I am noticing my life is hectic ... most of the time. There is never a dull moment. Maybe I am a drama queen, as much as I hate that phrase. Sometimes I think it would be nice to not have any drama, but how boring would that be? I don't think I invite drama into my life, but it always seems to find me.
Take my eye. I scratched the cornea of my right eye in January 2007. It has been super sensitive ever since then. It started bothering me again in Chicago last month, but it became a huge problem on Wednesday when I couldn't see and the eye was pouring tears. Not good. I went to the doctor on Thursday to discover I have reoccurring corneal abrasion. This means when my eyes get dry and I blink, the scar tissue is torn. This latest abrasion turned into an ulcer on Friday. Yes, an ulcer on my eye! And then infection set in. CRAZY!
I have been in so much pain and completely incapacitated. You need an eye to do almost everything! And when one eye is "sick", the other one naturally closes. It hasn't been pretty. I have seen the eye doctor more than I ever thought possible and am putting drops in my eyes on the hour. I've come a long way with the eye doctor. Dr. Wasser is a brave woman and patient. I could barely put Visine in my eyes before this experience! I am a pro now. On the upside, my eye is getting better. I can see, which is good, and I can watch a little TV, check e-mail, and even knit with one eye. And the pain is nothing like it was 2 days ago. Praise the Lord and Dr Wasser!
Maybe a contributing factor to this whole drama queen title is my level of enthusiasm. I get really excited about things - big things, small things it matters not. Take the e-mail I received over the weekend from Lyn Phillips, my high school journalism teacher and newspaper sponsor. She sent me an article from Thursday's Hattiesburg American, our hometown paper, about Patrik Polk. Patrik Polk was a tall, skinny, black kid who graduated 3 years before me. He was very active in school activities and always referred to himself as the tall, skinny, black kid. Well Patrik graduated from Hattiesburg High School and then USM. He went on to film school and was honored Thursday night at the NAACP Image Awards for his movie Noah's Ark - Jumping the Broom.
Patrik wrote and directs a show on the Logo channel about a group of gay men living in Los Angeles. A movie was made about the show, similar to the way the weekly show Sex in the City went to the big screen. Anyway, Patrik has been part of a number of films and is now being honored by all kinds of organizations for his work. I am so incredibly proud to be from the same hometown, the same high school, as this amazingly talented man. We came from the same place and he has made it so big. I used to think I was the only one in high school and I wasn't. I am so excited!!
So, this morning I found Patrik on Facebook and we've exchange a couple of e-mails. I feel inspired, much the way I did last week before the eye thing. There is so much I want to do. I have so much to share with the world. I have words, ideas, and love to give to anyone who wants some. I can do anything if given the chance. Patrik Polk did. I can too.
Ok, maybe that did sound a little like Scarlett O'Hara :)
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