Birthday Update
Today I turn 23 on the 23rd. That's kinda cool, I guess. Funny how this is the first birthday I can remember actually feeling older. There's just something about turning 23 that makes me think, "Okay, you've been out of college for a year. What have you done with your life? And what are you going to do for the rest of it?" And I don't really like thinking about it. Good thing is that 23 still feels somewhat young. I'm not gonna freak out until I'm 24 and still clueless about my life.
I had oral surgery last Tuesday. I had five metal screws drilled into my upper left gum line. It's pretty nasty. The screws jut out and irritate my cheek and tongue. My orthodontist plans to use the screws like anchors and he will attach my braces to the screws with a bunch of rubber bands. I'm not sure I'll be able to talk much during all this. My orthodontist seems to think that he can finish his work in about six months. But I'm willing to give him a year. Once the orthodontics are complete I will return to my oral surgeon and he will take the screws out. I had my follow-up with him this morning and he said the extraction procedure is really simple as he will basically unscrew them. That probably won't be a happy day.
Eddie and I took a road trip to San Jose two weeks ago, which was really nice. We took the long way up so that we could do some wine tasting in Santa Barbara. We found some really great wines. They were a little more expensive than I would have liked, but they were delicious. We even got to keep a few novelty wine glasses. We had to spend most of our time doing things with my family, but we did manage to make time for the Rosicrucian's Egyptian museum and the crazy Winchester Mystery House. There was more wine tasting for us on the way down in Monterey County. More good finds there!
Nothing else is going on. My roommates surprised me when I came home from work last night and they took me to Dave & Busters to celebrate my birthday. It was so much fun just being with all of them. Each one of them ordered different shots - 2 of each - so that they could each do a different shot with me and get me wasted in the process. I drank a lot in that hour but failed to get drunk. Oh well. It was a Sunday night so that's probably a good thing.