Category Archives: Random things

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T.G.I.F?

I of course like most people who have a Monday-Friday job LOVE Fridays!  My day seemingly started out OK, then it slowly went to shit in an annoying sort of way.  I decided to hang out after work to wait for a co-worker to arrive since they had \”goodies\” for me and I wasn\’t in a big rush to go anywhere.  So I hung out front on our \”patio\” & by patio I mean the 3 bistro tables we have out front sectioned off gabbing with one of my regulars.  Then a friend of mine showed up that owns/operates reach for the stars rescue which was nice since I am adopting a friend for Kitler and I\’m helping to build her website as well.  So we hung out and gabbed a little bit about that and a few other random things.       So needless to say I was in the area later then normal.

So I decided to walk to the metro as I usually do since today was semi-decent and I don\’t mind the walk either.  Of course the metro is down on part of the orange line, you know the direction I take to get home urgh!  I was going to walk to the bank and then find some way to get home but my knee\’s been bothering me and I didn\’t want to push my luck either.  I mean seriously, all the announcements are in FRENCH of course and you can barely decipher them even if you are fluent in French.  Odd thing is, they usually say that such and such a line will be down for x amount of time or they\’re scraping a body off or something but this time it was simply: The orange line is only running from Lionel Groulx to Cote vertu.  OK fine, I think to myself I\’ll catch  the 24 bus and go to the bank except that line up was really long so I said the hell with it and walked down to the number 17 bus which I had to wait FOREVER for and it was late grrrr.

Now Donna\’s on her way over where we\’re planning on indulging on martini\’s and some good old 420 🙂

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Exasperation, I has it…

And I have it bad!  Healing is SUCH a pain in the ass, doesn\’t matter if its my tattoos or better still recovering yet again from dental surgery UGH!  I had three choices to deal with le problem child tooth of mine which has already cost me a few bills already, you know of the hundred dollar sort.  Makes me wonder how I can afford this?  Oh right I can\’t hello visa (thanks Mom I love you!)!

Anyway new dentist FTW!  She\’s awesome, I have never ever in my life had a better dentist, much more then Regina Bastos! Because she\’s a useless twat…  As most people know I was beyond fed up at this point, the infection came back AGAIN so I was about ready to have a total meltdown because the pain was just too much.  So went in and had my consultation for this stupid tooth and was given one of three options:
Extract it: $170.00 although it says differently on their website…  I\’m going to ask her about that one.  Root canal/gold post for support & white filling $450-700.00 with an 80% change of actually keeping it or:
Root Canal/porcelain crown approx total cost almost 2 grand!

So needless to say there was no f\’ing way I was spending 2 grand on anything that day, let alone one tooth with a 20% change of having to have it removed and get an implant anyway (another 2-5 grand).  So I had the sucker yanked out along with the infection that\’s been haunting me (or I hope!).  So I\’m hoping that once become a patient at McGill\’s teaching program I can go back and forth between the two and have an implant put in later on sometime next year since its Cheaper at McGill then a private clinic.  Had I not already wiped out my insurance for the most part, let alone had SO many issues with it in the first place I *may* have opted to go another route.

Healing is taking a little longer this time around but the surgery went exceptionally well.  I was awake the whole time and in spite of the fact that I had so much Novocaine injected in my face and I sounded slightly like a retarded stroke victim I was happy!  Still have the Absorb-able sutures in my mouth and I really try NOT to think about what they\’re made out of.   So yesterday of course I had to be gross and see just exactly how this looked with the aid of a mirror and well I\’ll spare you the details.  Needless to say I won\’t be kissing anyone for a while yet.  She said they should be gone in 7-10 days but they can take longer.  I broke *almost* all the rules on the  don\’t do this for at least 48 hours rule by the dentist (had a birthday party Friday night 24 hrs post op) but so far I seem to be OK!  I\’ll tell you though, it isn\’t exactly doing wonders for my personal life.  Oh wait I don\’t have one of those either! lol

All right enough about my EPIC dental FAIL!  Work has been SO slow, I mean ridiculously so.   So the boss has been in a bit of a snit but what can you do.  September is closing in which means hellish nightmare chaos all around.  I go back to working until 5pm thank God I need the cash!  Changes they are a coming and I am curious to see just exactly how that\’s all going to pan out, let alone affect the amount of work I have to do.  We all got spoiled this summer but once the weather starts to change we get annihilated with orders especially for Christmas which is enough to make me want to go on Prozac.

I deal with enough stupid people in a day at work as is, I really REALLY don\’t need to deal with anymore.  We all came up with awesome ideas to make things run better and more  smoothly but of course boss lady has to \”come up with them on her own. *cough* control freak *cough* So of course with said new changes will come an abundance of new stupid questions that will most likely get asked via  a phone call at 9:30am when I am right smack in the middle of doing something, you know like work perhaps?

