Posts from the bat....

My dog chewed up my glasses the other day, so my vision is very fucked up until my new ones come in sometime this week. I can see well enough to type this stuff, but trying to read that itty-bitty shit that some people use on their sites and blogs is torture. I have to go get a root canal tomorrow (remember the toothache post?) and maybe if I'm lucky my new glasses will be in tomorrow and I can just swing by there and pick them up while I'm at the dentist. (Two trips to Elkins in one week would be sort of stupid, but it will be necessary if my new glasses aren't in tomorrow.) At the very least, I think I look horrible without glasses on.

I'm currently cleaning my room and in the process, trying to find an old pair of glasses from a couple of years ago. My prescription hasn't changed much so they would do until the new ones come in. So far, no luck though. :(

I thought about doing another list, but I'd rather wait until I have my specs on to do it - that way, I'll be able to see the screen more clearly. Right now, I'm squinting and I have to hold my head at a certain angle so I can see the screen - not fun, people!

Ouch.

I have one Hell of a toothache. I'm sitting here doped up on painkillers, and I can't wait till later today when I can run to the drugstore and see if they have anything stronger than Orajel. (That shit does NOT work, at least not on this toothache.) After closely inspecting the culprit tooth, I think there may be a crack in it - therefore, I'm also going to see if the drugstore has any of that stuff you can use to temporarily cover a tooth until you can go to the dentist. (I have an appointment on the 26th of this month, so I'm going to try to tough it out until then.) The only thing that seems to help the toothache are painkillers.

It doesn't hurt at all right now, but when I'm not on any pills, it hurts so bad it makes me cry. (It takes a lot to make me cry.)

OK, so that's it....I figured I'd write about my toothache. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Let's put it this way - if I had any military secrets, I'd talk!

I always said I was gonna change the world....

Yesterday, I DID.

Voting doesn't seem to be a very big thing to some people, but to me, finally getting to make my voice heard after eighteen long years of being exposed to the news and politics 24/7 and wanting so badly to be able to vote, and FINALLY being able to - it's huge to me. Along with millions of other people, me, my tiny little self, with my tiny little voice - millions of tiny little voices, together - WE HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD.

I was speaking with my best friend in IM, Ritz (damn I love that girl!), and I heard a huge burst of cheers, looked up at the TV, and on CNN, saw, "Barack Obama Elected President,"....I could never have been prouder of the fact that the first name I ever checked on a voting machine was his, than I was at that moment.

And I have no hate for McCain, I respect him, I really do, and I have no hate for his supporters. (Except for the ones that booed during his speech in Phoenix....but that's another story, LOL.) The man ran a long, tough campaign and he's taken his loss like a man. I was glad to hear him say that he would work with our soon to be president to help reform this country and get us back on track.

And so now I end this message with these words:

"A government OF the people, BY the people, and FOR the people has not perished from the Earth."
-President-Elect Barack Obama