Category Archives: Epic FAIL!

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More tales of FAIL!

UGH, again the whole no good deed goes un-punished would apply to me…  Krystal\’s friend is getting married and I\’m making her veil for her to give to her friend as a gift, fair enough.  I like doing crafty things as such so on Sunday I headed off to fabricville to get the supplies I required.  I hate, hate HATE Place Des arts metro with a passion!  I in all actuality hate the underground city as a whole.  When I leave the metro ALL I want to do is GET OUTSIDE to my chosen destination without having to walk for an hour through shopping centers and malls.   Yeah the concept is cool but the reality of it is a HUGE pain in *MY* ass!  So anyway I get the stuff I need fine, heading to the metro so I can go home and I always somehow manage to get lost in this particular metro same with McGill which I hate with equal passion…  Then I see a sign the says Place D\’armes metro which is on the orange line.

I figure its Sunday I hate transferring lines for one stop and seeing as how Place Des arts is on the green line and Place D\’armes is on the orange line it would make sense for me to take the orange line so I could go straight home.  My tooth was being fussy and I didn\’t want the hassle.  Of course I know that place d\’armes metro takes you to the port/old Montreal but that of course DIDN\’T dawn on me at the time because I am geographically retarded and I was too focused on getting home before John came over.  Now one would THINK that by placing a sign saying such and such a metro in a public area would IMPLY that it was nearby…  Yeah no NOT the case, after trolling through place Des arts, complex Desjardins and then finally coming to Guy Favreau I spotted the metro AN HOUR LATER!  Not nearly as simple as it would IMPLY!  Needless to say I was NOT a happy girl!

However once I was in the port/old Montreal I trekked up to Place Jacques-Cartier to see if my favorite restaurant Le Merville was open since its sadly only seasonal.  I discovered this gem of a restaurant with my mom & family while they were here.  Actually Mary was the one who found it and I generally tend to shy away from most places in the port because they\’re freaking expensive!  Most table d\’hôte\’s START at $50.00 and go up from there as a general rule and a little too classy for me but this place was not only classy, but exceptionally affordable!  When we went there, it was for lunch and I ordered off the days table d\’hôte and had ceasear salad to start which was EXCEPTIONAL and simple fish and chips.  I was in the mood and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was!  Best I had ever had, was light, flaky not greasy and best of all homemade!  I truly meant it when I said my compliments to the Chef who was also kind enough to give me the ingredients to his ceaser dressing 🙂

Anyway the whole point to that is I want to take John there for his birthday dinner.  His birthday was on Monday but sadly i\’m broke until Friday which sucks but c\’est la vie.  So Friday night its dinner and then a hansom cab ride since he\’s never done the horse and carriage bit through the old port which is chesseily romantic and stupid expensice ($40.00/ a half hour $60.00 for the full) and I was hoping to go out on Saturday because they have fireworks but he has to work Sunday morning so that\’s a no go.  Oh well can\’t have it all.

Which brings me to Monday morning hell starting at 2:30 am.  My tooth that has been the baine of my exsistance FOREVER has finally gotten to the point that the pain is out of control!  So John comes over on Sunday for dinner and all is fine and well, I was able to eat properly unlike last week which sent my tooth into dental rage.  So I thought to myself I really need to have this thing removed because it was becomming so problematic but I was impressed that it was being so good to me.  Well 2:30am Monday rolls along and I woke up to the upmost crushing pain I think I have EVER had!  I\’m a tooth grinder more often then not and I think that angered the tooth Gods.

