Thursday the 14th, I had the day off to spend with Tina for her birthday. It was a great day. The weather was beautiful, in the 70’s. We had coffee with her mom (and I got to see baby Damon who is adorable and so happy) and then headed to Dayton. We stopped at the The Flower Factory and did some shopping then headed to The Greenefor more shopping. The Greene is one of our favorite places to hang out and shop.
We, of course, ate at our favorite place BD Mongolian BBQ and stuffed our faces. I could literally eat there everyday. I’m glad there isn’t one closer to here or I’d be in big trouble.
After that, we headed to the Cheesecake Factory to gorge ourselves on overpriced, high fat cheesecake. They glammed it up for Tina though since I casually mentioned to our waitress that it was her birthday.
We did some more shopping after that and headed back. Friday, I went to her house and she showed me her couponing skills. We put together my coupon binder and just hung out. Saturday, I don't remember what I did honestly. I think pretty much nothing. Sunday, I headed out with Cindy and the boys for their family Easter. It was a nice day (a bit windy) and I enjoyed spending time with Cin and my nephews.
It was overall a really nice time off and a nice weekend. Then, everything changed.
I filed my taxes. I now owe the State of Ohio $724. Isn't that nice?
And that tooth I chipped a few weeks ago turned into a nice, little abscess and my face looked like a I had a grapefruit stuck in my cheek. I woke up sobbing Monday morning around 2AM and couldn't fall back asleep. My mouth felt like there was a small army of men fighting a war on the inside of my right cheek. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I could barely swallow water (no lie) to take some ibuprofen. I got into the dentist who confirmed I had an abscess and she loaded me up with penicillin and Motrin 800 for the pain. Then I got the lovely news of my options, root canal or extraction. I had a full blown migraine by the time I left there that I was throwing up and crying. By Monday night, the swelling had gone down and the pain was mostly under control so I could eat a little bit and go to sleep.
Tuesday was somewhat better. I was still in quite a bit of pain but I made it through work. Wednesday brought on a whole other onslaught of problems. When I went to bed on Tuesday night, I was really sick to my stomach. I thought maybe I ate something that upset my stomach and I was able to go to sleep after the "sick" feeling passed. Wednesday morning, I felt fine. I woke up a little late but made it to work okay and proceeded to eat my banana and yogurt for breakfast. I took my penicillin and 10 minutes later, proceeded to vomit my socks up. I'd make it to the bathroom in just enough time and then head back to my desk, only to do the entire process over in like 5-10 minutes. This went on all day Wednesday and Thursday, by Friday morning, I had hives.
Turns out, I'm allergic to penicillin. Shocking huh?
I'm on a different antibiotic now and my root canal is scheduled for this Thursday @ 12:15.
$56 dollars in antibiotics/pain meds later, $107 for x-rays and dentist visit and it'll cost me about $2k to get all my dental work done. That doesn't include the 3 cavities that the dentist found. I applied for a line of credit through Care Credit and thank heavens I was approved, but only for $1k. So, I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to get a crown AFTER the root canal. I guess I'll ask on Thursday when I see the dentist. If I can't do something or figure it out, I'm just going to have to have it pulled.
*sigh* So, I missed like 3 days of work last week. :( I worry that if I miss too much work.....
Anyways. Saturday I scrap/chatted with Sarah and got more work done on my soldier scrapbook. It's coming a long nicely if I do say so myself. After that, I cleaned and went to the grocery store. I saved $50 with my coupons! I was SUPER excited. I went to my moms but she had a migraine so I played with the cats (who I miss terribly) and just hung out for awhile. I came home and went to bed.
Yesterday was Easter. And the very first Easter of my life that I didn't see ONE single person in my family. My mom still has a migraine, James and I were invited to Tim's parents but James said he wasn't feeling well and dad didn't feel like going anywhere since it would probably be really crowded anywhere we went. I went to Sue & Hershell's myself and hung out there for a few hours. I came home, packed my lunch and went to bed. I was really kind of sad. I could have stopped by my mom's I guess but I don't want to bother her when she's sick. She's been down for over a week with this migraine. I did talked to her briefly last night and she said James was fine and it sounded like he had friends over. *shrug* I'm drifting further and further away from my family (besides my dad) and it makes me really sad. In 32 years, I've never not seen someone in my family on a holiday. But, oh well. I'm tired of being the only one who makes an effort.
I did see my therapist on Saturday and spent an hour talking about Tim and how much I miss him. Needless to say, I cried a lot.
I'm taking my medicine and I'm okay, I'm just really down. I can't afford this dental work, I can't afford to pay the State over $700, I'm STILL single (after meeting the most amazing guy I've met in a long time), my family kind of stinks...I don't get it.
Oh well. There are people a lot worse off then I am. I am trying to focus on all the great things I do have. I'm just working through this down spell.
There is my update. Aren't you excited? :)
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