Stupid Jaw

So, I have been under the influence since last Thursday, because I had all four wisdom teeth removed (FINALLY). Let me tell you, even with the prescribed pain meds and the ibprufen (doc said it was ok to take with p.m. but not tylenol) and the icing of the cheeks/jaws, it still hurt like hell! Though we all thought it wasn't possible, I was paler than a sheet of paper the first day or so. My jaw is still somewhat stiff, but I'm able to eat less liquidy foods now. I'm down to just the ibprufen now. Not liking the salt-water rinses every 4-6 hours though. I have to do those through Christmas Eve. Not fun. Technically the bright side to those salt water rinses is they are a way to prevent getting the flu, from what I've heard.

I'm officially on break til January 3rd, so, I'll try and write when I can. Hopefully in the next week I'll be able to get together with some friends and see the Boondock Saint: All Saints Day film in theaters. Who know, I'll keep y'all posted.

Silent Treatment

Ah, silence, I remember you. It's the treatment I'm apparently getting from E right now. The only thing I seem to be able to chalk it up to is the fact that I'm growing close with Em again and her and the rest of the group are not as fond as Em as I am. Yesterday, I had lunch with Em, and MM decided to sit down with us (MM is our former roommate that we've both lived with over the past two years on campus). It was kinda awkward to say the least. At dinner yesterday, MM and E decided they were going to sit with Em, me and the rest of the group that Em hangs out with now (they're an awesome group of people, some louder/shyer than others). Well.. eating with us is nt the proper term I should use. E got her tray of food, then MM got there, they left to get their picture with "Santa" and were gone forever. In the span of time that they were gone, I made plans to hang out with Em and the rest of the group that night. MM and E got back right as we were all getting ready to leave to get the snacks and stuff for the night.

The night was a blast. A little awkward towards the non-sober part of the night, but a blast none the less. I get back to the dorm around 11, E's reading. I say "hi" quietly and start to settle down for the rest of the night- off with the shoes, coat, setting down the munchies bag, stuff like that. That was all the conversation for the rest of the night. I went to bed around 3am, she was starting to get ready, which really annoyed me, because she can not quietly put her computer away, the cords, clear off her bed to save her life. That's what I woke up to around noon/1pm today- her computer cords and whatnot being moved around loudly. Now let me clarify something. I did NOT have a hangover this morning. In fact, the last time i got a hangover was probably junior year of high school*, so the sound wasn't being amplified by hangover status, it was amplified by her getting up for the day. The most we've talked today, is me commenting on the sparse snow that was on my car, and her asking me if I would either rescue a real dog or buy a mechanical one. other than that, not a word. She had country music on ALL DAY. I can sometimes stand it, but all day, and mixed with country holiday music? I pulled out my ipod and cranked up the headphone volume.

We didn't even eat dinner together. I left for dinner a while before her. When I was finishing up, she came in, set her stuff at an adjacent table, then got in line for food. On the subject of cafeteria food- let me just say, that even though I'm not a big steak eater, my gma A (who pretty much ruins roast beef and other dishes) could cook a less tough steak! Anyways, back to the silent treatment. She came back a lil while ago from dinner, grabbed her bag of trash that was hanging off her bed, and left again. So.. should be interesting the next few days.

Another interesting thing is that MM sent all of us (excluding Em) an invite to eat together at the finals breakfast on Monday night. I found the exclusion of her interesting. I get that they aren't as close, but this shunning of Em and silent treatment I'm receiving right now is almost seems like they're trying to convey that I can't be friends with both groups, like a "Em or E/MM" type of situation. And really, at this point, I'd rather be friends with just Em than them. who knows, maybe it'll be different after break. Hopefully. But one thing that is for sure, I'm not living in the same room as E next year. Em and I have already decided that (if) she lives on campus next year, her and I are rooming together. I already know there will be moments where we might get on each others nerves, but after her roommate from slore land (sleeping with multiple guys, hanging out in their room naked and Em walking in on it, stuff like that and more) she'll hopefully be a better roomie than in the past year that we lived in the same house together.

Well, I better get to studying while I still have the quietness of the room to myself. I probably won't be able to post again til Tuesday. If not Tuesday, than probably not until next Saturday or something because I'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out next Thursday. well, happy holidays to y'all. Laters!

