Monday, February 23

0 stars for wisdom teeth

Getting wisdom teeth out sucks. It was my first time having any type of surgery and makes me realize how thankful I am this is the only surgery I have the pleasure of being familiar with.

I went in Thursday morning to get it done. I was sooo nervous. They called me back into the room and started to hook up the machines to me that would be monitoring my heart beat and breathing. I could hear the beeping from the machine monitoring my heartbeat and it sounded like I had just hit jackpot at the casino. "BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP!!" going so fast. "Alright, so have you ever had Nitrous Oxide, Jennifer? The more you breath in, the less youll feel." So sure enough I was breathing like I had just finished a race. "its not working!" i remember saying, as my fingers became numb. Before I knew it, they were hooking up the IV. My heart rate had slowed down and it was apparent the the laughing gas was taking its full effect on me. Last thing I remember was the surgeon telling the most boring story about some medical party he went to. I remember thinking, "he is telling me this so ill fall asleep!!" Then before I knew it, everything slowed down and with the blink of an eye it was over.

I woke up in the BEST mood. A little mad that I didnt get to do the classic "countdown from 100" but happy none the less. My mom came in the room and was talking to the surgeon saying how fast it was. I shouted, "FASTEST SURGEON IN THE WEESSSTT!". Then up until today I have been stuck in bed looking like a chipmunk & taking vicodin everyone few hours when the pain starts to kick in. Today is the first day I haven't taken vicodin which is nice because I actually have some energy. Over the weekend I watched countless movies, food channel religiously, and the first season of The Office (which by the way, I am officially obsessed with). Moral of the story, getting your wisdom teeth out sucks.

Friday, February 6

first check

Well where do I begin....

Last week I was sitting in class when a friend of mine asked me to see my planner. On January 30th he asked me to put that I was having lunch with him. I agreed thinking that he had discovered a new sushi place (my favorite) that he wanted to introduce me to...

On the 30th he picked me up around 11:30. We drove downtown and he told me his mom found out we were eating lunch downtown and asked him if he could pick up some paperwork for work from a friend of hers. I believed it because his mom did work downtown. There was a cone in the parking spot right in front of the building 'reserved' for him. I was told it was because she knew that we were in a hurry to get to lunch since we both had work at 1:30. We go inside and Rafael ("his moms work friend") pulled him outside saying he needed help with something real fast. So I sat in the lobby of the building waiting thinking of what type of sushi roll id order today. They came back in and we headed up the elevator which I assumed was to grab the paperwork. We went to the top floor, up some stairs and Rafael asked me to close my eyes and take his hand. Hm, interesting. I did as told and when I opened my eyes the most beautiful view that San Diego has to offer laid out in front of me. There we were, standing on top of a building that overlooked all of San Diego. Such a beautiful, clear, sunny day. The building had no rails which made it even more amazing (and a little scary for someone terrified of heights). Come to find out that my friend had went to several different building in hopes to get to the roof because he knew it was something I had been wanting to do. When he saw this building he knew it was the one. He tried to sneak on but there was no way in since every door was locked. The maintenance man, Rafael, came out and asked him if he needed help. He told him he wanted to get on to the roof because a friend of his has always wanted to have lunch on top of one. Rafael loved the idea and the courage he had to ask and willingly said he would allow this to happen. When we were leaving Rafael told us we were welcome back anytime and that he also had several bikes that we could use if we ever wanted to borrow one and go for a stroll downtown. Such a caring, genuine guy.

And that is how I got my first check on my bucket list, Sneaking onto a building to have lunch :)


beautiful

my life makes sense.
:)