3.30.2009

typing this in a bit earlier as janice heats up soup for me downstairs and i lie in bed; got out of bed today with tremendous pain in my mouth and took a shower letting warm water run on my face; helped a little... went to work and got a call from janice, who made an appointment for me to see the orthodondist again, my favorite place in the whole world; went in and they told me i had dry socket, a condition that happens when adult teeth are removed and the blood clot goes missing, exposing nerves and bone - doesn't tickle, i can attest; sprayed some kind of extremely gross tasting medicated dressing after cleaning out the wound and gave me heavy duty ibuprofen-like meds which, ironically, you have to take with food, which is next to impossible for me to do lately... very stormy day outside all day, even to this minute, with cancellations all over; lots and lots of heavy, goopy snow; people at work opted to go home early even though i didn't... came home and went to bed to try to sleep off some of the pain; janice came home after a 11 hour shift again and now we're about to eat, or in my case try to; lex had school cancelled today and babysat courtney and her brother.  on deck:  hopefully recovery.

Janice says:

Well Mike finally got into the orthodontist about his mouth and got a diagnosis of dry socket. I have no idea how painful that is but I know that I never want it after seeing Mike go through what he has in the past week. Lexy has a few projects due tomorrow. I am sure she has them done but I am not so sure about the end product on her oral presentation on the environment. She has to give a three minute speech and she can not read from paper. She is allowed to have a cue card but that is it. It was another long day at work again.  I was ok with it because I got to close the post office at 7:00 pm instead of 9;00 pm. Lets see how much of the white shit will be out there tomorrow. I am so tired of seeing snow. I want summer now. Well i am ready for bed as I type this and I am some tired and i know it will not take me long to fall asleep. So good night.

Janice

3.29.2009

slept in this morning right through to noon hour; janice allowed me to sleep in while the kids stayed home and she went to church to do host duty; she took the opportunity to let me try to sleep off the pain in my mouth after last night i got very frustrated and began losing my temper over it... the kids went to the 'y' today while janice and me went to costco and got turnovers, poppycock and saw palmetto along with supper for ourselves in the form of fries and chicken fingers, janice got a poutine... lex and court went to lisa's (courtney's mom) while janice, our pal cindy and me went to see 'watchmen' one more time at crystal palace, probably the most uncomfortable movie theatres on earth; but what great movie... picked up lexy and came home and now we're in bed watching the news.  on deck:  another snowstorm, a possible visit to the orthodondist because the pain in my mouth is not getting better at all, work and janice possibly working all day again.

Janice says:

Well another snow storm. WHAT A DEPRESSING THOUGHT. we have two nice days and then they tell us we could get 20 centimeters of white shit. It will probably be another snow day for kids I guess. Lexy and Court had the weekend together and now we get down to business with school work. I may be working a long day as Mike has said, we will see. I will be waiting for a call from the dentist tomorrow for Mike. He is having a tough time and I will get to the bottom of it. Time to hit the sheets.

Janice

3.28.2009

spent the entire daylight hours by myself today, as janice took lexy and courtney to a wrestling tournament in riverview; courtney won a gold and lex a bronze, with courtney getting a by in one match and a forfeit in another; lex got a hard fought 3rd though i guess; janice says the tournament was very poorly put together... i decided to take to the outdoors and walked to champlain mall and back; by the time i got home, the ladies were finally back (the girls actually went to the 'y'), and then we all went to dawn's sdm to shop and collect some points, and then promptly headed out to a highway to get a good look at the space station flying overhead, which the girls were quite amazed at... i put together some homemade fries and we all had poutine for supper; my mouth has been bothering me all flippin' day, and there just seems to be no end in sight for this pain brought on by the absence of that wisdom tooth.  on deck:  janice is on host duty tomorrow at church, we're going to 'watchmen' one more time with cindy, lex has some school stuff to take care of before 'tar' hits the airwaves.  rest and relaxation is in order if i hope to get rid of this oral trouble.

Janice says:

To say the tournament was organized would be a massive understatement. I have been to Master Chung's  TKD tournaments and they are notoriously very unorganized but this was really bad. I  was very impressed at how Lexy did and even though she thinks she did bad she really  did good. She had really tough opponents for every one of her matches. Lexy  lost the first match, the second one she won and the last one she lost. She did very well and never gave up. Courtney is here again tonight and Lisa will be picking her up at around 5pm.I have kept them very busy since we have had courtney over. The two ladies  keep each other very good company and I hope that they stay friends for a long time to come. Mike is having a really tough time with his mouth and I really wish I could do something for him. I know that it takes time but wow I wish it would hurry for him. Well  the little  ladies are about to pass out and it is time to hit the sheets. Night all.

Janice