Recent Goings-on

Well, not a ton of stuff has been happening lately. I'll start with the law school front, because that's where the bulk of visitors are probably here for. I start law school in less than a month and should be receiving my schedule soon. I put my notice in at work that I will be leaving as of August 25. I'm really nervous, but excited about the whole law school thing. I feel as though I've prepared long and hard for this and now all that hard work is finally going to pay off. I managed to talk with my undergrad college and got them to release my graduation transcript a few days early, so my enrollment at Wayne didn't get interrupted.

I talked to financial aid today at Wayne about how my scholarship was going to affect my loans. I also wanted to make sure that if they were going to cut anything out of any of my loans, that it was cut out of the alternative loan and not the Stafford ones. Then they told me that they hadn't received my scholarship information yet. I contacted the dean of students office who said they haven't processed any of the acceptances yet, so I shouldn't be concerned. That was a bit of a relief. I'm not looking forward to spending $500 on books, but I guess I shouldn't be too concerned, as it's a necessary evil.

On the personal front, I've been in anime heaven lately watching fansubbed versions of Ah! My Goddess season 2, which is still airing in Japan. I love that series, and I hope to find a woman that's a lot like Belldandy some day. She is just... awesome. I also got a JBL Onstage speaker interface for my iPod that really sounds nice. I no longer have to leave my computer on at night to listen to mp3s while I fall asleep (I was never a big fan of burning audio CD after audio CD from mp3). I just plug my iPod into this baby and it sounds great.

My eyesight is still doing great and most of the irritation is completely gone. I still get dry eyes sometimes, but that's not abnormal. That's really the only negative side effect to the whole thing. Not much else going on at the moment. I guess one could say this is the calm before the storm. I'll try to keep more active with this blog after law school starts, since most of you reading this really want to know what happens at law school, what it's like, the answers to famous conundrums, etc. Watashi wa ganbarimasu! (I'll do my best!)

Had LASIK on Thursday...

Well, it's done. I had LASIK on Thursday morning and went back for a 24-hour followup on Friday. My vision is currently bordering between 20/15 and 20/20. I can expect it to degrade somewhat as my eyes heal, but it shouldn't move very much. I should be glasses free regardless. If it degrades beyond perfect they can make adjustments with another procedure.

The procedure itself was fairly painless. There was no pain at all in the right eye; just some pressure when they cut around the corneal flap and pulled it up with suction. I didn't even feel being hit with the laser, but I could notice my vision improving as the laser fired. The left eye had some pain, but it wasn't bad. The doctor says they don't really know why, but it seems to happen usually that the second eye has some pain. It could have something to do with signals being sent from the brain trying to tell you something's wrong, but in any case, it was livable.

I had to go home after and close my eyes for most of the rest of the day. That was the worst part of it, having to lie down with my eyes closed all day was pure torture. I wanted to get up and do stuff, but I couldn't. There has been moderate discomfort afterward. It's mostly
dry eyes and a gritty feeling, like something's in my eye. I occassionally get blurred vision, but I'm told this will go away soon. I now have to put 3 different eye drops in 4 times a day: a steroid, an antibiotic, and artificial tears. I actually use the artificial tears much more than 4 times a day because it helps keep my eyes from feeling dry.

Was it worth it? Definitely! Would I do it again? Definitely! It's great to be able to see without glasses, despite the fact that there's some discomfort from the procedure itself. It will get better and go away on its own. It's just a matter of time.

Scholarship offer from Wayne!

I just got a letter in the mail from Wayne today stating that I am being offered the title of Lombard Fellow and being awarded a 50% scholarship. All I can say is... HELL YEAH!!!! WOO HOO!!!!! I'm pratically jumping up and down for joy as I type this. Finally, all my hard work and dedication over the last 7 years had paid off!