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I hurt

My jaw hurts.  It’s been hurting for several days now.  Monday?  Tuesday?  I’m really not sure.  It’s the TMJ and it’s on both sides right now.  I can talk without pain, but not eat.  Taking pills is not easy either.  I don’t know what to do to make it better.  I guess I deserve it.

My stomach’s not happy.  Since Wednesday I’ve been having on and off nausea, normally accompanied by sweating.  I was so sick when I got home from work Wednesday night that I just went to sleep.  I took Zofran to get through Thursday but I was still sick when I got home.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t sleep.  I was starving.  I ate a hot dog (something which actually did not turn my stomach, strangely enough), but I was still starving and had a very hard time going to sleep.  I had to go to therapy today and went grocery shopping.  I was able to eat a hot dog this morning, but not the donut I tried.  Even now, I’m fighting it.  And of course, I was so depressed after therapy that I went and had lunch at Long John Silvers.  Not something my digestive system tolerates very well now that I do not have a gall bladder.  I didn’t go out to see people, even though I wanted to.  I don’t know that I’ll go see Mom tomorrow and F Cubed…well, I just don’t know about that.  It’s more than sickness that would keep me away.

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I guess it’s time I address this

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I’m sure you’ve all noticed that I haven’t been on as much recently.  I haven’t been on Plurk, Twitter (through Brizzly), or Facebook.  Well, I’ve been on Facebook mostly playing Farmville, Mafia Wars, Castle Age, and Mouse Hunt.  I haven’t been posting through Ping.fm or commenting much or even chatting on Trillian Astra.  I haven’t been reading blogs (though if you post of LiveJournal on my friends page I do read that) or posting on my own.  So what happened?  No, I didn’t just lose interest in the people I care about.  I went on a downward spiral and it was not fun.

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An update

Well, it’s time for another edition of “An Update”  using Michelle’s famous +/- rating system.

+I survived my sister’s wedding. It was beautiful and went well (except for the helicoptors).  She had a wonderfully choreographed first dance, a perfect cake cutting, and wonderful food.  And my 92 year-old grandfather has some great moves!

-I ended up in the er afterwards with pains in my side.  Diagnosis – musculoskeletal pain.  Go see your doctor.

+/-We were over an hour early for the wedding.  We saw both my mother and my sister arrive, along with my mother’s family.  But we did get to talk. :)

-I had a breakdown after the wedding (at 3 am) and was crying for an hour.  I upset Tom, too.  I also forgot to take one of my pills.

+I skipped work and went to my sister’s picnic on Friday and got to see a bunch of people.

-I skipped work and went to my sister’s picnic on Friday and got to see a bunch of people.

-I got sick at the picnic on Sunday.

-I didn’t feel very good for dinner at Cooky’s.

-Tom hasn’t gotten many miles this week.

+I survived two days of work and we didn’t have VTO.

+We get a bonus this week which should make up for the VTO that was called last week.

-I’ve had reviewer access at work for three weeks and have yet to be trained in it.

+I got a dress from my mother that I wore to the wedding.

+We got Tom an outfit cheaply.

+I got to slow dance with Tom.

-We were both feeling too poorly to dance otherwise.

-I don’t know how I’ll ever have a wedding that can compare to my sister’s wedding.

-I don’t think I do anything anymore to make someone proud.  Unless you count going to work, and, well really, I don’t.

-I had to get up early on my day off for my appt with Melissa.

+I had a good appt with Melissa.

-Tom’s not planning on coming home this weekend.

+I don’t have to work tomorrow.

-I have to work on Saturday and have to get up at 3:30 am to do so.

+I love Mouse Hunt on Facebook.

+I’m planning on taking part in NaNoWriMo in November.

-I have to come up with a new story.

  

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Well, it’s Friday

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Yes, today is Friday and I have to work. Boo. Well, I guess I could live with that, but the thing is tomorrow I have to work, too. Boo! I would rather be going to Nationality Days in Ambridge (a local festival) than going to work. Not to meniont that I’m not exactly looking forward to getting up at 3:30 am. I don’t think anyone would. Well, I’m sure there are some crazies who think that’s a great time to get up, but I’m definitely not one of them. *sigh* I know, I know – I shouldn’t complain. I have a wonderful job and only work 4 days a week, but this Saturday business sucks at times. Oh well, I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Some day. I am glad that I had two days off. I got my laundry done. Yippee! And I did get a lot of work on my story done – I went from 19,300 to 23,930 in the past two days. That’s a lot of words. I found out about the history of my main character. I also beefed up the storyline about my dark forces as well. Important stuff. Well, I best continue on my day and get ready for work. Anyone want to go for me?

  

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Thursday 13 – edition 7

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Thirteen things about my book (11 characters and 2 facts)

1. My main character is Dr. Shannon Turnet, a Univeristy professor and scientist who lives in Rhodes.
2. Her love interest is Roger, last name unknown at this point, an artist and sharshall who also lives in Rhodes.
3. Her enemy is Terry Boven, a younger researcher who hates the restrictions Dr. Turnet places on his research.
4. Henry Stoven, a high school student taking University classes in Rhodes is another key character. His grandmother is the Pinelene of Yorkshire and he is a shape changer.
5. Elvenia is the Carar of the fey of Rhodes. She is there leader and knows much about the prophecy which Dr. Turnet shall fulfill.
6. The leader of the daemon of Strideshot is the Cindaeatha, name as yet unknown. He is a creature of evil bent on destroying the fey of Rhodes.
7. A group of young hoodlums who terrorize Terry when he shows for his appointments with the Cindaetha are werewolves.
8. Hannah Turnet is Shannon’s mother and a magical faerie survivor from Turnet.
9. Rian, a young night faerie, has a rather big crush on the young owl Henry.
10. Nessa is a pixie who brings news of Shannon’s sudden decision to visit the fey and learn what they want.
11. Caroline Strideshot, possibly Terry’s love interest, is a police officer in Strideshot who finds him after a bad night with the Cindaetha. Her family founded Strideshot.
12. I don’t know what country Strideshot and Rhodes are set in. It may not even be on earth.
13. I have 22,425 words written and I’ve just discovered the history of Dr. Shannon Turnet.

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
  

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an excerpt from my book.

Here is a bit of the story that I’m writing.  It’s an excerpt from the middle, so there’s not a lot of background here.  I hope you enjoy it.

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