Writing Contest… No Winners?

So I must admit that I received way less entries than the last writing contest I hosted here on Writers BloK. In fact... there were no entries this time. Everyone's been a bit busy I guess, and I did have a few people tell me (both through Writers BloK and email) that they wanted to enter but…

Three Hours After Surgery

Wow. It's over. I'm back home, and I'm actually feeling great. I'm sitting on the couch with an emoji balloon suspended in the air beside me (from my Mom), a bottle of water and Panera mac&cheese on the end table, a card from my brother (and him himself sitting beside me, loudly slurping a slushi).…

Bunion Surgery- Expectations

My surgery is tomorrow morning at 8:45 AM, and the hospital where it will be done is over an hour away. I've been nervous all day, and I'm not sure how I'll be able to sleep... but I'm probably over reacting. Anyhow, I'm going to make a list of my expectations for tomorrow. When I…

Where’s Carynn?

So... I haven't really posted in a while. I thought it was because I didn't have anything to say, but really I think that it's because I didn't know how to say it- as is often the case. I'm thinking of setting a posting schedule for myself so I don't keep putting it off, but…

Bunion Surgery

I didn't even know what a bunion was before my Mom found out she had one last year, and it was only when she described it to me that I said, "Hey, I think I have that, too." It turned out that I had bunions on both feet, but one is much more severe. For…