NOTHING helped to ease the pain, I totally over dosed on Advil, I was to the point I was eating it by the handful.  I think I *might* have consumed oh I dunno 30 pills which did NOTHING to ease the pain other then make me sick until about 6am.  Oragel didn\’t do anything but make it worse, mouthwash offered about 5 minutes of relief and so did gnawing on a cold washcloth.  I couldn\’t lie down because that only made it worse, I couldn\’t sleep and it took EVERY once of common sense I had left *NOT* to take my pliers and pull the damn thing out myself!  FINALLY around 6:30 or so after being epically nauseous the pain subsided enough so that I could sleep.  I woke up at 8:36am which is when I\’m \”supposed\” to catch my bus into work  but I was so dizzy and nauseous to the point that I couldn\’t make it out of bed for more then 5 minutes and said screw it and called in sick at 9:30am when I start at 9am.  Ended up sleeping on and off  all  day instead of trying to locate a dentist like I should have or dragging myself to the ER but I lacked the strength required to do so.

So Tuesday as in this morning I get to work and Donna tells me that I am to park my ass in a chair and find a dentist to pull my tooth out today.  Thankfully there was a few cancellations at my regular dentist (not with the useless DR.) and I was able to see him at noon.  I\’ll spare you the details of getting 2 teeth yanked out.  Well really it was only one in theory the other was just residual roots but THEY\”RE GONE!  He looked at my other tooth that Dr. Regina Bastos was supposed to be \”taking care of\” and declared that a waste of time and money and not worth saving so I was pretty pissed about that.  Evidently she\’s nothing more then a money hungry bitch whereas this other Dr. was at least honest and really really nice!  MUCH nicer then her and FAR more competent then she\’ll EVER be!  Not to mention strong, Christ it felt like he was going to take my head off when he was pulling out the problem child tooth.  Anyway so now I have a wad of gauze shoved in my mouth to help soak up the blood, which is making me gag!  It also sucks when I have to change it because it doesn\’t hurt until I have to put a new wad in there but at least it should heal properly.  He put in stitches to help close up the major hole in my gum\’s so I have to bite down on the gauze so that it puts pressure past the stitches which sucks but the pain is minor in comparison to  the absolute sheer hell I have endured on and off for the past 2 years!

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Another Friday come and gone…

Its also a long weekend!  So after work I ran a few errands and decided to go shopping just for the hell of it.  I was really shopping for a new duvet cover *or* flat sheets that were in a color I liked, I of course found neither of them.  Did get some good buys though!  I bought a really warm fuzzy blanket since my cat laid claim to my \”spare\” blanket for when I have guests over.  Also bought myself a new hand mixer since I lost the beaters to mine and it was actually cheaper to buy a new one then replacements!  Then I thought well I need new socks, I tear through socks like no ones business because I\’m on a my feet a lot.  I have cute ones but they\’re made out of acrylic and don\’t breath very well which leads to some epic foot stench on some occasions! So I was poking around the \”intimates\” section when I hit pay dirt! They had Hello kitty panties and I was SO happy! They\’re freaking adorable and I love them 🙂

Funny story about shopping today… I\’m very particular about how things in my home look and the walls of my bedroom are an unusual color. So I thought I found flat sheets that would be suitable to make a duvet cover out of. Its MUCH cheaper to buy 2, sew them together if you have the means of course and make your own as opposed to buying one. I like things that are plain. Anyway I thought I found what I wanted and of course if I make a new duvet cover then I need new pillowcases too lol. My duvet is currently in its natural state but its high maintenance to keep it white all the time and I don\’t bleach it because for one thing it breaks down the fibers and if you ever bleach your whites and notice odd little yellow spots, what most people refer to as \”pit stains\” those are actually protein deposits and its bleach that makes them yellow. So when I wash my duvet I soak it in vinegar, baking soda and a little bit of lemon juice with some water overnight in my tub and then I wash it. Keeps it nice and white that way but it IS a pain to do that all the time so I thought a duvet cover would at least help.

