Rough Week

Well, I'm already not doing so well at my goal of posting more frequently in October, but it's been a long week. J has been dealing with increasing gallstone pain that starting flaring up about two weeks ago. It was a gradual thing at first, but the only real treatment is to get your gall bladder removed, so he was hoping to be able to make it to winter break before having to deal with a surgery. Not to mention, this week was his finals week for his first quarter of school. As the pain got worse and worse last week, he was popping pain medication and studying and hoping just to get through this week. That was not to be.

On Monday night, we spent 6+ hours in the ER, and discovered that he had some additional (although not too serious) abdominal issues. The doctor in the ER was able to treat him for that, but it was clear that his gall bladder would need to come out sooner rather than later. After several sleepless nights, lots of intense pain-- and some intense anxiety about school too-- J had to reschedule two of his finals, but managed to take the other two. He met with a surgeon, and the faulty gall bladder will be coming out next Thursday. So we're very happy to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's been a long, tiring week nonetheless.

However, on a more positive note, I thought I'd leave you with some photos from the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival last weekend. We went on Friday and it was a gorgeous afternoon/evening. We saw Thievery Coroporation, who were amazing. After their set, we thought we'd wander around a little, grab some food, and maybe check out another band before Kings of Leon (the headliners) came on. The evening took a little bit of a wrong turn, however, when we spent a full hour in line for a port-o-potty that was a few inches short of overflowing. Mmmmm. I knew there was a reason I generally avoid huge festivals. Overall, though, it was fun to check out such a famous Austin event and the music that we did hear was great.

Me as we entered the festival. The park setting was super nice. It was amazingly clean considering how many tens of thousands of people were there. (Although this was Friday... it might not have looked so nice on Sunday.)

The entrance to the park as we were leaving that night-- all lit up!