The Pain Is Over and I Met Some New Friends

After two weeks of pain from that damn tooth extraction I was finally able to get back to the land of the living. What a horrible experience that was! So now I have another dental situation arising. I have an impacted wisdom tooth that has a cyst developing on it. Nice! It needs to be attended to or there is a possibility that it could erupt and cause my jaw to fracture. Double Nice!
What a bunch of crap!
So last weekend I went with 3 friends to Brown County, Indiana. Had a blast! We left early Sat. morning and checked into our hotel by 10ish. Brown County is a quaint little town that hosts tons of shops and art galleries. So we started out on a beautiful fall day and worked our way through the shops. Long about 3pm, I believe it was my friend Donna, said "I'm ready for a beer". Well, there's not really too much to be offered in that area. But I did remember a place Gary and I had stopped in several years before. We found that same place....The Speakeasy. We stopped in for 1 and walked out at 8:30! Whew! Fun, fun, fun. We met the greatest group of people. We met 3 couples who were there when we arrived. They were our first encounter and we immediately hit it off! Then 2 more couples came in. They had purchased a replica of the leg lamp from "A Christmas Story"....remember that? They ended up plugging it in right there. They joined in on our fun! There was no juke box....so we just sang! And believe me, we sang to anyone walking in and everyone walking out! It was definitely one of those "you had to be there" moments. We all left that night with exchanged email addresses...as soon as my friends get their pictures to me I will be posting them! We did nothing but laugh the whole time...I felt like I knew my new friends forever. Such a big world it is, but so small in so many ways!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.....enoy yourselves wherever you may be!
S.

Under Pressure

I went to the dreaded Dentist a few weeks back and he told me I needed a root canal. Ok. So I call my insurance company to see what the cost will be. To save this damn tooth would cost me $900. After much consideration, I responded to the dentist with a quick "pull the damn thing!". I gave him my reasons and he agreed to extract tooth number 19. Shortly after the appointment was made, the nurse called to explain..."Dr. C. just wanted me to tell you that although you will be numb there will be quite a bit of pressure." No problem, I'm down with that. SO...I go to my appointment on Monday, sit in the ever so intimidating dentist chair and get my shots of novocaine. Prepared for the extraction, the good doctor begins the procedure. I HAVE NEVER FELT SO MUCH PRESSURE IN MY HEAD!! I felt like the right side of my head was going to burst open and spew my brain out! It was awful. I was holding my head and thinking,"FORGET IT, STOP, GIVE ME THE F'N ROOT CANAL, I'LL PAY $9000!" Damn! It finally was over, he packed my mouth with gauze and sent me on my merry way. Things were good till Monday night when the novocaine wore off. The pain kicked in and I started on my ibuprofen. I had Vicadin for back up...which I used last night....then woke up this morning light headed and sweaty and in more pain. Son of a ....! So it ends up I now have an infection and have started on penicillan. This has been a nightmare....AND I BETTER WAKE UP SOON!!!
Not that all of this is any excuse for my absence....I've just been lazy. I have been checking in on everyone, though. And it sounds like you all are doing well. Hopefully soon I will be able to say the same thing about myself!

Get Over It

My professional response to a whiny 10 yr. old who was throwing a fit because somebody got in front of him in line:

"BUILD YOURSELF A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT!"


Only 150 days till summer break!

Things That Make You Go Boo!

The Halloween Campout proved to be another year of great fun. I didn't go as well with my eating as I had planned (remember, I intend to be "the biggest loser") but it wasn't too disastrous. I stepped on the scale this morning fully prepared to have seen the same numbers, but it was actually down 2 lbs! This group picture is of a few of us on our trip to the restroom at 3am!(yes, those are wigs) It's pretty sad when we have to take the Boones Farm with us! The 2 girls are my great nieces. Little "J" dressed up as Dora the Explorer. Notice that big "J" wasn't as thrilled with her costume.

I'd also like to put a shout out to my buddy Luke! I work with "Lukey" and although he's not a blogger he'll occasionally check out mine. He asked today why I never blog about him so I told him I was going to throw his name out there just so he can see it in print. "Mr. Wuke", as one student calls him, is a good dude and makes me laugh everyday. Here's to ya, Luke....

Off to the gym now, people....I ain't playin' around!
S.

What I Could Do With 5 Minutes!

Had a meeting today on one of our students. An adorable, funny child who has stolen my heart! She is a victim of SEVERE sexual abuse. The details would make you sick! I wish I could take this precious girl, wipe out her memory, take her home with me and never tell her she hasn't always been mine. Give me five minutes with the woman who dares to call herself this child's mother. This woman who not only allowed it, but watched it and participated in it. I know it's not professional, and definitely not Christian, but with those 5 minutes I would kick some serious ass!!

On a lighter note....we're going camping this weekend. The annual Halloween Campout. Always fun. Everything is packed and ready to go. The Boones Farm is chilled and ready to be opened up around the first campfire.

Have a great weekend!

S.

Bad Blogger....Bad, Bad Blogger!

It's been almost 2 months since I have posted anything!! Bad blogger, bad, bad blogger! I have decided to try and write something atleast every other day...I am challenging myself. Now, I can't guarantee it will be anything of great importance or much value, but I'm going to see if I can do it....hope you don't get bored with me! If I get to be too much just let me know and I'll slack off a bit....I don't seem to have a problem with that, I can be quite the slacker!

Myself and some friends at work have started a contest..."the biggest loser". Everyone put $10 in and whoever loses the highest percentage of weight by November 16th wins $100. So far the hardest part has been sharing your weight with each other..YIKES!
Wish me luck.

So....have a lovely evening, everyone. And I'll talk to you SOON!!
S.

My New Baby!

Looky at what I got!! So after my reading with my psychic he reinforced with me how important it is to really live your life, not just get through it. Therefore, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and do something for just me. Get something that I really want instead of settling for something else until the time is better. I stepped out of my comfort zone and acted downright stingy! Oooooh, but I'm lovin' it!!! Everybody is telling Gary that I'm spoiled...I call it being understood!
Wanna go for a ride?
S.