I went ahead and scheduled my LASIK for about a month out. I was pretty nervous but kept my mind off it pretty effectively. Somehow I manage to worry more about my relationship than my eye being cut open. November 4th was the big day. The most stressful part for me was the idea of wearing glasses for a week before the surgery. I've NEVER worn glasses.. I had contacts since I was 7 because I am entirely too vain to wear glasses. Like an idiot I went out drinking the night before, which may not have been the best plan for me.

The day of the surgery they gave me half a valium and I thought.. half? wtf is this? You're about to cut my eye open! They gave me another half and within a few minutes I didn't care about much. They gave me a stuffed soccer ball to squeeze and I laid down on the operating table. They put some suction cup on my eye and lowered a light toward my face and in seconds it was done. I felt nothing. Completely painless. Then they sent me on my merry way with a mask taped to my face and an envelope of Xanax to keep my unconscious for the next 24 hours. The Engineer took me home and put me in bed then went to his mom's house to work. He came back every 3 or 4 hours to wak eme up, feed me and feed me another xanax. My nurse :) He even left a note for my roommate telling him not to disturb me, which I found very cute.