The Anguish of Desired Apathy

So, long time since my last entry, there is much to speak of and little time to type.

2nd session went well, one kid in my group had a tendency to ruin the fun for the other kids (or at least diminish it) but that's nothing terribly unique so far as I can tell. Right after session I felt good, if a bit tired, but that soon changed. By Thursday night I had a 100.2 fever and the next morning the right side of my face had swollen up so that I resembled half a chipmunk. Turns out that a tooth I had chipped some years ago had absessed. For those of you with insurance and jobs that pay you in money this may not seem like a big deal but I was terrified. Luckilly I found a community health center which gladly ripped it out of my head for $79 and somehow I got generic prescriptions from Walgreen's for only $36 so the grand total only came to $115. Mind you, this is nearly half of the only paycheck I've received so far and I've also missed 2 days of work so far recovering (although I have done some work on these days, I'll have to see what they short me on my next check). In other words, I love my job but I'm not so in love with the pay or lack of insurance.

I have a few funny stories but I feel like I'm going to throw up so I'll save them for later (one quick funny one: we've got the magnetic alphabet deals for the fridge in the staff-house here and I've spelled out 'Barf' 'Puke' and 'Vomit' on it, which is impressive because we only have 1 set and you usually have a repeat letter).

You kids have fun.