Comeback Queen?

X-Ray Time

This is a panoramic scan of my mouth.  Look at the crowding of my teeth!
I will be having my first molars removed (the teeth behind your incisors) on Friday.... That freaks me out a bit.
Things to notice in the scan: my wisdom teeth (which is still have all 4 of) and my nose stud :wink:  He he  We'll never forget which way is left and which was is right... my nose stud is on my left.

The Perfect Smile!

Yup, yup! I'm on my way to a perfect smile... not that my smile isn't perfect as it is... I love to smile and I don't have a problem with the shape of my face of anything like that... I've just always been frustrated with my crooked teeth.

So, I'm off to get braces!  This coming two weeks is a flurry of dentist appointments!  Tuesday I get a filling replaced, Friday I get two teeth extracted, and Wednesday (September 8th)... the braces go on!   It's going to take some getting used to... (and I'm sure I'd better have a full supply of Advil on hand for the next month or so) but this is something I've wanted to get done since I was 13... It'll be great to finally have straight teeth!

$$$ Cash Money $$$

How many people find themselves saying... "If only I could win the lottery", but they never buy a ticket?

Well I thought I'd try my luck at the numbers. I bought a Super 7 and a Lotto 6-49 ticket yesterday... the draws are for this weekend.

Wouldn't that be fantastic to win?!!! Ah... yes, life would be sweet! *cha-ching!*

So, today I taught another one of my beading classes: beaded beads... I invented this technique myself (or so I like to say :wink: ) I should post some pictures of what I am talking about because these little gems are fabulous... and so easy to whip up! I made $72.00, teaching 6 ladies for about 3 hours. Not bad, for something I like to do . And every extra bit of income helps these days... I feel like I'm so hard up some months... mortgage is such a drain :evil:

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;         & nbsp;   Picture of some beaded beads...

You don't want to know why... but I'll tell you anyways. David is coming to Calgary to see me :)

He booked his flight today, so no turning back! I am pretty pumped! It'll even things out a bit... Now he get's to see how I live. I can't wait to play tour guide! :P

Wet Weekend

Yup, like forecasted, rain, rain and more rain! :( Oh well, my bike is in the shop, so I guess it's good timing ;)

I've had a pretty lazy weekend anyways... went shopping a bit yesterday, bought some blinds for my bedroom, nothing too exciting. Last night Dave (the boring local guy) called me and asked me out for a drink... I declined and he was like "Why not? Come on, just come out!" ... holy crap! I didn't realize I was going to have to get nasty!!?? I just said "I wasn't really planning on going out tonight... I really just want to stay in." He was like "Oh, ok. Well, Maybe another time?" I said "Sure." :roll:  I dunno... why do I even bother???

Looks like I've got one!

So, David came back from Vegas last night... rushed in to his house to talk to me... awe... (yup, I was waiting for him all evening! :) ) It felt so good to hear his voice real time... and not his voice mail message. First thing he said was, "When am I gonna get to see you?"... so obviously he was also thinking about US this past week too. :P
:!: (perhaps, you are right, Amber... maybe we are each others emotional crutches right now...
 but you know what? I need this... my emotions need some love, and if this is what I have to do to get it... then I'm gonna do it!
... like Sloan said "If it feels good do it, even if you shouldn't. Don't let people mess you around!") :!:

On Bike news, I tried to go for a bike ride last night, and realized just how fugged my derailleur hanger was :( I need to get it fixed ASAP... lucky for me, it's planning on being a wet weekend. I am really getting sick of the rain!!! :evil:

I had a dentist appt. today.  I am getting braces :D  I think I will report my progress in my blog.  Have an appointment for molds and pictures next Thursday... this is getting exciting!!! :D

At peace with things... for now!

I think I had a little mini nervous break down last weekend... crying, feeling totally lonely... all the good stuff us single girls do and feel from time to time. ... well, it has slowly come to pass. Maybe it was hormones, maybe it was circumstantial... but all I can say is I feel much more stable these days. :D Aren't you all relieved? :wink:

 So, about my date: Dave... was a nice enough guy, a little boring though. :? All we really had in common to talk about was working out. I guess that's a start, but I dunno... wasn't really feeling the "older man" vibe either (he's 33).

You know Usher's song "You got it bad"? Well, one of the lyrics is "You know you got it bad when you are out with some one and keep on thinking 'bout somebody else." ... Well, that was me tonight. Seemed like everything Dave said made me think of David (Vancouver David)... Awe.... It's true, I miss that boy. :( (He's presently in Las Vegas for a work related conference (must be nice, eh?) and we really only get one txt message to each other a day... it seems like I'm left lingering on his every sylable... todays txt message said "Awe... Baby Boise... Hearing your voice killed me inside. It hurts to miss you! xoxo" FYI... I called his cel yesterday and left a message on his voice mail cause he said he missed hearing my voice) I miss his too... he gets home tomorrow night... probably I will get to chat with him late in the evening... pending his flight, etc...

 So obviously... I still like the original David best... mon Grand Pois. Yeah, the distance sucks... but we both have cars, right? :idea:

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...btw... I think we are cute together...

