Monthly Archives: May 2009

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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

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Today was a mixed bag of MANY strange things…

Today was one of those days where I think stabbing myself in the forehead with a fork *might* have been more pleasant!  I work up feeling well rested since I went to bed at a reasonable time so I was optimistic!  Perhaps too much so…  I was happy to have my dental appointment as well because I hadn\’t been to a proper dental appointment in over a decade which is bad, really bad!  Dentists cost a retarded amount of money which I don\’t have an unlike my tattoo artist, I can\’t leave dental work \”half done when I run out of money\” its pretty much all or nothing.

Anyway today at work was full of FAIL! My customers DROVE ME UP THE DAMN WALL! First off today was crispy chicken with orange & ginger sauce, a popular one. I usually make it with lemon & herb rice in case you were wondering because it goes along nicely with the citrus in the sauce. Anyhow, I don\’t have a commercial range at work. I have the same stove that most people have in their homes which doesn\’t generally give me any issues except for space. I have to admit, the one thing I DO miss about working in a more commercial setting is a 6-10 burner gas range. So I utilize the commercial convection oven downstairs in the bakery because I can use a larger baking sheet and the temperature is far more consistent then a regular range and the cooking time is also faster.
The only downfall to using ANYTHING in the bakery is that its not only in the basement its also 2 doors down (the bakery opened first and isn\’t connected to the tea room in anyway). So I have to carry this baking pan up the stairs, outside and to the tea room which isn\’t an issue in the spring but caused me some grave concern in the winter.   So I\’m walking in and this one customer who is ALWAYS a pain in the ass is standing at the counter blocking the entrance to the kitchen bitching to Krystal that her soup isn\’t hot enough. So I being ever so cautious said:\”behind you, careful this is hot.\” So hotly replies well my soup is cold and almost slammed her face into a hot pan of chicken which would have served the bitch right! I should have said move your fat ass outta my way but I didn\’t… That REALLY pissed me off!

Then once again we get another customer who can\’t pronounce quiche properly. I didn\’t serve them but Krystal mentioned that she got a request for a spinach guiche. Since I work there and the closest thing to the modification expert all the staff now know what a (NSFW LINK>) guiche piercing is.  Which is always good for a giggle!  Its almost impossible to keep a straight face when a customer asked for a guiche, especially a woman.  I have to bite my tongue from saying \”well I could give you one but you don\’t have the right anatomy for it, I\’m sorry\”  🙂  So let it be know that there is a VAST difference between this and what you really want which is this.

We had a tea party booked this afternoon.  Which does resemble said picture (that is in fact my work) except we now have the three tier tea trays that we use.  Which is always a thorn in EVERYONE\’S side because quite simply its a lot of work.  A million little things go into the preparation of this dainty tea (not to be confused with high tea mind you) because dammit there is a DIFFERENCE! anyway enough of my random ranting.  So this party was booked for 3:00pm but this snooty bitch.  I had to leave at 4pm because I had a LONG overdue dental appointment at 5pm which required me to get from one end of town to the other.  Of course she shows up late, she phoned and mentioned as much but said that she would be arriving at 3:15, she strolls in rather dramatically at 3:35pm and doesn\’t like the table she\’s sitting at.  Setting the table properly for afternoon tea is a hassle and its done BEFORE you arrive, Krystal started to re-locate her to placate her but then she changed her mind (WTF lady seriously?)

We have two ceiling fans going in the tea room because it can get quite stuffy in there.  She requested that one of them be turned off because she\’s an opera singer and it might harm her vocal chords.  Are you kidding me?  Yes I know that singers in general DO need to go to some great lengths to maintain the integrity of their vocal chords I can respect that.  Her voice is her lively hood just as my hands are very precious to me because they\’re what allow me to create.  However I WAS married to a musician at one point (specifically the lead singer) and the only damage that a fan would do to her vocal chords short of trying to swallow it while it was still rotating would be for it to hit her in the throat somehow.  She\’s nothing but a pompous spoiled bitch and I felt EXCEPTIONALLY bad for poor Krystal having to deal with the self proclaimed fuss bucket or whatever she called herself.  Of course the table wasn\’t adequate for Ms. Pain in the ass picky pants either so her and her friend re-located themselves.  Sadly I had to leave so I don\’t know what the rest of the final hour was like but I know that Krystal was not happy when I left and well who in the hell can blame her!

So I leave to go to my dental appointment thinking that I was getting a minor tooth repair on a chipped tooth that happened a few months ago.  She takes x-rays, there\’s infected nerve damage and a cavity or something.  I need a fucking root canal which she DOESN\’T do so she has to bring in a specialist which will cost me $500.00 which my insurance only pays 50% of.  So I told this to her, because I can ill afford it and my insurance plan ONLY covers $500.00 for the ENTIRE YEAR regardless of what service your in need of.  Jesus Christ! So she says what do you want me to do?  I asked for a temporary filling so I could at least eat without  getting food stuck in my tooth all the time.  So turns out that I most likely have periodontal (aka gum) disease which is causing one of my FRONT teeth to loosen which is REALLY bad.  So I have to get some major cleaning done and she\’s like well you should see your dentist (meaning her) more regularly blah blah blah trying to lay on this quilt trip.  I said flat out to her face:\” No offense but private practice  dentists are rich for a reason, because YOUR EXPENSIVE!\”  She just glared at me for that comment but I told her flat out, it comes down to money.  I have bills to pay, I don\’t make a ton of cash and that\’s that!  Can\’t get blood from a stone now can you!  So I asked how much this treatment was, she just said it was expensive (how nice) and didn\’t actually give me a proper answer to my question soooo I\’m going to apply to be a patient at McGill university\’s dental training program which boasts that its usually 50% LESS then seeing a private dentist.  Because its a training hospital for graduates.  So yeah it\’ll take longer but it\’ll still be done properly and under the watchful eye of a licensed dentist and should it all go to hell well it\’s in a hospital so I\’m not worried lol.  It\’ll be well worth the $40.00 to try and get a second opinion in any case!  They also take insurance hooray!

