surgery.

last wednesday after i finished with class i headed to salt lake because my daddio was having surgery. it was supposed to start at 1:30 but didn't end up happening until close to 4. and it took less time then they thought! he was done before 8! it was a long 4 hours, but luckily i had my mom, her two sisters, my dad's parents (those of you who know them may laugh now), and my dad's long time friend and his wife, along with facebook and blogger to keep me occupied. 
we finally got to see my dad, who was very out of it, at around 9:30. complete with stitches from his butt to the back of his knee, a total of twelve inches, and without the tumor- that was about the size of a football, now somewhere having more tests done.
i stayed with my parents until they came home on saturday afternoon, mainly because i didn't want my mom to go crazy up there by herself, and school would be pointless with them always on my mind.
i got to know the valet boys very well :) and even though we spend alot of long hours in a hospital room (which was actually like a hotel room) i had some good friends who got me out and about for a few hours.

my good friend jordan from high school, who is going to the u even though he is a y fan (yes he's a sinner) took me bowling and for some yummy food. as you can see i was really sucking it up this game, until round 8 when i got a spare, then on 9 i got a strike! 10 comes along and what do you know? another strike! so jordan says you're going to get a turkey! but then i got mad and said you just jinxed me! so i bowled again and only hit 4 pins, but guess what?! the bowling gods were looking down on me and made the machine think i got a strike! so i got to bowl again! and i got another strike! i was freaking out! as was everyone else, who thought i was such an awesome bowler! and in those two rounds i think i doubled my score and almost caught jordan! funny huh?!
my other good friend les from my cna class, works in the er at the u, so he gave me a tour- so cool! it really is crazy and people running wild going every which way like you see on tv!
and i ventured to the new desert book on temple square, let's just say i could live there :)
on another note- thursday morning i was bound and determined i was going to get up early and go with my mom to the hospital (we were staying at my aunts in taylorsville) but for some dang reason i just couldn't open my eyes, so she said it's ok just sleep and come up in a bit- you do have your car here. well at 8 i was already in the shower (but i thought it was alot later then that) my mom had left at like 7:30. weird huh? well turns out the transmission went out in the suburban so i wasn't supposed to be with her or we would have been stuck down town salt lake, with my car parked at my aunts. so even though they had to take my car to beaver- it all worked out how it was supposed to.
and my mom says my dad is a very bad patient- go figure! at the hospital he was supposed to 'call not fall' so he wouldn't call the nurses and just have me help, but he would walk with his walker in his hands, just carrying it. at home i guess he doesn't even use crutches so hopefully he doesn't tear anything!