in 3 cities (if you count the short nap after waking up with the pain), two beds (counting the hospital bed), and a recliner.

Well, Christmas has come and gone, and while my dad's family still needs to get together for Christmas gift-giving and such (which will be on the 9th, weather permitting) I thought I'd recap what I've gotten so far (not counting the cool scar and meds--and I've only taken one dose each of 2 of the 3 meds).

• 216 spherical magnets
• 3 t-shirts
• 3 pairs of jeans--for the first time in about a year, I have pants that will stay on without a belt
• 3 calendars for the year 2011
• 2 versions of Fluxx (Monty Python and Martian)
• 1 belt (slightly superfluous with the new jeans, but I'll hang onto it just in case)
• 1 can of Axe body spray (Now I just need to find a place to "use" it--if you know what I mean)

One more side note on the hospital visit:

I think I had a prophetic dream before going in--but it may be just a half-remembered memory of something that actually happened during my time there. I'm not sure. Either I dreamt it the night before going in--as I was waking up with the pain--or it actually happened during the post-op haze. I was sitting up in a hospital bed, retching while someone was shoving a kidney dish in my face (the same color as the one that was in my hospital room after I woke up from surgery). I'm fairly sure it was a dream from the night before, but I can't be positive.