HAY INTERNET.
my life has changed since i last put a thing on you, in that i am going to live in chicago during the summertime! i also have less teeth, of course, which is an event i foreshadowed in my last entry.
let me tell you about getting teeth extracted: it is fucking terrifying. after giving me a shot of anesthetic ON THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH, my dentist gave me headphones and told me to watch law & order on the ceiling-tv and said, "but you may still hear some cracking." really, i cried a little bit as all i could hear for 20+ minutes was my own teeth being cracked, broken and torn from my skull by force. then, of course, i bled profusely for hours afterward but cried only once or twice.
moral of the story: take care of your teeth! or, even if you do but your entire family also has terrible teeth, good luck! especially because no normal person has adequate dental insurance, ever! also i discovered why my insides seize up whenever i see NCIS-era mark harmon on tv:
and it is because my dentist is dude's doppelganger, at least in a halvsies way.
though i am switching dentists this week, because of some dental drama that makes me want to die so i won't talk about it. but who knows what celebrity my new dentist will resemble? i vow to update this blog with this information.
so, the good part of life is my impending stint in chicago, where i will be living with my wonderful friend robin and doing an awesome practicum thing. mostly i feel a little giddy that my dramatic circa-2007 post-college realization that Adulthood Means Being Far Away From Everyone You Have Ever Loved is going to be untrue for at least this summer, because so many people who are important to me live in that chicago town.
there is also going to be an important north carolina friend reunion happening around and on my birthday weekend in chicago, and it will look like this:
besides that, i am going to force some joyful loving times to happen at ALA annual at the end of june, even if there will be stupes and semi-stupes librarian junk happening all around.
right now my life is focused on packing and cleaning my home so that i won't be grossed out by myself upon returning to it ten to twelve weeks from now. i'm actually doing pretty good, and with 52 hours left in this town all i really have left to do is some dishes and loading up my car. i even think i am going to bring a reasonable amount of seasonally-appropriate clothing!
i realized last night, however, how incredibly emotionally unprepared i am to be separated from my dogs for such a long time. to be frank, it will be nice to not have two tiny helpless things dependent on me for survival and happiness for a while, but still. there will be an Adjustment Period, probably tearful.
luckily, josie will get to be with the only man she has ever loved: my dad. (she and i have similar dude-aversion issues, though i think she has gotten over hers more than i have -- as evidenced by some recent intimate snugs with my brother)
due to my recent circadian rhythms, i have been getting up at 6:30 every morning and feeling good about it. regardless, i bought a blended coffee drink for the first time in years this morning and it is making me feel NUTS and i deeply feel like i should do some important work now.
ps. a secret is that the actual reason that i remembered that this blog exists is because today i thought in earnest, "man, my ponytail looks fucking killer today."
my life has changed since i last put a thing on you, in that i am going to live in chicago during the summertime! i also have less teeth, of course, which is an event i foreshadowed in my last entry.
let me tell you about getting teeth extracted: it is fucking terrifying. after giving me a shot of anesthetic ON THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH, my dentist gave me headphones and told me to watch law & order on the ceiling-tv and said, "but you may still hear some cracking." really, i cried a little bit as all i could hear for 20+ minutes was my own teeth being cracked, broken and torn from my skull by force. then, of course, i bled profusely for hours afterward but cried only once or twice.
moral of the story: take care of your teeth! or, even if you do but your entire family also has terrible teeth, good luck! especially because no normal person has adequate dental insurance, ever! also i discovered why my insides seize up whenever i see NCIS-era mark harmon on tv:
and it is because my dentist is dude's doppelganger, at least in a halvsies way.
though i am switching dentists this week, because of some dental drama that makes me want to die so i won't talk about it. but who knows what celebrity my new dentist will resemble? i vow to update this blog with this information.
so, the good part of life is my impending stint in chicago, where i will be living with my wonderful friend robin and doing an awesome practicum thing. mostly i feel a little giddy that my dramatic circa-2007 post-college realization that Adulthood Means Being Far Away From Everyone You Have Ever Loved is going to be untrue for at least this summer, because so many people who are important to me live in that chicago town.
there is also going to be an important north carolina friend reunion happening around and on my birthday weekend in chicago, and it will look like this:
right now my life is focused on packing and cleaning my home so that i won't be grossed out by myself upon returning to it ten to twelve weeks from now. i'm actually doing pretty good, and with 52 hours left in this town all i really have left to do is some dishes and loading up my car. i even think i am going to bring a reasonable amount of seasonally-appropriate clothing!
i realized last night, however, how incredibly emotionally unprepared i am to be separated from my dogs for such a long time. to be frank, it will be nice to not have two tiny helpless things dependent on me for survival and happiness for a while, but still. there will be an Adjustment Period, probably tearful.
luckily, josie will get to be with the only man she has ever loved: my dad. (she and i have similar dude-aversion issues, though i think she has gotten over hers more than i have -- as evidenced by some recent intimate snugs with my brother)
due to my recent circadian rhythms, i have been getting up at 6:30 every morning and feeling good about it. regardless, i bought a blended coffee drink for the first time in years this morning and it is making me feel NUTS and i deeply feel like i should do some important work now.
ps. a secret is that the actual reason that i remembered that this blog exists is because today i thought in earnest, "man, my ponytail looks fucking killer today."
Your Chicago summer is going to be so magical! I'm excited for you.
ReplyDeleteI did not have headphones or anything while my teeth were being taken out, but it also went pretty smoothly and I was SUPER numb, so it didn't bother me that much. The Novocain injections were actually the worst part--that and the epinephrine they put in my body beforehand to speed up the process WITHOUT TELLING ME so that my heart started racing and my legs went numb and I thought for a minute that I was dying.
Anyway. I would be so anxious to leave my pets for that long, too, but the puppies will be fine.
pics or that ponytail didn't happen
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