Long Distance Love Affair

Well, being told everytime you mention it "He lives in Vancouver, Jess. Another long distant relationship??? Please! It'll never work." ...or my sister always saying "he's creepy, if you ask me!!" ... are making me doubt everything!!!! I mean, I know it's my life and I need to live it how I want but, I can't help but think they are sorta right.  Throw my life around for a guy I barely know!!?? I mean, David and I just met (in person... has been about a month or two since we met on-line though) I guess stranger relationships have exsisted... but I am afraid of what I have to loose, if I move to be with him... I can't just up and leave my career that I've worked so hard to acheive!! (I could easily sell my house... I am alreay wanting to do that anyways...) But then again, what do all these things mean, without someone to love you and share them with!!??? :( It's hard to say "No, it will never work" because David sounds like he really understands what it takes to create a good relationship: compromise and understanding. (And the fact that he understands that good relationships don't just fall out of the sky, but take work, and effort... gives him brownie points too :wink: )

I feel that our relationship is too "green" to really make any predictions about what we "might have". And both he and I aren't keen on the idea of carrying on a long distance relationship... so, basically, one of us has to move... or we are stuck and have to forget about the whole thing. (Which is going to be kinda hard now... once feelings get involved...)

I think we are going to make another attempt to see each other. I have a few more weeks holidays this year... so hopefully we can swing a few visits with each other before we are both either a) madly in love or b) fed up with the distance and break up.

... So in the meantime, I want to test my feelings for him. I have scheduled coffee with a guy tomorrow night... just to see if I really do want to be with David, or if some local schmuck will do :? I will have my answers soon... (BTW, the new guy... is also named David... go figure) :?

Vacation Gossip

Since Cyberpal asked... I will oblige. More goss on my Nanaimo/Vancouver trip... Enjoy!

Ok... I'm sure you want the goods on my trip to Van to see David... Well, it went great! He met me as I was claiming my bags off the ferry... Caught me off guard... We hugged and held hands right away... It was so nice. I was so nervous, I could barely walk. He brought me out to his car, put my luggage into his car, we hugged and kissed in the parking lot... That is what I needed, I calmed right down... Weird. (My ferry was an hour late due to a medical emergency on the ferry before mine, so we missed the "Festival of Lights" (fireworks) that we were initially going to see) But we were headed to the harbor anyways... When I asked "Where are you taking me?", he said "You'll see..." He brought me out to the beach, where he laid out a blanket, and lanterns... And wine! We talked for hours (oh, and a few kisses in there too ;) It was the most romantic thing I think I have ever done. He made quite the impression with that!!!

The next day started off a bit late, cuase we both slept in late due to out late night rendez-vous at the beach. We finally got up around 1:30pm!!! (I didn't know if he was tired because he put in a full days work before I came, or if I tired him out ;) We went to the Vancouver Aquarium that day... It was alright, no Calgary Zoo... But what could I expect? We had fun wandering around, eating ice cream... Holding hands... That night I just wanted to cuddle and chill out, so we ordered pizza, came home, watched our Aquarium movie (he has a digital video camera) and were going to watch a movie. It was soooo hot that night, I could barely touch him... We cuddled in front of the movie for a little bit, but the heat was very frustrating... So we didn't really get to cuddle much, which sucked!

Monday was awesome!!! We went to Bridal Falls (waterfalls, near Chilliwack) I'll email pictures... They were quite impressive to see. Then we wanted to check out the Harrison Hot Springs that are not very far away from the falls... Well, we didn't really know what we were looking for, and what we found in Harrison were some pretty lame hot springs... (I guess we weren't at the actual hot springs... We were at a source. Oops) What was really fun, was sneaking into the Harrison Hot Springs Resort pool! Shhhh! Ha ha... It was great! There was even a hot tub there, so the trip wasn't an entire bust. Then we went to the local grocery store, picked up some picnic stuff and BBQ'd supper back at Bridal Falls, It was fantastic. I miss camping! "All we need is a tent" I said... we initially weren't planning on camping there. So, when we got back to Van, we set up his tent in his back yard... And crawled in.. FUN.. and so much cooler than his room!!! But, guess what? It rained that night... And we didn't put the tarp on... So we had to get up at like 4am to tarp the tent... Then because we didn't tarp it quite right... The tent got water inside!!! :( Oh no! Ha ha... It was funny! I'll never forget it!

Then it was time to take me to the ferry... I was planning to take the 3:30pm ferry, so we left David's place at around 2:30... He was not very talkative on the drive to the ferry. I didn't know how to read that... Is he sad to see me go? Is he glad I'm finally leaving? So when I get to the counter to pay for my ticket... I end up getting whisked away on the 3:00 ferry... I was hoping to have a 1/2 an hour to sit in the ferry terminal with David and talk... But no, I get ripped out of his arms, barely get a kiss good-bye... And he's gone. He watched me from the window... It was quite sad.

And now I am home... And I miss him :( But I shouldn't.

Oh no... Why do I make things so difficult for myself??

Nanaimo/ Vancouver Vacation 2004

For those that were wondering, I had a fantastic vacation!!!  Pictures coming soon... be patient :wink:

Here's one of David and I at the Vancouver Aquarium...

 

Paige and Elizabeth Examine a jelly fish...

 

Paige climbing a fire hydrant.

 

What a trip, hun?  I have many more pics where those came from!!!