One Hundred Seventy-Eighth Entry

Work was ten times better today than yesterday. I actually did some. Being busy at work is, dare I say it, fun. My favorite thing is the mindless stuff I have to do half the time. I find myself doing more research than actual engineering. And that doesn't bother me all too much. I know where everything is, and if it ain't there, then I stop looking.

My supervisor Phil found this great website. It is for anyone who forgot anything about Algebra or Calculus. QuickMath does all kinds of fun math stuff. I was surfing it for about an hour at work today. GOD I am such a nerd.

Towards the end of my day at work, Phil walked by my office and stalled a bit before continuing past. He was half waving some paper in his hands. Taking the bait, I asked him what he had. Of course, it was my PAF (Performance Appraisal Form, i think). He was going to deposit it in my bosses office so she could review it before he gave it to me. He said that there was a lot of text in it. Uh-oh, I thought and said. That can only mean I did bad. He kinda laughed.

What a lot of text can also mean, is a promotion since there is an extra form he would need to fill out for that. And interestingly enough, I asked my magic 8-ball if I would get a promotion with my next PAF and it read, "Positively". And the magic 8-ball is 45-3 so far in predicting the future. It even knew that tomorrow is the 8th.

The magic 8-ball is never wrong. Except I doubt that I am getting a promotion because I don't have the two years required by the-powers-that-be downstairs. I'm not getting my hopes up.

Dental news. I am a horrid flosser. I floss only when I have stuff caught in my teeth because I have a really, I mean really bad gag reflex. As a result, I have two broken teeth. Each broken at the point where they touch the next tooth over. Sucks. It hurts and I can't chew properly. It takes me twice as long to eat a meal, and I can't eat hard stuff. I saw a commercial the other day for the Reach Flosser fork thing (See...watching as much TV as I do is a good thing). I bought it yesterday at WalMart and I love it. It really does work. Now I don't have to stick my fingers into my mouth and become quasi-anorexic.

More dental news. I found out today that my Delta Dental plan maximum is $1000. I didn't think there was a maximum. This totally sucks. I wanted to have a whole slew of things done to my teeth: I wanted my three remaining wisdom teeth pulled, I wanted my two broken teeth fixed, I wanted my silver fillings replaced with porcelain, I wanted to fix my chipped front tooth, I wanted to begin my check up and cleaning schedule (every 6 mos.), and perhaps get everything whitened. With this damn $1000 max, I will probably only be able to fix the two painful broken teeth. And if it's worse than I think it is, they may have to be pulled and have bridges or prosthetics put in their place. MEGA BUCKS!! I am going to try to come up with a supplemental dental insurance, out-of-pocket of course, so if anyone has any ideas, let me know.

And just in case you don't know, I am officially back on the Nicoderm patch.

Don't nobody "cap" on me...hahaha.