Twisted Kismet

The sometimes crazy road from here to there

Trust your gut

For the past two years, I have had this inner drive to do certain things – the bucket list trips, the decluttering of the house, and other subtle changes to my life in general.  I could never quite put my finger on what was the actual driving force behind it all.  I sort of chalked […]

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When no plan is the plan

It was a strange week.  I dropped my brother off at the airport earlier today and he is safely on his way home.  I feel oddly disoriented. All in all, I feel pretty good after the surgery.  There is still some residual soreness with one or two of the incisions but nothing that isn’t manageable. […]

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So far so good…

So I survived the surgery which went better than expected.  But let’s back up a bit… At some point last Monday, I sort of started looking forward to surgery.  Hard to explain but it was like I had gone through a series of challenges and the prize (of sorts) was going to be getting rid […]

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So many curve balls…

Hold on tight, we’re gonna be going on a roller coaster ride here. So you might recall a post from earlier in November – Internal Fearmongering for those who need a refresher – about the most dreaded doctor visit.  Well, what I failed to chat about here was the series of tests and exams that came […]

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