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Blog Entry 44 of 48 Adventures of a Stay Home Mom
Mom and children's author chronicles the frustrations, joys, embarrassments and struggles of staying home with her three boys and trying to get published.

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How can you miss me if I never leave?
Contributed by: Stephanie Blake   on 4/2/2007

Just like Jack says in The Shining....I'm back!

So, you thought I was back-packing through Europe. Nope. And I didn't check into Promises, like Britney Spears did, either. I was recovering from a little neck surgery. On February 9, 2007, I had Anterior Discectomy and Cervical Fusion (ADCF) on the C-5-6 and C-6-7 vertebrae in my neck.

I am now the bionic woman. Or Robo-Mom as my kids like to call me. There are 2 carbon fiber discs, a titanium plate and 6 screws in my neck, just behind my esophagus. Thrilling isn't it?

Why did I have surgery? I injured my neck in a car accident in 2001, (or maybe it was the ride on the Half-Pipe at Elitch's last summer), and the chronic pain was getting in the way of my budding writing career.

I spent the past few weeks in recovery mode, doing everything my wonderful surgeon, Dr. William Choi, told me to do. Don't tell my husband, but it was a vacation from my life as a stay home mom. Yes, I was in a neck brace and couldn't even take a shower or brush my hair by myself, but it was a vacation, none-the-less.

For the first 3 weeks, my children left with my husband every day, for the entire workday. I slept in each morning. I wandered around my silent house and lay around in my pajamas. I watched the entire 10 years of Friends on DVD. I caught up on my reading. I stared at the cobwebs around my ceiling fan. I moisturized my crow's feet. I didn't have to go to the store. I didn't cook. I didn't get dressed. I didn't vacuum. I didn't clean the toilet. I took naps. I didn't yell. No one pooped on the floor. No one spilled Kool-aid on the new carpet. I didn't eat hot dogs for lunch.

It was heavenly. I had time to myself. I am re-energized. Also, my young adult novel is now under consideration at 5 publishing houses and I hope to have some news about that soon. I have also started novel #2.

Best of all: I also have a new appreciation for my kids. And my life, my sweet life, at home with them.

Sending a shout out to the numerous friends and family members, who brought meals and took care of the little monsters, during my convalescence.


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Submitted By: Bill Boucher
posted on 4/23/2007 @ 7:56:58 PM
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Congrats on the novel news. I'm getting ready to start sending out queries for my manuscript. Good luck!
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Submitted By: Joe McDaniel
posted on 4/2/2007 @ 3:02:24 PM
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It really is good to have you back in the Parker bloggersphere. Its lonely here!
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Submitted By: Tabitha Dial
posted on 4/2/2007 @ 12:05:13 PM
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Welcome back!
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Stephanie Blake

Parker , CO

Stephanie Blake has posted 48 blog entries and 120 comments since joining on 2/14/2006. Stephanie Blake 's average blog rating is 4.95.
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