Haven\’t done much work on the website, too caught up in other things like trying not to stress out and have a life.  Mostly I\’ve been slacking, for a number of legitimate reasons.  My health and the scares that followed came first but that seems to be mostly OK.  Have a few moments here and there that I wonder what the hell is going on.  I am however making a valid effort in changing some things about my lifestyle for the greater good.  Not being overly fanatical about it, I don\’t see the need but I figure it can\’t hurt to be responsible once in a while…  Right?

So I am looking forward to a few concerts, a charity benefit, more money, no pain and some other things that I am not going to mention on here 😉

Maybe, just maybe I\’ll update this a little more often with things that are more interesting to read too, how about that!

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What can I say…

I\’m a slacker, I\’ll own up to it.  Mostly because I have nothing really interesting to post, seriously.  Seems like most of my life drama is finally sorted.  Certain events changed my perspective on things but in a good way.  Certain people have been either removed from my life or their place in my life has shifted but sometimes I feel that this is a MUCH better way to go.

My face has pretty much resumed back to its \”normal\” look.  I found an awesome new dentist so I\’m really happy about that!  EPIC dental fail shall be resolved next Thursday.  Got myself a ticket to see Manson with a bunch of friends so that should be pretty freaking awesome from what I have heard.  Metallica is in town too and I am ITCHING to get my dirty little fingers on a ticket for that show along with 6 of my friends.  Hello scalper!  I should be more responsible with how I choose to spend my money I guess but I love Metallica and they haven\’t been here in forever so screw it you only live once!

My tattoo is pretty much healed, and was problem free in spite of being exceptionally ill when I got it in the first place.  Boys are driving me crazy as of late but really is that anything new?  Work seems to have sorted itself out for the most part which is always a nice change from the norm.  So yeah pretty boring stuff I have to admit!  I finally got around to updating the about page, starring yours truly!

Anyway its Wed, might do something worth mentioning on the weekend…  Who knows, stay tuned 😉

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Finally setting the wheels in motion…

OK so buying a ticket to go to Ontario isn\’t *that* exciting…  The downfall to being poor-ish: Your vacation time and funds are generally spent going to visit the family twice a year.  While I have friends that live across the world and have no problems with me darkening their doorstep (or so they say lol) I pretty much work my butt off to enjoy my time in Ontario which is really exhausting since I pretty much run around seeing everyone I haven\’t since my last visit home & of course make the semi annual trip to see my tattoo artist.  The exciting thing about buying my ticket is that I\’m leaving during the construction holiday which I\’m fairly certain that Quebec is the only province to have this…  Which means everyone and their mother is going to be traveling so I\’ve been watching the coach Canada website for WEEKS now waiting for them to offer tickets for July.  FINALLY they updated their website and I was able to buy my ticket.  Since I bought a non refundable ticket it cost $42.89 which is great & affordable!  In light of the economy Greyhound is offering HUGE discounts if you buy your ticket 14 days in advance, as in 50% off the price so score another one for me!  The less I spend on travel, the more money I can spend on my right sleeve!  So I snatched up my ticket right away because of course the higher the demand for that trip the more the price goes up.

So I have my vacation and my stay-cation booked as well since my mom, sister, nephew & Aunt will be driving me back to Montreal, so much for relaxing…  Don\’t get me wrong I love my family & I enjoy having people over at my house… However its exhausting!  My time in Ontario is pretty much owned by everyone & then I have to trek back home & play hostess/tour guide.  So I\’m going to need a vacation from my vacation/stay-cation.  I have some nice things planned and thankfully the ex husband and I are on good terms & he\’ll take Dustin for the night so we can go out and not feel guilty about it.  That however depends on whether or not Sandra & Dustin actually come this year with us.  Dustin is going to the Tim Horton\’s children\’s camp in Kentucky for 10 days and then would be leaving 3 days later for Montreal.  I\’m not sure which teacher nominated Dustin for this camp adventure but I owe them a huge heartfelt thank you because Dustin is such a sweet boy & he deserves it.  Sandra\’s up in the air because she\’ll need someone to Watch Chelsea on Fri, Monday & Tuesday since my brother in law has to work.

So mom\’s 50th birthday is slated for the 18th & my tattoo appointment is booked (tentative) for the 22nd.  That might change, going to call Time & see if I can get in earlier because he too is leaving on vacation for 3 weeks the next day.   Then finally on the 27th its off to McGill to start my much needed catching up on dental work.  So its going to be pretty insane this summer, have a lot going on and very little time to actually get it done.  Things have been insane as of late, I somehow got caught in the middle-ish of someone Else\’s drama but that\’s a manageable situation.  My hours at work will likely get chopped for the summer, its only for 2 months but once I get started on my dental work that\’s going to suck up a large majority of my extra income.  Thank God my mom\’s hooking me up with a Visa, I have to go to a bank branch of her\’s here and send them my signature and what not.  Its so worth it though!  It SO nice to be able to eat semi- normally, my mouth is much happier these days!