Back Again with another random post...

So I suck at consistently posting. I admit it.

But sporadically posting is better than no posting at all, I think.

I'm here on my couch. I had my 3rd wisdom tooth pulled yesterday. It was really bad pain. The worst ever. I guess it was because this tooth was impacted, under the gum. I got it taken out at the VA.

I feel so lucky to be able to use the VA healthcare, but I get mad that I don't have dental coverage. They won't see me unless it is a dental emergency, and then I have to pay out of pocket. On Wednesday, it was an emergency. The pain had been gradually increasing until it kept me up at night.

They got me into a surgery appointment the next day - see? the VA is awesome. Now I am all doped up on vicodine. I missed my ex-study group reunion tonight because of it. I'm really sad I had to miss because I don't have many friends up here. My study group from first year were a great group of people (despite being law students). I miss seeing them all the time.

I miss my real friends a lot. I miss Kasie and Shannon from this blog. I miss talking to Shaun too. I don't even know if he is back from deployment. I miss talking to Emery, we are both so busy. I hate anyone feeling guilty for not keeping in touch better, too. If we don't keep in touch, we have normal human reasons for it. I am totally forgiving of it, because I haven't been good at keeping in touch either.

I also saw my psychiatrist on Wednesday because I thought I'd been really depressed. I thought it was a symptom of quitting smoking. (I quit smoking 2 months ago today, HOORAY!)

But the doc disagreed. She said that I am having anxiety problems, not depression. And it wasn't from quitting smoking, it is from the massive loads of work I have taken on this semester. Makes sense, I guess.

I haven't tried the new anxiety meds yet, on account of my vicodin.

I feel like staying mentally healthy is an everyday struggle. Law school works against mental health in general, I think.