I'm here!

May 03, 2010

I'm here in my hotel room in Monterrey. Yay!!! It was a long day getting here, but I got to see my best friend while I was in Dallas (layover). The flights were fine.

Oh, guess what?! My ass fits in an airplane seat and I didn't need a seat belt extender after all! I asked for one. I initially used it, but it made the belt huge, so I took it off and tried it without it just to see if it would work. It was at the end of it's rope, but it fit! Man, do I feel like an idiot having foregone so many vacations and trips for fear of that damned airplane seat. Grrr...

Anyway, so far, I love what I've seen of Monterrey. The city literally extends right up onto the sides of the mountains. I'm right at the foot of the Sierra Madre. It's absolutely beautiful. I love the differences between the city I'm looking at and the cities I'm used to.

We flew in just as the sun was going down and were treated to an absolutely beautiful sunset scene from the plane window. The sun was setting behind the mountains.

When we got here, we went through immigration and customs. It didn't take all that long. And then there were two escorts from the hospital waiting to pick us up. They had the hospital shuttle van.

They greeted us, made fun and friendly conversation, told us about the city and its history as we drove to the hotel, helped check us in, and gave me a packet with all kinds of information. It has all the numbers I'll need here... the hospital, my coordinators, my surgeon's cell and office numbers, my hotel reservation confirmation number... everything.

My friends and I got up to our hotel room (which was pleasantlly already well air conditioned) and I quickly took a shower to get the travel funk off of me and went to bed.

I just couldn't be more comfortable or pleased.

I'll be spending much of today at the hospital having my preop testing done and then surgery is at 8am tomorrow morning.

So exciting!

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