is there wisdom in teeth?
So, I had my wisdom teeth pulled this morning. Apparently I have a mutant face and only have two upper wisdom teeth - my lower ones are nonexistent. So, went to the doctor this morning and had them pulled... Kind of funny story; when they came in and woke me up after being anesthetized and I asked if it was time to start and the nurse said "nope, we're all done,." Ahhh the wonders of modern medicine. I definitely advocate self-care and holisitic healing, but sometimes, you just want the juice.
So, that's all I really have to say for now. I'm hopeful to be up and around by Thursday. Peace, love, and let's go naked!
hello again
It's been a very long while since I wrote one of these last. Sometime in 2005 I think. A lot has changed since then...
My grandma passed away in February of 2006. I was lucky enough to be there when it happened, to help support my family, mostly my dad really. He took it hard. It has been a little over a year since she died. One year and four days to be precise. She passed away in Phoenix while at the winter house with my grandpa. She was buried in Anchorage, at the national cemetary on Ft. Richardson. It was a bright, cold, shiny Alaska winter day when she was buried. February 19th to be exact. So that brought me from Portland, to Phoenix, and now back to Anchorage.
What I'm doing here I'm still not sure. I have been selling my soul to the corporate machine for the last year, although I'm about to quit. Nervous about paying my bills though. But I think it will be worth it. My sister has been screwed over by the same company I work for... it's hard to watch. It's only proven that I will never power that machine again. She will have to sell her house because they cut her pay without notice, which means I will have to move back in with my parents. I don't so much mind that idea- they have a nice house and lots of free food and beer. But I really want to stay with my sister. She and I are very close, and have become closer over the past year. I don't know why I think of the Tennyson poem "Ulysses" ... "tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are-- one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
I love that poem (so did JFK, apparently).
My wisdom teeth are acting up today. I didn't sleep last night and got up and went to work at 5:30. I was going to quit today, but the tooth pre-empted my plan. Maybe tomorrow, depending on what happen at the tooth doctor today. I need out of that toxic environment. I'm sure they'll be pissed, but what do I care? Been screwed too many times by small, insignificant people to care.
So I find myself again in Anchorage, the land of my youth. That's a sort of stoic sentiment, isn't it? Sort of like the noble savage returned home as the prodigal son. Yes, that has a nice ring to it. So I am pursuing my masters at the University of Alaska, Anchorage in english/rhetoric. We will see where this takes me. Hopefully somewhere good. It's almost time to start looking into PhD programs... there are so many excellent schools. I suppose I should cross that bridge when I come to it.... but that saying makes me nuts. How can I cross the bridge effectively if I can't plan for it?
I think that's enough for one day... more to follow, I am sure. Hopefully the tooth fairy will bring me powerful meds, in which case the blog may become a work of fantasy...
