In Motion

A lot has happened since I last blogged. Jia Wern was away at a conference for four days, my toothache has finally stopped, and it is SO HOT nowadays. All I'm doing right now is sitting on the futon and blogging, and I'm sweating. Perhaps it has something to do with being on the second floor, closer to the sun and all. =P On the upside, I'm hoping we also stay warmer during the winter. I can handle the heat, but not the cold. The past few days have been pretty eventful even though JW was gone most of the time. I'm so thankful for friendships. Check out my schedule for the past few days: Wednesday : Dropped JW off at RDU Airport, movie night at small group. Thursday:  GoMentor with my mentee, dinner at Alice's with two other friends. Friday night: Completed my weekly Coursera homework, made pineapple tarts. Saturday: Went shopping at the Tanger outlets with Alice and Guan Wen, hung out with Jane and her husband later that evening. Sunday:  Went to the Brier ...

Before I came over to the States, I virtually never had any problems with my teeth. Then I came over, turned 25, and my wisdom teeth started acting up. I now understand why teething babies can be so cranky. It's PAINFUL. It aches so much that sometimes I fantasize about extracting it, blood and gore and everything, and that would still be preferable to that ache that just throbs on and on. Someone give me a pacifier please. The worst part is that it recurs. It doesn't just happen once for all - depending on how long your tooth takes to erupt, it can go on for months (off and on, fortunately, or that'll be the death of me from starvation). So far it hasn't affected my eating habits yet, but I can see how it COULD if it gets any worse. I even took an ibuprofen for it last night, and it didn't help. Not kidding. Morphine, anyone? And then hor, my two upper wisdom teeth don't want to behave and come out straight. So what I have are wisdom teeth jutting out ...

We have moved! Well, 95% at least. Since we haven't fully cleaned out the other apartment and sold off the stuff we don't need, I don't consider us FULLY moved as of yet. There are rags, cleaning supplies, trash bags and some random empty boxes still lying around, and I don't really like it when a task is half completed, but it's also nice to take our time and move in stages. After all, we ARE paying another 2 weeks' lease, so we might as well make full use of it. =P Praise God for friends! On moving day, Soe offered her husband, Thomas, to help with the heavy items so I didn't have to move them. What a blessing! Also, I'm thankful that JW didn't throw his back again from lifting the heavy stuff. Nevertheless, moving is no tiny endeavor. Even with the help we got, three days later, I'm still feeling the side effects of moving which include (but are not limited to)general lethargy and apathy. =P Planning, packing, unpacking, rearranging, putti...