I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since I last blogged. I bought this shiny new domain and I don’t bloody use it – What the eff?!
So right now I’m in a fair bit of pain. I had all four wisdom teeth removed on Friday afternoon. The surgery itself went without a hitch and without any pain (thank you, numb-juice), but the pain afterwards has been somewhat terrible. Most of the time it’s just a dull ache, which is irritating but tolerable. But every now-and-then I get a sharp pain, particularly on the right side where he had to dig a little deeper to gain access to the teeth, and it’s not pleasant.
And just to make you feel even more sorry for me, here’s a photo:
![Still Swollen (by Terri [dotnu])](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3779471233_0e3b85e972_m.jpg "Still Swollen (by Terri [dotnu])")
As you can see, the right side is really swollen bad. The left is quite fine – I can even chew, albeit carefully, on the left side.
But it is getting better; I can feel it healing, and I wonder if my bottom teeth might straighten out a little on their own now that they have room to shift. We’ll see what happens, anyway.
That’s my woe-is-me story this month. In other news, wedding plans are coming along slowly – I will get at least the interstate invites done over the next few days (while I have time off), so people who need to book flights and such are able to with time to spare, and then the others will need to go out once I get more paper for the invites. I also got my ring all paid for, so that’s in safe-keeping now 
Cheerio
YEH I CAN HAZ!
I got a job! Finally, after almost 10 months of job hunting, I’m finally employed. I am now a Legal Secretary at a local Law Firm. Can we say ‘Woot woot’?!
I start on Monday, 9:00am. I’m a little nervous, but I guess that’s normal when you start any new job. I’m anxious about being overwhelmed, but again I think that’s normal 
My emotions are pretty much summed up here:
![YAY! (by Inspirata [Terri])](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3573094400_3a3900a7f0.jpg "YAY! (by Inspirata [Terri])")
![Weight Loss #3 - May 09 (by Inspirata [Terri])](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3566196528_43cb698c6e.jpg "Weight Loss #3 - May 09 (by Inspirata [Terri])")
Just before heading to a moot. Probably not the best shot for a weight loss shot, since I’m a) wearing black and b) am posed sideways, but whatevs.
So last night I managed to pump out three articles for my various commitments. Number one was a moot report for the Tas Pagan Alliance’s quarterly publication, the Ravens’ Call, on our last moot, which I got completed pretty swiftly and efficiently.
The next one was again for the Ravens’ Call, but for my own column called ‘Internet Interest’, where I will normally review two or three websites and give reasons why they’re beneficial for our Pagan community. Since this was my first column, I re-introduced people to the Tas Pagan Alliance website, which I’ve recently revamped so that it’s more user-friendly, up to date, and can be utilised as a means of communication to members, whereas the alternative was to email someone or text message someone, and hope they got the news. And then the second part of the column, I introduced people to The Pagan Activist site, which is a great site for news about Paganism and current goings-on in the world in relation to it.
My third and final article was actually for The Pagan Activist – I’m their columnist for ‘Paganism Down Under’, and submitted my third article to them for online publication on the 1st April. I essentially wrote about Black Saturday, and the devastation that Mother Nature can cause, as well as creating beauty in our world.
So, it really need not be said that I was quite busy last night, and therefore didn’t get to bed until very late – I think it was about 3am when I finally did. I need to get out of this habit of staying up all night, because I then don’t get out of bed until midday the next day, and I get pissed off at myself because I’ve lost half the day. That, and on Saturday I’m doing stocktake for a store – one day’s work, $16.20/hr; I’m not complaining! – and I need to get school and assistance payments sorted out this week too.
Big week ahead. I’m a little scared, to be quite honest. I shall make it through, but it does frighten me a little to have a bit more responsibility back in my life – to think 6 months ago I was living very independently, and now I’m having to rely on Michael and my parents for a whole lot more because I’ve proven myself to be unemployable. Bah at employers. Bah humbug.
