What a HUGE waste of time THAT was! There were three dogs there, including Einstein. The other two were six months old (Einstein being three months old) and were horribly misbehaved. Einstein didn't seem to want to be any part of those alien creatures. There were only two times that they let the puppies off the leash to play, so not much socialization going on at all. Einstein started to warm up to playing the second time, but was still not quite sure he wanted to be pounced on by the crazy dogs. He'd run and once they started chasing him, he'd hide under a little bridge contraption. All we learned that evening is that Einstein is a very calm, well behaved puppy.

For the most part....

In other news.....

I went to the oral pathologist yesterday (not an oral surgeon…) This doctor specializes in TMD and is the first step before potentially going to an oral surgeon for the dreaded re-break and re-align of my jaw. I will certainly give this doctor a thumbs up for thoroughness. I was there from 2pm until 4:30. Yup, I got my monies worth. He wrote almost three pages of notes and did all kinds of testing and moving around this and that. Unfortunately his person that does his x-rays was ill today so he wasn’t able to do one. He will do a full x-ray of my jaw structure at the next appointment in two weeks. I’m happy about that, because until I see it for myself, I’ll never believe that my jaw healed properly.

I woke up today feeling like I'd been in a boxing match. My face is so sore today.

What he thinks is going on is that when I fell, I displaced the disc between the jaw bone and the socket- but he won’t know for sure until he gets x-rays. He said that they used to surgically fix this sort of thing but they’ve learned that after a while (many months), your body adjusts to the displaced disc and after a couple of years there’s no real difference between the outcome of surgical patients and non-surgical patients so they’ve moved to just letting the body fix itself to avoid the risk of surgery. This means a long recovery time.

It also means that I’m back on soft food for a loooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg time. Bleh I see him again in two weeks- the same day as my cardiologist appointment. Sounds like a fun (not) and long day.

I applied for a job that I actually really want yesterday. I have to apply for three jobs a week to receive unemployment, so I'm constantly looking and applying for jobs that I might like. One of my friends (the notification didn't tell me who) signed me up to receive a link to the job and that friend was totally right. It's at a hospital, which is great considering how accident prone I am.

I don't know what it pays, but I'd be willing to take a substantial cut in pay because I think it will eventually allow me to telecommute and I know I'd really enjoy the job. I think it would also allow me to have enough time to keep working my business after hours. I don't see this job as requiring a lot of overtime like my previous jobs. I'm crossing my fingers on this one.

Bleh- is this one of THE MOST boring posts you've ever read? I was bored writing it so I can only imagine how you feel.