Greetings from my apartment where I am because I am in too much pain to go to school. About to get off the computer to do some carpal tunnel physical therapy, call a chiropractor, a hand doctor and anyone else who might be able to offer some help with my ailments. My jaw dysfunction (which is affected by stress) is so bad that the dentist gave me painkillers, told me he CANNOT take out my wisdom teeth and that I need fancy braces to act as full-time mouth guards. Needless to say I’m stressed. Then it rains and my whole body hurts…something which the chiropractor may or may not be able to help.

Moving February 5th hopefully with the help of some wonderful friends. Just did a walk through in my Washington Heights apartment and I’m waiting for the lease so I can sign it and move on up(town). Meanwhile, my sister is doing almost all the packing and my house is starting to look emptier and emptier as everything gets thrown into boxes.

Found placement for two of my kittens but the last one is really hard to place. I keep emailing and re-emailing my friends but I don’t know if they’re even trying to help me by sending out the email to everyone they know. My allergies are a little better with two cats gone but my voice is still pretty deep and my chest constricts a little if I’m in the same room with the cat at the same time. For extra fun, every time I blow my nose, my jaw hurts.

Do I sound like I’m in a great mood? Grad school starts the same week that my students take the big test, which is next week. I should be at work walking them through a study guide but I spent all of yesterday’s class time signing to the students because I didn’t want to risk talking too much and feeling more pain.

Speaking of risking pain, I better get off this evil computer contraption.