Random updates: health, life, etc.
You know how they say that having your tonsils out when you're older is a lot harder than it is when you're a kid? Well, they're totally right. Apparently, I had larger than normal tonsils, so they weren't totally healed after the two week "recovery period". In fact, my throat is still pretty sensitive a month later. I can eat most things now, but it feels as though I have really new skin on the inside of my throat (I guess that's true, though), so things that are rough or sharp are really difficult to swallow. Hopefully I'll be better by this weekend, since we're going to NYC for the Book Expo, and I don't want to have to worry about what I can eat. :|
Also, when I saw the doctor the Wednesday before last, he told me that my tonsils had been infected (aside from the tonsiliths, that is). He said something about sulfur or something, but I don't have it written down, so I don't know exactly what the infection was. He told me it was a good thing that I'd decided to have them out now, because this could have posed a problem for me later in life (I could have gotten really sick, I guess). So, that's a bonus! I'm just glad to have them gone, frankly. I'm sick and tired of having all this excess saliva in my mouth from the surgery, but I can see that it's getting better, and hopefully it (and the nasty taste) will go completely away soon.
Also, I'm a little pissed because on the Saturday after my surgery (May 5th, not the day after), I ended my ten year no vomiting streak. :( I guess I swallowed too much saliva or something. It didn't help that the antibiotic I was given tasted absolutely vile and made me mildly nauseous. Now I'm forced to spit into a cup (or really, a bottle, since I really don't want to accidentally spill it). It's really scary how much saliva I'm producing. But the doctor says that's totally normal. It's like when you get a bruise and there's fluid under your skin (swelling, etc.). This is the same type of thing, I guess, with lots of saliva at the incision site. Hopefully it will be all back to normal (or at least manageable) by the weekend, so I don't have to carry around a bottle of spit at the book convention (gross, huh?).
So, all in all, I'm totally glad I got them out, but I wish everything was back to normal.
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In other news, I have been really busy and unorganized recently. I'm sure that I owe things to a ton of people, but I just haven't been able to find time to do everything I need to. Since I'm currently without a job (waiting to hear back from an interview--if I don't get it, I'll get something from the temp agency at the end of this week), I should be able to get all of my needed things done this week, hopefully. *crosses fingers*
Thankfully, I was able to do the election again, so I will at least have some money coming in from that (if I ever get my $#^&@ check), but I really would like to know if I got this job or not, so I can either start working there, or get a job somewhere else. It sounds like a pretty cool job, too, so I am hoping they hire me. I mean, I'd hire me, if I were them. And not just because I need a job. :) Basically, the job is with a company that does DVD Mastering (Deluxe Digital Studios, to be exact), and it's mostly organization and whatnot, but they totally have room for advancement, so if I get the job, I could eventually actually put DVDs together (that would be creating the master copy, not duplication). And I already know how to use the programs/hardware that they have for that type of thing (AVID, ProTools, etc.), which is probably a step above most of the other candidates, since they were basically looking for people with filing/office experience who were interested in "the industry".
I don't know, it sounds definitely more interesting than doing data entry at some office, that's for sure. I just hope they haven't hired someone else already. I'll hopefully find out something tomorrow, though, since I left a message over the weekend with the woman from HR who contacted me about the job (monster.com, FTW!), just to see if they'd finished their interviews yet. Wish me luck!
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Well, I guess I should try to finish up some stuff tonight before I have to go to bed, huh? Man, less than 72 hours until we leave for New York. Can I be ready in time?
Also, when I saw the doctor the Wednesday before last, he told me that my tonsils had been infected (aside from the tonsiliths, that is). He said something about sulfur or something, but I don't have it written down, so I don't know exactly what the infection was. He told me it was a good thing that I'd decided to have them out now, because this could have posed a problem for me later in life (I could have gotten really sick, I guess). So, that's a bonus! I'm just glad to have them gone, frankly. I'm sick and tired of having all this excess saliva in my mouth from the surgery, but I can see that it's getting better, and hopefully it (and the nasty taste) will go completely away soon.
Also, I'm a little pissed because on the Saturday after my surgery (May 5th, not the day after), I ended my ten year no vomiting streak. :( I guess I swallowed too much saliva or something. It didn't help that the antibiotic I was given tasted absolutely vile and made me mildly nauseous. Now I'm forced to spit into a cup (or really, a bottle, since I really don't want to accidentally spill it). It's really scary how much saliva I'm producing. But the doctor says that's totally normal. It's like when you get a bruise and there's fluid under your skin (swelling, etc.). This is the same type of thing, I guess, with lots of saliva at the incision site. Hopefully it will be all back to normal (or at least manageable) by the weekend, so I don't have to carry around a bottle of spit at the book convention (gross, huh?).
So, all in all, I'm totally glad I got them out, but I wish everything was back to normal.
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In other news, I have been really busy and unorganized recently. I'm sure that I owe things to a ton of people, but I just haven't been able to find time to do everything I need to. Since I'm currently without a job (waiting to hear back from an interview--if I don't get it, I'll get something from the temp agency at the end of this week), I should be able to get all of my needed things done this week, hopefully. *crosses fingers*
Thankfully, I was able to do the election again, so I will at least have some money coming in from that (if I ever get my $#^&@ check), but I really would like to know if I got this job or not, so I can either start working there, or get a job somewhere else. It sounds like a pretty cool job, too, so I am hoping they hire me. I mean, I'd hire me, if I were them. And not just because I need a job. :) Basically, the job is with a company that does DVD Mastering (Deluxe Digital Studios, to be exact), and it's mostly organization and whatnot, but they totally have room for advancement, so if I get the job, I could eventually actually put DVDs together (that would be creating the master copy, not duplication). And I already know how to use the programs/hardware that they have for that type of thing (AVID, ProTools, etc.), which is probably a step above most of the other candidates, since they were basically looking for people with filing/office experience who were interested in "the industry".
I don't know, it sounds definitely more interesting than doing data entry at some office, that's for sure. I just hope they haven't hired someone else already. I'll hopefully find out something tomorrow, though, since I left a message over the weekend with the woman from HR who contacted me about the job (monster.com, FTW!), just to see if they'd finished their interviews yet. Wish me luck!
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Well, I guess I should try to finish up some stuff tonight before I have to go to bed, huh? Man, less than 72 hours until we leave for New York. Can I be ready in time?