Yes, I know it's late.....I sit here, in front of my computer, on the eve of my surgery......with insomnia:) I have to be up in 5 hours so that I can report to the hospital for my hernia surgery. We spent the weekend at the sand dunes and I slept nearly the whole way home, so now I can't sleep. I got one last lifting session in tonight- I did shoulders and chest- it was awesome! I love lifting heavy....and I won't be able to for the next however many weeks.....sniffle, sniffle:) My husband thinks I am crazy- his thought on the matter, is that I shouldn't be lifting at all until my hernia is fixed.....I even wanted to go for a run before my surgery in the morning, but he really had a fit over that:) So, I am going to appease him for now:) I figure it wouldn't be good to have a hard cardio session, and then not be able to eat anything afterwards. Not good for the whole "trying to get bigger" thing......

I took my belly ring out for the first time in 8 years....my stomach looks so weird without it....not to mention, the whole lump of a hernia hanging out beside where the ring usually is....ha ha ha. I am going to ask the surgeon if he can put it back in before he bandages my belly. I don't want anything happening to that piercing...that was the most painful sucker I could ever imagine!

Well, I must try to go to sleep.....everybody say their prayers for me:) I will try to write soon to tell you all about my recovery:) Train hard everybody- no excuses! Love ya,

Tami