I wrote about my experience with trying to get a vasectomy a couple of months ago. It was a nightmare experience. Well, today I went to a different doctor for the procedure, and the result is that it was a success. An overwhelmingly easy success.

No startlement, no pain, no muss, no fuss, just a simple procedure, in and out of the office within an hour. I took a combination of Ativan and Benedryl, and they had me right on the cusp of falling asleep on the table. The doctor was personable, informative, and compassionate. The shot hurt only from the initial stick — no burn, no “kick.”

Really, this procedure was so incredibly easy, it’s amazing to me. I’d do this again tomorrow if I needed to. The difference between to the two experiences are like night and day. This time, the whole thing is hardly worth noting on a blog, it was so routine and problem-free.

So, I’m all done with it, and I’m spending the weekend laying in bed with a pack of frozen peas between my legs to keep any swelling down. I haven’t even taken any pain meds. This vasectomy was no big deal.

Bullgrit

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Calfgrit11 came up with the idea of us using this Father’s Day as another boys’ movie marathon day, like we did last year. Last year we watched the original Star Wars trilogy. This year the choice was the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Because we had a couple other things to do Sunday, we decided to start Saturday afternoon. At 4:00, I put in Fellowship of the Ring in the DVD player, and we three plopped down on the couch and matching chair.

Oh my god these moves are so incredibly long! FotR is almost 3 hours. Calfgrit7 surprised me by being able to sit through the whole movie. Well, “sit” isn’t the right word. He mostly stayed on the couch, but he was all over the couch, and me, the whole 3 hours.

Then Sunday morning, at 9:00, I put The Two Towers in the DVD player. My god, another long movie! They had a play date with a friend at 1:00, so we had to pause the movie for them to go there. When they got back, we continued the movie to the end. Then I put in the third movie, The Return of the King. Long. Movie. Hell! I had to take Calfgrit7 over to a friend’s house for a sleep over in the evening, so we had to pause RotK. They will continue with it Monday sometime.

As much as I like the LotR trilogy movies, I’m worn out on them now. I didn’t get outside this weekend other than taking the boys to their friends’ houses. I feel like I’ve missed an entire weekend. I needed some sun and exercise and play, but what I got was TV, darkness, and sitting on the couch all day.

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