WELL,THAT WASN'T SO BAD...........

I turned in my two-weeks resignation letter yesterday. I waited until the right time, and stressed to my supervisor the need to "leave quietly." He understood completely (God bless older gentlemen!), and said that he wishes the same for himself when the time comes for him to leave (he is retiring soon). He promised me that if word gets out, it won't be from him. That's how I like to work. No muss, no fuss, no ruckus. I'm in, and then I'm out.

I am scheduled to be off the four days before my first day on the new job, start my five-day week of training there, and will be off four days afterward. This is excellent timing, because since my first week of training is in the morning, I will be able to attend all of Angela's upcoming Christmas performances! I am waiting for the call to go downtown and take my preliminary drug test.

Today was also my first dental appointment in 2 years. These people were EXTREMELY professional, which helped, because my teeth are in REALLY bad shape, and I am really self-conscious about it. I need major dental work done, y'all. MAJOR dental work. My dental insurance isn't too killing bad; It is covering 60% of the total cost! But there is still a lot of money that I will have to pay myself out-of-pocket. Since I am clearing my credit, I didn't want to open a credit account, even though I probably would be approved for it. I am going to save some of the money up, and use my income tax return to pay for the work. I will have to wait until next year, but at least I will be paying cash, and won't have to owe anyone ANYTHING. I went in, found out what I needed to have done, and the cost. All I have to do now is wait, and pray, and save, and anticipate the day that will soon come where I will be able to eat salads again.

In the meantime, I purchased some IMAKO cosmetic teeth. My mom told me about them. It is sort of like a "flipper" that you mold and clip to your own teeth, giving you the appearance of a beautiful smile for a really cheap price! I paid $40 for mine from AmeriMark . I cannot eat with them, but I CAN smile confidently and talk with them. No permanent fix, of course, but I can smile at my kids, husband, family and friends! That's all that they are for, anyway. What do you think?



They'll do until I can start my dental work. It's all good.

I have a parent-teacher conference with Angela's teacher tomorrow afternoon. ~SIGH~ I know that Angela is trying to catch up, but lately, I've had to call her teacher on sending home papers for me to sign, that were graded by other students in the class, that aren't checking Angela's paper correctly. This results in Angela having a lower grade recorded in the grade book than she should, which means a lower grade on her report card. Looks like I am going to have to start visiting Angela's school more frequently to find out what the hell is going on over there. Angela is so fun-loving and carefree, though. She doesn't give a whit, LOL. I am going to have to start urging her to be more dutiful, and care more, somehow. Wish me the best on that one.

Adrian