Lost My Wisdom...

Mood: Mellow

...teeth that is. FINALLY got my wisdom teeth pulled out. The doctor didn't put me under because he said it's not something they do that their office. I was disappointed since I hear that's the best part. I had to stay awake through all the yanking and pulling and stabbing. All in all, it wasn't too bad. He numbed me up pretty well and I felt really light headed from all the anesthetics. I only have 3 wisdom teeth, but decided to have only 2 pulled. I'm glad I went with that choice since I was able to chew on the right side of my mouth. I don't know what I would do if I had gotten both sides done. It would have been miserable.

My gums were bleeding for a good long time. I think it finally slowed down and stopped after 8 hours. I really thought they had a more sophisticated way of pulling teeth these days, but the doctor literally PULLED my teeth out. It felt like pliers were pulling and tugging on my teeth until it finally gave way and came loose. Isn't there an easier way? Just the thought of it makes me queasy. I had to go to a happy place until the teeth came out. The procedure when quicker than I thought. The longest part was waiting for the Novocain to take affect. I was pretty hungry by the time I got out of the dental office. All I had was a bowl of cereal and it was lunch time when I got done. I couldn't really eat because of the bleeding, but I managed to suck down a medium strawberry milkshake from McDonald's. I didn't want to take the Hydrocodine (generic for Vicodine) on an empty stomach. He also gave me Penicillin to take for the week. The drugs made me feel out of it, which was fine considering the circumstances.

Amazingly, I was able to go over to my friend's BBQ that night and hang out. I was also able to eat a decent meal!

A New Hope

Mood: Giddy

They called back!! I'm getting a second interview!!! I was in shock that they had called me back to schedule another interview. This is very exciting and I'll have to start studying again. This interview is with 4 different people, including the regional VP and will be over 2 hours.

Wish me luck!!

Job Hunting

Mood: Depressed

Who knew job hunting could be so depressing. I had an interview for a technical consultant position this past Tuesday and it went as well as it could...which isn't very well because I'm not very technical. Doing production support has a way of deteriorating one's technical capabilities. I studied all weekend and tried as best I could for this interview. It's just so depressing to think about how my current job has not prepared me to do any job outside this company. I so desperately want out right now. One of my coworker handed in her 2 weeks notice this week. How I envy her. I'm happy for her but at the same time resentful for the fact that I was more capable than her at this job and yet she was able to escape before I can.

What's wrong with me? I worked hard and proved myself to everyone in this company, and yet I am stuck being over worked and under paid. It's times like these that make me doubt my abilities. As much as I want to wallow in this state of self pity, I need to focus my energy on getting a new job. If the slackers in here can get a job, someone is bound to give me a chance.