*This incident I'm talking about-- i was in high school, was on the soccer team. Parents were outta town for some thing up at my sisters college, so they were gone for a couple days. a friend of mine had given me a minibar bottle of vodka, i had a little bit with some lemon juice. The next day (which incidentally was a game day for the st) I had a bad hangover, which my friends pounced on the opportunity to torture me with. Needless to say, that was my only high school drinking experience, besides drinking a couple of punch at a school dance that turns out was spiked (found out after I drank it from a friend). Also, to clarify something-- I don't drink that often, and I don't drive after/while drinking. It's stupid to do that because you and/or someone else can get hurt. It's not worth it.




Edit: We're talking a lil bit again, so hopefully the next few days ges okay, along with finals i have to write.

discovering the growing gap

So.. I'm discovering that with age, and with pregnancy, the gap between H and I is ever-growing. The sense of getting along at J's wedding must have been a fluke. I've tried reaching out to her since hearing of her pregnancy, to talk, to seek out her help on a class project, to see what type of theme her and her husband were thinking of for their child, and she has yet to return a facebook message, a phone call, anything. I called her tonight, and since she didn't answer, I tried something else. That's right, I called her husband. He was not helpful. He said they don't know the sex of the baby yet (which I would guess they wouldn't seeing as she's not due until around the end of May the last we heard. J just found out she's having an alienette*, and she's due late-March) but he left the theme of the baby quilt up to me. So pretty much it was kinda a waste of time calling him. So mostlikely, I will end up making their kid a monkey themed quilt. J is getting a Winnie the Pooh/ Hundred Acre Woods-themed baby quilt.

Fall semester is almost over. THANK GOD! I'm to the point where my head wants to shut down/explode. It's the time in the semester where I wanna say "I quit being an English major, just give me the Communication classes!*" It's exhausting! What works on the frazzled nerves is my roommate. Now don't get me wrong, E is a great person, and we usually get along. HOWEVER, right now, I'm to the point where she's annoying me to no end. The constant history channel/documentaries/ghost shows.. I admit it, I like SOME reality tv shows.I like watching shows like Gray's Anatomy/Private Practice, Army Wives, etc. However, she thniks shows lie gray's are soap operas, and mocks reality shows. She likes to be "mentally stimulated" by her shows. Me? I most of the time, just like to let my mind shut down, I like some mindless television. I sometimes watch documentaries on musicians, actors- shows that have some entertainment value, but I'm not a history buff like her and my Dad are. I'm not into that sort of thing. But that's not the only thing that's bothering me with her lately.

I will admit, in this blog, I vent a lot about The Children. Since the meeting, they haven't been acting out.They've been pretty quiet when they are here, though in the past week they've been not in the dorm. M has been here, T has not shown up yet after Thanksgiving weekend. I pointed this out to E, and she got a snobbish attitude, saying stuff along the lines of "good, I hope she never comes back." As much as I get annoyed/aggravated by some of their antics, I'm not going to go that far. I'm at least going to put some effort into being civil towards them. Another thing that's annoying me with her, is her leg. She has a case of MRSA on her leg, which it IS healing, but she doesn't see anything wrong in massaging her leg near it because she has a charlie-horse but not washing her hands afterward to stop the germs from getting on things like the remote, the door handles, the light switches, etc.Granted, she is on 3 different antibiotics, but I don't want it, and it's unsanitary. I talked to Em the other day at lunch, and we talked about possibly rooming together next fall if she lives on campus. Her and I have had our problems in the past with similar issues, but since she's had to deal with her hellish roommate this year, she's toned it down and shaped up. We get along better this year than in the past. Hopefully she actually does live on campus next year. And hopefully E and I get along enough next semester to not want to throttle each other over stupid stuff. I get that the size of the room, the proximity to each other all the time, and the proximity to the end of the semester play a factor, but it's just getting to be too much to deal with all the time. I might seem like I'm constantly bitching about stuff other things do. I know I get on others nerves, I know that I'm not perfect, but I try to put in an effort to not irk others, even if we don't get along all the time.

I'll blog possibly later this week. If not, I'll blog after I get home after finals next Tuesday/Wednesday. Hopefully, I'll be able to tell you how awesome Boondock Saints:All Saints Day is (I'm planning on seeing it either tuesday or wednesday, even if none of my hometown friends don't take up the invitation to see it with me. Well, I'm off to try and get some sleep shortly. Later to my less than 5 readers (really? I doubt more than that read this. If there are, thank you for being entertained by my sometimes melodramatic life.)

*Lil Alienette is the nickname for J's baby. It was lil alien before she found out the sex of the baby, and now that we know it's a girl, its alienette. H's baby's nickname is lil whoseit. Not creative, but it's better than nicknames like boogerbutt, small fry, lil snot, etc.