Day 29

Alright, crazy amazing day in so many ways.  

My mom had to have surgery today.  My stomach had been in knots all day and night because of it.  It's a pretty intense surgery, but very few complications occur.  It was just the fact that I couldn't be there with my family at this time that drove me nuts.  But mom did great!  The surgery went well and by 7pm I started to get texts from her... nice, sometimes incoherent auto-corrected texts.  Love her and am very happy she is on the track to healing and will hopefully be much better after this.

On my career track... I STARTED PRODUCER TRAINING!!  Eeeeeeeek!! If you know me, this has been my goal for a while.  Yeah I produced at my last job, but the variations between producing for news compared to movies is completely different.  I know my OCD and love for spreadsheets and perfection will really work out well when producing for news.  I'm a total geek... sue me.

Also had a nice chat with a very dear friend.  They had sent a text saying they had been thinking of my mom the past couple days knowing her surgery was coming up.  It was something they didn't need to think about, nor did I think they remembered... but they did.  Life is complicated.  Life isn't fair.  Yet no matter where we are taken, where our paths lead, you can always count on the fact that there is someone out there that loves you and cares, and that should be enough to get you through the day.  

One of my favorite TV shows has helped me through this new journey I'm on.  Last night there was a quote said that I felt related:

"You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that's the sad truth.  Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way.  Those are the risks.  That's the burden."  

Side note:  Below are the pictures from my shopping excursion the other day.  One goal I'm trying to keep... add more color to my wardrobe.  I think I am doing a good job.  :)