Here's a basic picture of the case I got - I'll post a pic of my own hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

Just A Little Itch

So I got prescribed some amoxycillin for my root canal so that nothing gets infected. Last night around 10:00 I decided to take my first one. I go downstairs and settle into my chair to get a little WoW in. About an hour later I notice that I'm scratching my neck - no big deal just a little itch. About 30 minutes after that I'm scratching my hands and fingers. Now I start to think something is up. I stand up and I feel a little dizzy and there's a ring in my ears. So I rub my ears and notice they feel slightly warm. It was about 11:30 maybe 12 so I logout of WoW and head upstairs to tell Angela that my ears are warm and my fingers are super itchy. I get up there and she takes one look at me and says "OH MY GOSH!". I go look in the mirror and my neck is bright red and puffy from my ears to my chest. I go back out into the front room and sit down and then it set in like wildfire. I started scratching all over the place and just puffed up everywhere that I touched. I immediately assume that it's the amox. that's doing it. I was allergic to penicillin when I was a kid but I thought I was over that - guess not! I tried to lay down and go to sleep and not think about the itch but it was impossible. I scratched and scratched until it hurt and then I scratched some more. It didn't go away until about 2:30 in the morning, and that's when I finally got to sleep. Worst night I've had in a long time.

TOOF!

Well over the weekend I had a bad experience with my teeth. I grind my teeth in my sleep. It's so bad that my top front 4 teeth have been ground down to almost nothing. They are so thin you can almost see through them. Anyway Friday night we were eating with Utah's finest at Golden Corral. I figure it's not that bad - there's steak and mashed potatoe's so I'm good. Well while in line waiting for a steak I see some sauteed mushrooms calling my name. So I grab a couple. I get back to my seat and proceed to dig in. Everything is tasting pretty good until I pop a mushroom in my mouth. CRUNCH. Hmm, a little dirt that didn't get washed off - oh well just keep chewing and swallow and don't think about it. CRACK........ I felt something at the front of my mouth behind my top teeth that didn't feel right. I put my finger in there to see what happened. YOOOOWCH!!!!! My tooth had chipped and my root was sticking out. That hurt really bad so I probe it with the tip of my tongue. ZZZZAP! Again the pain shot through me like I had just been electrocuted. My jaw dropped and my face went pale. I couldn't believe my teeth had finally chipped. The dentist had warned me about this time and time again and it finally happened. Needless to say I couldn't eat very well after that. The soonest I could get in to the dentist was Monday morning - but at least the dentist was able to call in a Rx for some Lortabs. Those things saved me over the weekend because it hurt to just breathe. Monday I went in and got my root canal (nitrous is lovely) and now I'm feeling a lot better.

Cell phone pic of the day: My messy cubicle.

So my hard drive decided to give up the ghost the other day. That was really bad timing as I had just bought a hard drive only 2 or 3 months ago. Anyway I bought a replacement - 250GB Serial ATA with 16MB Cache buffer... SWEET. The transfer speeds are amazing and going from an 80GB to a 250GB made it even sweeter. I also got a new case for my PC - a Thermaltake Tsunami. I'll post pics of it when I finally get around to charging the batteries in my camera.

The Holdens are here

Shane, Dore, and kids have come to visit for a couple weeks. They are going to be joined by Shane's dad and his GF and will be going on a snowmobile expedition. It should be fun and hopefully they will take some good pictures to show us when they come back.