awake and alive

I can’t believe that it has been almost 3 weeks since I last posted.  I also can’t believe that after I get home from NC, I only have 2 weeks left of regular classes.

This semester has been so crazy.  I can’t wait until it is over.   I also hope that the next semester isn’t like this one.  I usually have so much that I’m thinking about and plenty feelings about life and relationships, but work and school have dominated my thoughts since the beginning of the semester.  I don’t really like it at all.

So I got my root canal done today. Doug Hinterman did it for me, and he was fantastic! I barely felt anything, and even though it took a while to do it, it really was not bad at all. He used plenty of anesthesia, so all those myths/movies with screaming patients was not the situation for me.  I’m so glad that it’s over now.

I took a couple of pictures with my camera phone while they were away doing something else…

Here’s the ceiling I stared at for almost 3 hours:

And here’s what I looked like with the tooth isolator thingy on:

And now it’s been like an hour and a half since I got it done, and still feelin pretty good.  I guess it helps that I have some prescription pain medication…   Anyway, I gotta get some schoolwork done now.

Well, my life has been quite busy lately.  I’m sure most everyone knows since I don’t really see anyone anymore.  I guess part of that is my fault since I don’t really hang out after church on Saturday night anymore.  I am just so much more tire lately since my sleep schedule is crazy and I’m waking up early most of the week.

On another note, I get to buy a new furnace for my house.  Not really the way that I was hoping to spend $1,700 of our emergency savings, but I suppose it will add value to our house and maybe save us some money on heating bills.  Then again, it’s not quite as expensive as the $2,000 dental work (aka root canal plus x-rays) that I will begin this Wednesday.  I’m really not looking forward to that pain.  I guess it makes me thankful that we had the emergency savings in the first place.

The good news though is that so far I am doing well in school.  I think that I am still in a really good position to get 4.0 in all of my classes.  I sure wish that I had completed school earlier when I didn’t have so many other responsibilities.

What is the significance of 4.0? Well, it is significant in two ways: the first is an easy one. I ran 4.0 miles yesterday, and I thought I was gonna pass out near the end. I stuck it out though, and it was semi-rewarding.

The other significance is what is dominating my life right now: school. My aim for this semester is a 4.0. So, I have to bust my bum to get there, and it is taking so much time that I have to say ‘no’ to a lot of things, which sucks.

I will update as much as I can, but it’s hard to say how often that will be…

I start my first day at MSU today.  It took a long time to get in, and I’m pretty excited about it.  I know my semester is going to be really busy though.

More updates to come…

I’m on a roll today. I’ve meant to post about all these things for a while now, but I’ve been super busy. I’m making myself do it now so I can keep blogging.

Anyway, I broke my phone Monday. (alternate meaning: threw it across the room, tore the screen off, then stabbed it with a large screw driver; not my proudest moment) Unfortunately I didn’t get any of the numbers off of it before it met it’s doom. So, if anyone wants to leave their number in the comments, it would be super helpful! (unless I’ve called you since Monday, then I got your number from Kristie’s phone)

My new phone is super cool (read, not expensive).

I went camping last weekend if you didn’t know. Kristie and I hauled Vince and a bunch of stuff up to a campsite near Manistee this weekend with Nate and Tara (and buddy).

It was a very relaxing trip, minus the really small “2 person” tent, and the packing up everything at 4am because of a coming storm.

Kristie’s parents arrived here yesterday, so the past couple of days I’ve been a busy bee.

Since Thursday, I have…

1. Painted the upstairs hallway, twice
2. Removed a light switch from the wall then put a new one in
3. Patched hole from said light switch
4. Painted the bathroom
5. Painted the back door, twice
6. Painted the back screen door
7. Mowed and trimmed the lawn
8. Swept the sidewalks
9. Sprayed weed killer on the backyard
10. Completed several other small projects around the house

Now that they are here, there’s not much left for me to do besides relax and hang out with them.

Cause of death: unknown

This is from a while ago, but I just got the pictures so…

Here’s the rest from our trip to Scoopy Do’s in D-town.