Part of what I will do during this brief May break is going to various doctors. Nothing is wrong, but I am at that time of life where preventative maintenance takes more time. Specifically, I have my first colonoscopy two weeks from now.
Yesterday I went to an ENT. I've had various doctors look at my left ear, and the audiologist referred me to the ENT because she wasn't comfortable with the amount of hard wax that was in my left ear. I made the appointment and then got very intentional about using the earwax softening drops every night. Happily, it worked. The ENT was able to get the impacted wax out with injections of warm water, which was unpleasant but not as painful as scraping would be.
Still, it all left me a bit sore and unsettled, which was not a surprise, which was why I postponed this appointment until the week when I didn't have teaching or seminary classes to take. I spent much of yesterday afternoon sitting and sewing and waiting for the aspirin to take effect. In the evening, I packed a bit for the upcoming graduation festivities.
I feel a bit strange, doing all the graduation festivities. But I've always done them. It feels important to mark the time that way. It feels a bit self-indulgent, although I remind myself that no one has to come see me. And it's not like I have to take time off work to do all the graduation festivities.
Life reminds me over and over again that I may think I have lots of chances to travel, to be with loved ones, to do out of the ordinary activities--but that's getting less and less true, as I get older.
Plus, this graduation is in the National Cathedral--this graduation will likely be the only one I've ever had in the National Cathedral.
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