Well time to update the issue of my stupid mouth.....the pain continued to get worse, and I was unable to sleep laying down for several days, which in turn made me very tired, very grouchy, and made me miss some appointments, and it was just no good. Finally on Thursday I was fed up and I finally got an appointment with a dentist who could do a root canal. He quickly decided that it was abscessed after he merely touched it and I was filled with excruciating pain. Now I want you to understand something about the experience I was having. My cheek/jaw by the sore tooth was visibly swollen, hurt to touch, and felt like I had stuffed cotton balls in it. It was probably the most painful thing I had ever experienced and even vicodin only dimmed the pain, not took it away.
But then they numbed me up, woot Novocain! and I didn't feel anything anymore and they did a much of stuff to prepare and then did the root canal. It only took like 30mins which the dentist said was amazing. He said I was a pleasure to do dentistry on. I don't know if that is a compliment or what. Guess my mouth is just easy to deal with and fix. So my mouth felt great afterwards, because it was numb, and there was much rejoicing. Later when the numbing died out, there was some pain as the remnants of the root canals pain came back. Took one last vicodin to deal with that, and then the next day and since I have been pain free!
While being pain free, I am still recovering from the side effects. I am exhausted still, and trying to catch up on my grading and other work that got postponed by pain. I feel like I could sleep for a week.
On a different note of cool new things, this weekend I partook in a wine crushing, which meant that I helped to make wine. It was alot of fun, a little bit cold as fall has finally hit Pullman in force, and very staining. Grapes leave your hands a nice shade of purple. I met some new people and got to try alot, aalllooooootttt of grapes, I dont think I will be able to eat grapes for a while. I got a free bottle of wine out of the deal, woot! and the fun experience.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Frustrations and much need for prayer!
So I figured I might as well rant a bit and vent my problems and put out there that they are all basically prayer requests:
- Grad school thus far has been a slow review of undergrad physics, and I am bored. We are going slowly, over material I have known since sophomore year and it is very aggravating. I really want to learn new challenging stuff, not just rehashing of things I already know, and rehashing in less detail. Once again I find that I am over prepared and therefore am left bored and frustrated.
-Being bored and frustrated means I am not putting as much effort as I ought into homework, and therefore am not doing as well as I could be. I don't know why but I always do better on extremely difficult problems then on easy ones.
- I have a tooth infection or some such thing which has put me in terrible pain for a week now, and dentists are beign very slow about fixing the problem. They just are having me manage the problem with drugs(which are very nice) but it doesnt fix the underlying condition. I hate being in pain, and I hate being hopped up on vicodin becuase I'm half asleep the entire time I'm on it.
- Professors at large state schools are no where near as approachable and nice as Valpo...which is a huge culture shock.
-I miss Valpo's faith life dearly. Churches out here don't know how to use an organ, or do liturgy well. Plus there aren't services during the week, and all the bible studies are during when I am teaching.
In summary, things are not going as well as they could. Their is much opposition to my growth as a person both academically and spiritually, there is physical illness, and there is the continual aching for a time and a place that will never be again. I will write a happier note later, since not everything is bad.
- Grad school thus far has been a slow review of undergrad physics, and I am bored. We are going slowly, over material I have known since sophomore year and it is very aggravating. I really want to learn new challenging stuff, not just rehashing of things I already know, and rehashing in less detail. Once again I find that I am over prepared and therefore am left bored and frustrated.
-Being bored and frustrated means I am not putting as much effort as I ought into homework, and therefore am not doing as well as I could be. I don't know why but I always do better on extremely difficult problems then on easy ones.
- I have a tooth infection or some such thing which has put me in terrible pain for a week now, and dentists are beign very slow about fixing the problem. They just are having me manage the problem with drugs(which are very nice) but it doesnt fix the underlying condition. I hate being in pain, and I hate being hopped up on vicodin becuase I'm half asleep the entire time I'm on it.
- Professors at large state schools are no where near as approachable and nice as Valpo...which is a huge culture shock.
-I miss Valpo's faith life dearly. Churches out here don't know how to use an organ, or do liturgy well. Plus there aren't services during the week, and all the bible studies are during when I am teaching.
In summary, things are not going as well as they could. Their is much opposition to my growth as a person both academically and spiritually, there is physical illness, and there is the continual aching for a time and a place that will never be again. I will write a happier note later, since not everything is bad.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Oddities
Life is odd. We are all trapped in this distension of senses which we call time. Time warps and shifts reality around us, and turns the eternal into the momentary. Everything we do, every relationship, every interaction is just dust in the wind. Temporal life is the constant state of death. Every second that time ticks by the past dies and we are left with the grief of lost moments, whether they be beautiful, or awful. There is grief as who we once were is lost into the shadowy darkness of time.
I mourn the loss of loved ones, all those who have died in these years of my life on earth. I morn the loss of lives I knew and will never know again: High School, Valpo, Walcamp, Lutherwood, and now I am in a new life at WSU. I mourn the missed opportunities, the mistakes, the brokeness. How knowledge comes at a great price! As I have grown in my understanding of the universe and therefore my capabilities, I have also fallen from the innocent presumptions and simple thoughts of youth, and I come to realize that a Man's capability for evil is porportional to his ability for good, and that with the great gifts which God has blessed me comes great responsibility.....but maybe these are just the late night ramblings of a man on narcotic pain killers for tooth pain.
I mourn the loss of loved ones, all those who have died in these years of my life on earth. I morn the loss of lives I knew and will never know again: High School, Valpo, Walcamp, Lutherwood, and now I am in a new life at WSU. I mourn the missed opportunities, the mistakes, the brokeness. How knowledge comes at a great price! As I have grown in my understanding of the universe and therefore my capabilities, I have also fallen from the innocent presumptions and simple thoughts of youth, and I come to realize that a Man's capability for evil is porportional to his ability for good, and that with the great gifts which God has blessed me comes great responsibility.....but maybe these are just the late night ramblings of a man on narcotic pain killers for tooth pain.
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