Archive for August, 2009
This past week has been awful. I had a really bad cold (it might have been the flu – I had fever and body aches and pains) and spent three days in bed which is a lot for me. I missed three days of uni and have to get a doctor’s note tomorrow to give to one of my tutors. I felt too rotten to do any homework or listen to any lectures online. I still have a cough left over (viruses always seem to go to my chest). I have wondered whether it was H1N1 but it could have been just a random virus. I think I caught it at the local Sunday Markets.
Then, the day before yesterday I fell over (I blame GA, heh) and hit my face on the edge of a table in the computer room. I chipped a front tooth almost in half, cut my bottom lip, bruised my shoulder and ribs, and scratched my glasses (it is on the left lens so my weak left eye doesn’t notice it). It was Sunday afternoon so GA waited until yesterday to call the dentist. He had to ring around to find one and he did – one just down the street a bit. I really appreciate that he rang so many people and got the appointment for me, I was too upset to be good for much.
So I had my tooth repaired. It required anaesthetic (it hurt, but it was a tolerable kind of hurt) which numbed my nose as well. It felt really odd. The dentist was really kind and I hope to see her again when I get a check-up. But I am kind of sad because I spent a load of money a few years ago having my teeth straightened. I was proud that my teeth were undamaged with only a few fillings. Seeing the damage after the fall was like a nightmare. I almost passed out when I saw it. I am thankful the damage is fixed now. I still have a lot of bruising on my bottom lip and a few of my top and bottom teeth are sensitive. It is a bit hard to bite my teeth properly together as it hurts. I am being careful when I eat.
One good thing as a result – I have been booked in to the dentist for a scale and clean which I have been meaning to do for ages but have just procrastinated about. I am pretty confident that it won’t hurt!
I am back to uni now (even as I type this 
) and have a fair bit of work to catch up with. I am just glad the last week is over. It almost rivals May as being a bad event time!
You may have noticed that I have myself a Gravatar. It is an avatar like the sort you see when you make comments/posts in a forum, except that you can see it all over the internet when you make comments on someone’s blog and things like that. So instead of seeing a grey face shadowor random pattern made for unidentifiable people, you get to see a specific picture you chose to appear instead. Mine is of a red cog on a white background with white cogs. I like cogs and gears, it is sort of my personal theme.
I have wondered what my learning style is and thanks to a member on Gestalt, found this online test to do. It seems that I am mostly a solitary and aural learner.
In other news…
I got two Credits and a Distinction for my units last semester. 
I have had over a month of free time and it has been really busy. I have been helping a friend with her market stall, catching up with family and generally doing what I didn’t have time to do while I was at uni and studying. Which involved watching a fair bit of tv.
I hope to be less busy for a while so I can make more posts here.
