It’s a grey foggy drippy wet dreary morning out there. I took a couple pictures of the fog but they were sort of boring. So I put ‘em in photoshop and came up with these 2 pictures:

It’s been a cold and wet week for the last part of the week. Warmer but wet too. Snow is melting. Work is being OK. I think I will eventually get the hang of it, get a grasp on what the scope of my job is. Seems there will be a lot for me to do. That’s good though. Makes the days go by faster. I might be heading down to Georgia at the end of February. Go through my first “C1″ visit with another analyst and her client. We (config. analysts) generally speaking make 2 visits to the client’s facility. First one is called the C1, second, the C2. It makes me a bit nervous/anxious, but I know that eventually I’ll be good at this.

I broke a tooth last weekend. It was already cracked, so it didn’t take much to actually break it. One moment it was there, next moment it was gone. Anyway that put me in a dilemma. No dental insurance till after 5/1/06. Do I go to a dentist, or do I try to make do until 5/1? I know the hole in my tooth is fairly large. *sigh* So I dig around in the phone book till I find a near-by dentist. On Monday I call to make an appointment. They squeeze me in that afternoon. But can’t do a filling. Yet.

This dentist believes in medicating folks with “heart conditions” prior to dental treatment. And because I’ve been told many times in the past that I have a “small” “insignificant” “tiny little whoosh” heart murmur, It makes a difference. So the dentist gave me a Rx for amoxicillin and set me up for another visit on Friday. Now not only do I have to put this off, but I have to get a form signed by my doctor (which I don’t have yet) saying whether or not I need to be medicated prior to dental treatments that may cause bleeding. Well at least they said I could put off the form for now, but have to get it done before I come back in May for a routine cleaning/xray etc.

So and anyway… I went back Friday, all full of antibiotics. They gave me 2 big numb-shots and within the hour they were done filling my tooth up. The dentist seems to think I won’t need a crown especially seeing as how I grind so mercilessly… We’ll see how long this filling stays in. It’s silver, if that makes any difference. I’ll go back in May after my dental insurance picks up. At that point I can decide whether or not to mess with that tooth again, if the filling is staying put. I’m also scheduled to visit their TMJ specialist/dentist. I wonder if that will help at all.

This weekend I’m spending at home, taking it easy and sorting thru stuff slowly but surely. Maybe I’ll work on the boxes of books today. We’ll see how much energy I have. Tomorrow starts another work week. Soon I should be getting my first paycheck. I’m really really looking forward to that!

Laterz…