Anyway I noticed someone was \”following\” me. This guy hung out in the same aisles that I did which was mostly bedding because I was trying to find single sheets and not a full set and this store is HORRIFICALLY set up! So I\’m hemming and hawing, debating on this that and the other thing, running back and forth to the price check thing because some of those sheets are SUPER expensive! Anyway I had this stalker and then it dawned on me that it was an undercover \”mall cop\” and let me tell you he was doing a bad job! So I started at the opposite end of the same aisle, then I would grab a bunch of stuff, leave and then move to aisles down and leave it somewhere else. Wait for him to see me empty handed and then grab something else and I kept doing this just for fun. I DO feel bad for whomever is stuck sorting out the shelves later but hey, at least its all in the same dept.!

So I did some miscellaneous browsing and seen the mixer on sale grabbed that, headed of the cleaning aisle and sure enough there was what\’s-his-name. So then I went back to the bedding section to grab said blanket and then left in search of socks, got distracted by shoes because I need a killer pair of heels for a photo shoot and couldn\’t find any that would fit my feet that I liked. My feet are tiny but FAR from dainty! I wish shoe designers would keep that in mind, not everyone\’s foot is like 3\” wide. Anyway all the while there\’s this guy hanging around in the background. That is until I hit the underwear dept and I think everyone must have thought I was nuts because I was like a fat kid on cake when I seen that they FINALLY have HK underwear in Canada that\’s actually made by Sanrino and isn\’t stupid expensive ($5.97/pair in case your wondering) then I headed off to the cash and out I went. Boy was he surprised when the senors/alarm didn\’t go off.
Yeah I\’ll admit that I\’m NOT a fashion plate, ESPECIALLY since I just go off of work, not a purse girl I prefer knapsacks because they\’re far more practical and easier to carry and I look slightly skidly but not THAT bad geez! In any case it amused me for a while 🙂 I was accustomed to getting followed around by security when I was married because Jeff looks SO stereotypical in the sense that he would scream shoplifter more then me lol. I hate to say it, but its true. With the ton of piercings, the visible tattoos, the Mohawk and the punk lifestyle most people assume that your a thief. John said to blame it on my tattoos but you can\’t see any of them when I\’m wearing jeans AND a jacket, they\’re all covered up. Whatever, some people just have REALLY narrow minds!

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Life FAIL

OMG seriously I think I\’m about to loose my mind!  This whole dentist thing has my panties in a HUGE knot!  But what can I do aside from hope and keep my fingers crossed that McGill accepts me or find a cheaper dentist.  Granted I have to say I have some pretty clean teeth!  This will be my 5th brushing (after I post this ) in the past oh I dunno 15 hours!  I tell you one\’s mouth is a DIRTY place and with the epic amount of dental work I need done, no more screwing around with it!  I\’ve devised a plan though, if McGill DOESN\’T accept me as a patient then I\’m having it removed because a root canal is too expensive and doesn\’t guarantee any positive results either.  Besides a dental implant costs a little more & offers better results.  We\’ll see, I\’d hate to loose yet another tooth but I have to live within my means too.

So today while at work stoned outta my mind between the pain/bacterial infection meds I\’m on I was a tad bit air headed today to say the least. The morning started out OK, special today was chili and that\’s easy to make and dare I say the best one I have made to date! So I was stirring it using this large wooden paddle we have had when it snapped in two and splattered me with an exceptionally hot (temp wise) splash of chili across my chest and ALL over my hand/wrist which left some really bad burns.  Which thankfully were localized to the top of my hand and my wrist, it could have been MUCH worse.  The inside of my wrist is killing me, my hands not so much because I have awesome callous build up.  Of course I\’ve been smart and brought my camera to work lately but I still have yet to upload them.  Sometimes Often I tend to forget just how strong I really am!

Then I got sick, I mean were talking the most epic case of gut rot I have had in a while.  At first I thought we maybe its something I ate because chili powder is spicy enough to occasionally send my stomach off into a frenzy but then something dawned on me, my antibiotics for my tooth also cause nausea, dizziness and a few other un desirable side effects that I will leave out.  So I blame that, that must be it. Today was OK just really rough in the sense that I\’m stressed out over this whole tooth thing, I feel like a total airhead and icky!

