my tooth hurts and i can't sleep!

my tooth does hurt but it's probably because i've been asleep all day that i can't sleep. i woke up this morning around four a.m. to a terribly swolen face and a pain that was immeasurable. i tossed and turned until i finally drifted off, i assume, around eight only to be awakened by justin at nine-fifteen for our bar meeting.

ugh.

i sat through that, which was extremely boring. the only bit that was necessary was the warning of working the whole day of new years eve. and that i won a shore excursion. that was it. i could have slept longer.

the assistant bar manager lead me to the doctor... i was in the process of filling out an emergency leave to come home. but, since the company pays for dentists here, they don't consider this an emergency (per se) and will pay for me to go to a dentist in maui. meanwhile, i'm on painkillers, which could be more powerful, and antibiotics until then. i didn't work today and hope not to tomorrow. i feel like shit.

in other news... i've been taking vitamins again as well as drinking protein shakes. i've lost some weight from all this walking and climbing stairs. of course, i can't afford that. brian and i are going to start going to the gym together, too. maybe i'll make it close to my target weight before i get home.

i thought about new years resolutions, too. with this 'health kick,' i thought it'd be a good time to quit smoking. who knows, though? i've said it before. we'll see.

tom should graduate today. i have no clue since i haven't heard from him. i did answer a call the other day when i was out on shore shopping. i didn't have much time to talk, though. everything is going well for him except he said he is still spilling drinks. he told me he'd text me when he found out what ship he was going to...

hmmm... nothing really exciting going on right now. the weather has actually been kinda yucky lately, meaning only about seventy degrees and cloudy. if i feel better tomorrow, i'm going to lay out. i don't have to work until five. or is it five thirty? nevertheless... oh, and i have to go by a restaurant that charged my credit card twice.

i'm still not sleepy.