Foggy Weekend

Folks, I'm sure many of you are tuning in for an update on my weekend. It was an interesting weekend for sure, but much still needs to be done.

Since Wednesday last week, I've found myself dealing with a very minor toothache. It's a tooth which has bugged me before, and I didn't think it was too big of a deal.

Friday and Saturday were spent mostly in preparing for an executing a birthday party for my daughter. Aside from the fact that we realized on Saturday morning that we had in fact, invited 19 young kids to the event, it actually turned out quite well.

Saturday morning, also heralded a marked increase in the pain in my tooth... I tried some Tylenol with Codeine from a procedure I had last year... Minor relief for a half hour or so, so I tried another, and that worked about as well.

Next I broke into my extra special stash of Lortab, but that took a while to kick in, and just barely took the edge off.

I tried to call the dentist - which I actually should have done the day before... And even tried his home number - with no luck there either...

By 5pm, I was getting a little desperate... It was the kind of pain that made you want to just rip the tooth out to get some relief.

By 6pm, I was sitting in the waiting room at the Instacare. The wait wasn't too long, and after informing me that he was not a dentist, the doctor prescribed me some anti-biotics and some more Lortab.

I got out of his office at about 7pm, and took a look at the State Liquor Store across the street. It had closed just minutes prior. I wasn't planning on drinking, but I'd be lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind. I was more just curious.

Another hour wait at the pharmacy, and finally at around 8pm, I got my first dose of antibiotics and Lortab (the non-expired type) into my system.

Saturday night was rough, but by the time I hit my Sunday School class on Sunday, I was flying pretty high.

My final lesson actually went really well... I'm going to miss teaching kids, but at the end of the day, I hate that while I try and avoid much of the blind obedience stuff in the lesson book, I'm still supporting the organization simply by being there.

I also started to draft a letterto the bishop, which I thought came out pretty nasty, but my wife said was extremely honest, and probably what he needed to hear.

I planned on finishing it in the afternoon, but the pain from my tooth kept increasing. Finally around the middle of the afternoon, I took an 800mg Ibuprofen...

OH BABY!!!

While I would not recommend mixing drugs, the combination of Lortab and Ibuprofen did the trick... I spent and hour or two floating around the house, and then ended up taking a 2-3 hour drug induced nap. Of course I felt what I can only describe as hung over when I awoke, but by then the pain was gone.

This morning the antibiotics seem to be winning against the infection, and I'm going to try and dry myself out from the drugs. It's been almost 12 hours since my last hit, and so far, all I have is a very minor dull ache. Looks like it's about time to get into the dentist as well.

On the Church front... I'm going to try and finish up the letter tonight, and drop it off at his home, together with my lesson manual. I'm still not sure if I'm going to post it here, but I probably will - or at least a synopsis of it. When that is done, I'm hoping that I will be a member only by virtue of the fact that my name will still be on the rolls.

On the blog front... I'm hoping that will see an end of my blogging about the LDS Church. I'm sick of it, and while blogging about my journey has been very cathartic, it also dredges up a lot of painful memories, and it's keeping me in the pile of crap that is the religion and the culture it embraces.

Several years ago, a regular commenter here (Not sure if she still reads though) made the point that me and Mormonism were in an abusive relationship, wherein, I was the battered spouse. I think she nailed the diagnosis, and it is way past time that I take action and escaped.

I'm also in the process of making some changes to the blog. Don't worry - I'm not planning on dropping it, but it will be moved to a new home, which will allow me to do more with it, have greater control over my content, and the big plus is that I will be able to blog a certain IP address from 50 East North Temple in Salt Lake City.

More on that in the coming days - and if anyone knows how to export postings and comments from blogger to a wordpress based blog, I'd appreciate any advise, although I'm sure there is plenty of info on exactly how to pull that off out on the web somewhere.