Tiny Tummy Dispatch: Day 9

Tiny Tummy Dispatch, day 9: (1) My stomach is starting to wake up and move again and it feels weird as shit when it does. It's not exactly where it used to be since half of it is gone and it has six rows of staples sealing it which, I swear, makes it feel heavy to me. So flippin' bizarre to be able to feel your guts. (2) Today was day 1 of pureed foods. I had 4 oz. of mashed cottage cheese for breakfast and 3/4 C. of pureed beans/cheese/chili for dinner. Both felt like whole, un-chewed, pieces of meat going down my stomach. But sweet baby jeebus, it wasn't a protein shake so it was GOOD. (3) Spent 4 hours at the salon getting my eyebrows tattooed today which, until the numbing gel kicked in, hurt 1000x more times than surgery. Just figured I'd get ALL THE PAIN out of the way this month.