I'm Back

I just took an unexpected, very long break from the blog. On September 15th I pulled a rug out of the bathtub after washing it and pulled a muscle, it got my attention but it didn't feel that bad.  September 19th I called in sick to work because I could barely walk. My back went from a slightly uncomfortable pulled muscle to full blown "OMG what have I done to my back in five days??!" Between my back, which laid me out flat for a week and a half, trying to reconcile my medical insurance, which is through Sacramento County and included getting paper work signed so I could go back to work, plus a misunderstanding about procedures with the company I work for I was off 3 days short of a month. It is a long and convoluted story of everything that could go wrong did go wrong. All because I called in for three days. I have, never, in my life called out sick for three days. I had no idea. My back is in general fine, but I still can't sit for more than about half an hour without being really stiff.

The day before I went back to work, IADT Sacramento was informed that the campus would be closing, which means we stop signing new students and teach out what we have now. They began by immediately laying off the admissions department. Before anyone at work had a chance to call me I got a message from a friend who is a student. I thought it was a bad rumor. My boss called me immediately when I emailed him. I am scheduled to stay until the last student walks out the door in 2017, but the director of ADmissions left on the 22nd, the campus President is leaving the 31st. most of the lead faculty will be gone by the end of Term 2 which is in July. They are starting with the un-needed, and the highest paid. My job is safe because of one thing I do. I am a certified test administrator for Pearson Vue testing. We open the campus on Fridays for outside testing. Anything and everything from CBest, to Cisco. If it hadn't been for that, this past Friday would have been my last day, if not before.

Tuesday of last week a bad tooth reared its ugly head and I spent the subsequent days and the weekend timing pain medication and food, with an ice pack on my jaw. This morning when they were trying to get the crown off, the entire tooth popped out, apparently followed by a gush of ... well, you know. A nice gold crown with little roots intact and all. It hurts but not like it did. They are sterilizing the whole thing I am going to pick it up tomorrow. Thought I would put it on a chain ... I don't know what I am going to do with it.

Sunday I made the cookies for Church. It was a Halloween theme light food thing. I hope everyone has a blast on Halloween, and that what ever you dress up as, has great impact. I promise more interesting blogs in the future. Please for give me for the absence.