the last week has probably been one of the hardest weeks of my life.

the day after elise and ari's wedding, my sister was diagnosed with cavernous angioma which is essentially a birth mark on her brain. certain things can cause the birth mark to swell, causing awful headaches and seizures. on wednesday, she underwent brain surgery to remove the angioma and the result exactly what the doctors wanted. she's doing well now and will probably go home today but the stress and fear that i have been feeling for the past few weeks has been very overwhelming.

many of you know that rachel and i have had our ups and downs but at the end of the day, she's my sister and i love her more than anything in this world. i would do anything for her and i know that if the situation was reversed, she would have done the same. seeing her helpless in a hospital bed after her surgery really struck hard. when my dad had his surgery last year, i was pretty emotional but seeing my 26 year old sister go through brain surgery was probably one of the hardest things for me, emotionally. once thursday came around she was doing a LOT better and on friday she was entertaining a roomful of guests.

sometimes in life we take for granted what's closest to us and i know that i have done that in recent times. we get so caught up in the little things that we forget that trivial situations are not important. i know i am guilty of it from time to time (or more).

yesterday morning i was a complete wreck. i had to be strong for my mom for 4 days and really started breaking down yesterday morning but the shit really hit the fan yesterday afternoon when i was talking to john. i didn't tell many people about the surgery because i just didn't want to talk about it anymore but, for the few people i did tell, they were mostly supportive. more on this later.

anyway - that's my week in a nutshell and even though the week was very emotional, there were some very funny things that happened that i will discuss later.