Thankfully this weekend is a LONG weekend which means I can get some much needed work done, along with general housework and the boy is coming to visit me on Sunday night and he\’s staying over 🙂 Poor John doesn\’t stay here often because towards the middle of the night he\’s usually only left with one throw pillow (I used to have 8 reg/2 decorative pillows on my bed which have been reduced to 6 because of my 2 new memory foam pillows which are huge) and I\’m a first class duvet hog and to top it off I move around A LOT. I am not accustomed to having someone in my bed after living alone for so long for one thing and sleeping with someone who likes to cuddle. While this is cute, I do tend to get restless and want to move lol. Although my memory foam makes my bed that much more comfortable and I don\’t feel the need to toss and turn.
I kinda feel bad for him though, for a while I had a pus filled mess in my boob (which turned out to be nothing but that thank God) and now I have pus leaking from my tooth and forget about my birth control actually working. I mean really what guy wouldn\’t find that attractive? 😉 I told him that it was OK if he didn\’t kiss me, because I tell you, I wouldn\’t kiss him if he was in the same position as me lol.

On a final note: worth a laugh (Thanks  to Ania! who orginally posted this on her blog)

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Tales of dentistry hell!

So yesterday I headed off to the dentist and I was in PAIN ALL night!  I thought well mild discomfort was to be expected and I popped some Advil and hoped that it would go away by the morning.  Nope, not a chance!  It wasn\’t AS bad but  I thought to myself, OK seriously?  What was supposed to be a simple thing, is turning out to be a VERY expensive trip to the dentist!  I was brushing my teeth this morning and noticed part of my temporary filling had ended up in the sink but didn\’t think too much of it because well I just flossed that area.  Then as I was leaving for work it went from a dull pulsing throb to a incessant ache.  Again with the Advil, hoping that it would clear up.  In fact it actually got worse…

I was trying to innocently chew a piece of gum, and that hurt!  I couldn\’t put ANY pressure on that part of my mouth without it sending a jolt of pain through my jaw, let alone bite down on it which I tried to do several times to test if I actually could!  So I go about my day and the first thing I do is make my quiche because they take an hour to cook and if in the event I need the oven for lunch then its free to use.   Quiche + flour= dust particulates that make me sneeze.  Of course I had one of those epic open mouth sneezes that made me smash down on my top and bottom jaw which sent the most HARDCORE jolt of pain through my system!  I honestly felt like someone had taken a stun gun to my gum\’s and a baseball bat to the side of my head.  The pain was so debilitating that I literally fell to my knee\’s clutching the right side of my face in tears.  I have NEVER experienced pain so intense in my entire life then I did at that moment.

The culprit: pus buildup.  So my roots are in fact infected, and when Dr. Regina started cleaning out my tooth it started to drain and since she covered it up (knowing that I had infected roots WTF) it got trapped which created a pressure build up because quite simply it had no where else to go.  So I called my dentist because I was BEYOND pissed off at this point!  Got an emergency appointment for 4:45pm to have it looked at to see what the problem was.  So I had to have my temporary filling removed ( you know the one I got less then 24 hours ago at this point) and I am now on antibiotics for my mouth infection (penicillan, awesome!  Hello possible yeast infection and birthcontrol wipe out!)  and because of this my tooth has to remain open so that it can drain properly.  So I have to keep little cotton balls shoved up there so that it doesn\’t get further infected and brush my teeth every time I eat something/change the cotton ball and I will most likely need a damn root canal!  I am SO annoyed (with myself) for not having this taken care of sooner.  So there goes ALL my vacation plans since I doubt I will be able to afford to go anywhere let alone have any spending money for a tattoo or going out with my friends.  I am NOT happy with the end result of today at all!  Here\’s to hoping that I get accepted into the teaching hospital because I really need a break and so does my improvised bank account!  Thankfully this trip to the dentist was a freebie!  As for the pain…  I think its gone… Although I have totally od\’ed on Advil today so that helps lol