So the temporary filling is in and throbbing, SO MUCH FOR THE NERVES BEING DEAD DR. REGINA!  If my damn nerves were dead, I wouldn\’t be feeling this irritating pulse now would I?  At least the Novocaine is starting to wear off, I was getting a little tired of not being able to talk properly and drooling on myself.

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Sunday is almost over!

Its mothers day in Canada & the US, so I made sure to call my mommy today to tell her how awesome she was!  I also made a point to individually tell all my friends who are mom\’s on face book the same thing as opposed to posting a generic message in lieu of their status.  I just find that its more personal, and of course some mutual friends of other friends did the same after me ha ha.  I guess I started a trend!  I miss my mom on mother\’s day, we used to go out for lunch or dinner & go shopping or something but now she\’s 9 hours away and we can\’t do that anymore 🙁  That\’s the one crappy thing about living in another province sometimes.

My great uncle Jim passed away Friday, from what I am not sure.  No one bothered to call my father and tell him and in spite of our differences I thought that was pretty ignorant of my family!  They didn\’t find out until an hour ago when I called home to talk to my mom.  I only found out because all of his sisters are on face book, go figure!   RIP Uncle Jim, you were pretty awesome!  He\’s with my Nannie now who was his sister so that makes me feel better.

I didn\’t do that much this weekend aside from get more work done on the website which is a good thing!  A lot of things needed to be re-worked, tweaked a few pages, added some more sections that I still need to upload but things are rolling along finally.  My desire to work on the site comes in spurts.  I think I went into overkill the last time around I really had NO desire to do any work on it in a while.  Not since the middle of March!  I\’ve had the domain for almost a year now so time to get something happening.  Thankfully 89% of the bulk of the \”main\” section is completed.  Of course I still need LOTS of content and I hope that can start happening sooner as opposed to later but I\’m pleased with the progress this far.  I\’ve done all the work on my own this far with a few tips and tricks from Jason and a little help from him fixing internal things that I \”broke\” thank God for him!

So that\’s about it, I really have nothing new to report because I didn\’t do anything even remotely interesting this weekend but work.  So off to my regular m-f job tomorrow and the dentist on Tuesday which I can\’t wait for!  It\’ll be SO nice to finally catch up on the things i\’ve had to \”neglect\” because I simply couldn\’t afford them!  Hopefully next week I can get new glasses that will be nice too 🙂

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TGIF! Or is it?…

So today was rather lackluster at work, it was fairly quiet all day which was a nice change but lead to some epic screwing around at work 🙂  Then I went and got the letter to my landlord printed off since I am sans printer, faxed in my lease renewal since the regie told me to do so, went to the bank, then I hit paydirt at the post office!

I went in because for one thing I need to send off that later via registered mail to provide proof of receipt, and I needed to send off the last of my contracts to 3 more of my staff members.  No  biggie!  So the mail man was there picking up the last of the mail for that night and kindly waited for me to finish off the paperwork for the registered letter so that it could all go out in tonight\’s mail as opposed to Saturday which was SO nice!  Its such a small thing but it was a nice thing for him to do which I appreciated a lot!  I just hope that she got the postage correct since 2 of them are due to go overseas and I would hate for them to be sent back for lack of postage.  Just a hassle that I don\’t really need!

So I promised Daniel that I would give him a call when I got home from work, something I had been avoiding because he\’s 6 hours ahead of me in Denmark and I don\’t like calling people too late because I feel that its rude but he assured me that it was OK.  I tried using a phone card which was an epic fail on my part because this is the first time I had ever called someone overseas.  So then I tried direct dial which was also a HUGE fail because I wasn\’t 100% certain just exactly how this routing number/country code works but I finally figured it out after about oh 10 minutes.  Not ALL my fault, because Daniel said his country code was 0045 when really I only needed to dial the 45 after the 011.   Videotron\’s rates for overseas calling are based on 3 things: The location, landlines or cell phone.  Which I didn\’t even bother to check until I got OFF the phone.  IF Daniel had a landline which in case your wondering he doesn\’t it wouldn\’t have cost me nearly as much as this phone call is going to cost me!  If it was a regular landline its 10 cents a minute which isn\’t un-reasonable to say the least!  However if you calling a cellphone in Denmark its 41 freaking cents!

That\’s what I get for being Ms. Chatty Pants I guess…  Its not going to show up on this bill, but it\’ll be there on the next one.  I generally attempt to stay ahead on these things so hopefully the damage won\’t FEEL as bad when that bill actually arrives.  Ah well, lesson learned!  Since it was a \”business\” call I could in theory write it off, but next time i\’m just buying a phone card or getting a better long distance plan for my phone!  Actually I think that my crew should just install skype because then its free, even better!