[NOTE: I was too tired to post last night, so here are two days in one!]
Thursday, September 7, 2006
I had a 3 hour ordeal at the dentist this morning, and they just put a temporary crown on the tooth. It was supposed to be painless but there was pain. And nausea - listening to the whine of a drill and seeing smoke coming out of my mouth makes me nauseated every time. The office was also too cold and I had chills. They also didn't give me enough novocaine at first. Then they had to give me more. Then they had to re-do the crown. They charged me $600, too - it was twice that but the insurance paid part of it. Aaaargh!
Afterwards, I stopped for gas and got a coke. Still felt lousy. Went to the court office and dropped off adoption documents to be apostilled and still felt lousy. So I just came home, around 1:30, and I've been home ever since. I still feel yucko. The tooth hurts - despite 4 Motrin. My jaw hurts. My head hurts. Wah, wah, wah....
Alesia is doing really well with the piano. She is already playing little songs. Her hands are still rubbery on the keys, but we'll get there. She likes practicing.
Saturday morning, September 9, 2006
Yesterday was a grueling day. My mouth and jaw ached all day but I didn’t want to take any pain pills and be groggy, so I didn’t.
I went to pick up my apostilled documents yesterday at lunch, and three of them had to be re-done, plus I had to get another birth certificate. I went over to the vital records office which is near the apostille office and had to wait about 20 minutes in a roomful of crying babies. The apostille office said the certification had to be an original signature, not a stamped one, so that was the issue. Boy was I ticked. So I ended up having to take a 2 hour lunch and work late. Yuck.
I met with a local woman who has a small independent publishing business, about publishing my children’s book. She said it can be done, and hopefully won’t cost too much. I have the illustrator and translator lined up, and the manuscript is done, so it’s just a matter of putting it together. I can publish it myself, get 500 copies, and get it listed on Amazon and on websites for adoptive parents. I doubt I will make much [if any] money but I still think it’s worth doing. She may also publish my memoir about adopting Alesia, if I can ever get time to work on it some more.
