T minus 13 days

Heard from the doctor yesterday - or at least the person who schedules the surgeries. She said I'll be having an abdominal hysterectomy (abominable hysterical-ectomy) at 7:30 on the 31st. Hopefully I'll get the same scar pattern I had with Lyn and Aaron - otherwise I'll have to go back to teaching math since I'll have a giant plus sign on my belly. I can keep my ovaries if I want. I believe I want. Mother was still trying to do menopause at 55 or so I probably have that long before mine conk out.
I don't do well with epidurals, so I don't want any company other than Scott when I wake up. He's been there twice and knows how anxious and teary I am until I can feel my legs and sit up again.
I am having a celebration party at school on the 29th - cookies and punch - to give away my leftover supplies. Sort of a reverse shower. Lyn would not let me make a jelly roll cake. She said it was in bad taste. Me? Bad taste? Why, I NEVER! I was only going to use white icing and maybe a little blue string...