I didn't want to waste the surgery, so I'm glad it is after the 21st We pre-registered yesterday and had the chest x-ray, blood workup, EKG and I had to have a CT scan of my surgical hernia (from my 2007 hysterectomy) to see how bad it is. If it is worse than they hope, the surgeon will put a "temporary" fix on it to try to hold it together until I lose weight, and then we will fix it permanently. I have to be there at 6:00 a.m. next Thursday and my son is supposed to be there at 8:30, but we will go together at 6:00.

So far, so good.

I didn't want to waste the surgery, so I'm glad it is after the 21st

I was thinking the same way. :-P I'd have hated to get the surgery or start the pre-surgery diet, only to have the world blow up a few days later.

Now I am looking forward to the avalanche of books and TV shows telling us how the dooms-day gurus and prophecy experts were wrong and then tell us to buy their new book that states when the "real" end date is. Buy it with the next 24 hours and get 2 bonuses. 1 - A special Forward in the book, written by Bigfoot. 2 - They will throw in a limited edition signed photo of the Lock Ness Monster.