1) I have had the hardest time waking up this week. In fact, I’ve only managed two morning workouts this week! I’m going to bed at my normal time (between 9pm and 9:30pm), but forcing myself to get out of bed has been almost impossible. (In fact, I’m supposed to be up by 6am, even on the mornings I don’t work out, and I’ve been snoozing until 6:30.) I don’t know what the deal is, but I guess I just needed some extra zzz’s this week! I’ve been sleeping awesomely, so I’m really not sure what it is about this week that has made waking up so hard. Maybe it’s just one of those weeks.
2) One of the clients I write for at my job is an apartment community. They take up the bulk of my page load (25 pages per month) and I write about a variety of topics that encompass apartment living. For example, in the pages I wrote for February, I wrote about baking cupcakes, organizing a jewelry collection, facts about the Olympics, making your own sugar scrub, and how to create your own recipe book. It’s basically like writing 25 mini-blogs! It’s completely different from the other stuff I have to write (window installation and outdoor patio products!) and I really enjoy writing the pages. Plus, I learn some cool stuff! The only problem is that I usually fall down Internet rabbit holes when I’m searching for topic ideas and/or tips for the pages. (Let’s not talk about the amount of time I spent reading the blog of a Mennonite family the other day…)
3) Every few months or so, I experience a few days of pretty intense wisdom tooth pain. It only involves my upper left tooth, my other three teeth don’t give me any trouble. It basically feels like a dull ache and is very bothersome. Usually, if I take two Advil the moment I feel the pain, it goes away within 20-30 minutes, but on Wednesday, I started feeling the pain in the morning and had no pain reliever at work. It was not a fun day. I’ve been putting off getting my wisdom teeth removed, just because I’m scared and I worry about the recovery period. (I’ve heard horror stories.) But I think I just need to do it. Get it over with. I probably should have done it years ago!
4) Yesterday, I had Starbucks for breakfast. For anyone else, grabbing Starbucks before work isn’t a big deal. You may even do it a few times a week! For me, Starbucks breakfast is a treat. I buy a mocha Frappucino and a sausage breakfast sandwich and it’s seriously unhealthy. (I think I calculated once that it was 26 Weight Watchers points? Which is a few points over most daily allotments, to put it in perspective.) But it’s so, so good. And I was craving it, so I got it yesterday and you know what? I don’t feel bad about it at all. Was it the best choice I could have made? No. But I had it, I enjoyed it, and I felt no guilt. I probably won’t have it again for another month or two (or longer). I think that’s the key to this healthy living thing: enjoying special treats every once in a while, in moderation. I think that’s why the 80/20 rule appeals to me so much: eating healthy 80% of the time and allowing for special treats and meals the other 20%.
5) Has this week felt seriously long to anyone else? I am so ready for the weekend. Tonight, I have writing group with my friend, and then on Saturday, I feel like a beach or pool day needs to happen. (High of 76!) My brother and nephew are coming over Saturday night for pizza and games. On Sunday, I’ll be up early to cheer my mom on in her first race of the year, then probably spend the rest of the day writing, cleaning, and meal prepping for the week. Busy weekend for me!
Happy weekend! Any fun plans on tap?
To hopefully balance some of the horror stories you’ve heard, I’ll chime in and say that my wisdom tooth extraction was easy! The surgery itself went very quickly and smoothly, and the recovery was fine. I slept a lot, ate only soft foods, and took the meds they gave me, and I was back to work the next day (or maybe the day after, I can’t remember now).
I had my wisdom teeth pulled and it was so much less of a big deal than I ever would’ve imagined. I ate Thai food for dinner the next day. As long as you’re relatively careful and keep things clean, you’ll be good. And my whole MOUTH felt better once they were out.
Getting all four wisdom teeth out tomorrow (and paying $1k for the privilege). Terrified. Will report back. (The last couple weeks have been really painful and decided something had to be done, stat)
I’m two days in so far and it’s been better than I expected. Hopefully that continues. Will blog about it this weekend, probably in my weekly wrapup!
I had my wisdom teeth out in high school. Not pleasant, but it’s not too bad honestly. And I think the pain of a couple of days would be better than having that nagging pain for a long period of time! And hopefully you have dental insurance and wouldn’t have to pay too much out of pocket? Surgeries are expensive, but all the ones I’ve had have been worth the money spent!
That’s good that you write some fun pages to offset some of the less interesting things you have to write about!
This week has felt very long to me, too. Probably because I’ve been social almost every night this week. It’s been fun and all, but I know you understand when I say I prefer MOST nights at home. Now I feel like I need to be home most of next week to recharge lol. That is really awesome that you have a writing buddy! How did you find her?
I’ll add to the non-traumatic wisdom teeth stories. Mine weren’t even in yet and were giving me NO trouble, but they were going to grow in all funky so my dentist wanted them out. The procedure was uneventful and went smoothly – I only used nitrous oxide, not full-on anesthesia, and it was perfect. My recovery was fine, too. My face was swollen, but I wasn’t in any extreme amount of pain. I actually got by with just Advil, not the painkillers they prescribed. I had mine done during spring break one year in college, so I had a whole week off, but I was feeling fine two or three days later.
The “worst” part for me (which wasn’t even all that bad) was worrying about what to eat/drink. Obviously you’re limited in the beginning to non-solid foods, but when it felt okay to chew food again, I always paranoid that I was going to mess up the stitches or something.
Internet Rabbit Holes are the worse! It normally happens when I’m on wikipedia. I’ll start on one topic and before I know it I’m reading something totally unrelated!
DUDE. GO GET YOUR WISDOM TEETH OUT. Trust me when it comes to dentist issues, the longer you wait, the worse it is and you’re only hurting yourself. Some people are back to work in a couple days – I took a week to recover because I’m a bit of a slow healer, but you can ice your cheeks if you need to and take medicine and it’s not horrible for pain afterwards. If you’re experiencing pain frequently with them in you NEED to get them out!
*steps off soap box*
I need to get my wisdom teeth out, too! I’ve been avoiding it for too long because I’m a huge scared-y cat when it comes to pain and surgeries. Now that I have benefits again and a job, I’m out of excuses. 😛
I’m purposely keeping my top wisdom teeth, because they’re straight, and when I was pregnant I broke the top back molar on both sides. My dentist pulled them and we figured we’d let the wisdom teeth come in where the holes were. It’s totally worked on the right side. My bottom need to come out because they’re actually sideways under my gums, but they don’t bother me so I don’t think about it.
I was sick the early part of this week and now I’m just exhausted every day. I need tomorrow to come, well, yesterday.