This ride gets faster and faster

So far I've had 3 appointments: Welcome group, Psychologist appt and REE testing (resting metabolic rate).

Imagine my surprise when the surgeon's office calls me today to schedule my initial consult with the surgeon! They said that the psych doctor released me for surgery and based on the information I provided on the questionnaire, didn't see any red flags.

So my remaining appointments now are:
2/7 PT
2/9 NUT
2/20 physical exam w/NP
2/27 surgical consult\
3/5 sleep study

The surgeon's office also said that they want me to try and get a sleep study completed sooner, so they're going to look into that as well (I had it scheduled through my private doctor).

My concern at this point is that we are nearing my birthday (April 18) and so I can't help but wonder if there's the chance of having surgery before my birthday. Part of me says to have it done asap; the other part of me says that I might want one last hurrah (but that might just be the fat me wanting to eat and drink the night away). My friends want to plan a night downtown at a drag show along with much drinking and carrying on (AND get a hotel room!). So I'm going to just wait it out and see what happens and try to follow my gut instinct as best I can.

Good things: I don't miss soda too much, and the not smoking isn't too bad. I'm still on the patch, preparing to drop down to step 3 (which is the lowest and last step). Quitting is so much easier with the patch! Now to really get into limiting my foods...