Okay, I’ll explain more when my mind can think. But here are some taglines from a photo I just took of myself:
“Travis Thrasher after starting his first NFL game for the Patriots on Sunday.”
“The New iPod 48G: Glued to your ear”
“Getting really inspired for the new season of House.”
“This doesn’t really fit under my motorcycle helmet”
“When piercing goes bad.”
“Artists are a little eccentric, aren’t they? Michael Jackson had his surgical mask, and Travis has his . . . ear pad.”
“All this commotion over a little dot–could’ve been a freckle.’
“I owe Kyle (AKA Late Night) a beer. And a lot more.”
“God’s in control, even when we’re so not!”
“A day spent in surgery, and the worst thing to report is the SAME OLD STORY: motion sickness in the car.”
“Thank goodness the gel in my hair still works!”
Okay, joking aside (and laughter is a good remedy), I’m thankful to have made it through today. I discovered that a tiny mole on my earlobe was melanoma a few weeks ago, so they wanted to do surgery to make sure it was all gone and remove a lymphnode to check it. I feel fine now–and am thankful to have a lot of people praying for me. I’ll report more on this.
And wow–did I have some wild dreams under anethesia! (Book ideas #54, 55, & 56).
Have you ever read the book “Old School” By Tobias Wolff? The narrator in the book gets really sick and also becomes inspired to write after all of his delusional fever-inflicted nights. So..if you come up with some crazy ideas for your next books, we now know where they came from. Hope you feel better, and that cup looking thing is no longer attached to your head. Always in my prayers.
Thanks! This past year has provided a decade worth of good fodder. I’m thankful that the lymphnode was benign–huge answer to prayer. I think I’m going to keep wearing the cup in celebration!