Root Canal

My Thanksgiving break was going good until Sunday morning. I got home at about 2:00 and went right to sleep. At 4:30 I woke up in terrible pain. My tooth was killing me. I took a few Motrin and hoped that they would help but they didn't do anything. I couldn't sleep all night. My dentist wasn't open since it was a Sunday so I had to go to the hospital to get prescriptions for painkillers and penicillin. I spoke to my dentist on the phone and he told me to come in Monday. This was a problem since I had class early on Monday but I didn't have a choice. Yesterday when I finally went to the dentist I found out that I need a root canal. This really sucks because up until a couple of years ago I had never had a cavity and now I needed root canal for my first 2 cavities. The Vicodin that I'm taking is helping but its not helping enough. Right now my tooth is killing me.

End of Smester

I really hate school at this part of the semester. There is always a ton of work to do and I always feel like I'm going to run out of time to do it all. This happens to me every semester but this semester it has been even worse because I fell behind on so much work early when I had to keep going home. Ive been trying to get stuff done like crazy for the last week and I am almost caught up. On the other hand the semester is almost over and that is a good thing. I'm going home after class tomorrow and then by the time I get back I'm only here for another couple of weeks. I'm counting the days.

Get Mo

The Yankees have had a real busy few weeks. Just when it looked like there were going to be huge holes to fill they re-signed Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez. These are both good moves but they will not mean anything if the Yankees do not re-sign Mariano Rivera. The Yankees have offered him 3 years and he is now looking for four years after Hank Steninbrenner made stupid comments in the newspaper about how Rivera was getting a great deal for a guy his age. Hank is right but that does not mean he should have said anything. Rivera has been the greatest relief pitcher in the history of baseball and he has been a model citizen off the field since he came up to the Majors in 1995. Three years should definitely be enough for him but if it is not the Yankees should give him a 4th year anyway. They just gave a four year deal to Jorge Posada who is a 36 year old catcher and they are talking about giving four years to Mike Lowell who has never done anything for them. Rivera may not be as great as he was but there is still no replacement for him.

The Giants

The Giants lost to the Cowboys on Sunday for the second time this season. The final score was 31-20 but it wasn't really that close. I really never felt like the Giants were going to win the game. This was the game where the Giants could have made a big statement but instead they lost to a a good team in a ig game like they do pretty much every year. Ive been a a big supporter of Eli Manning since they drafted him but it's time for him to step it up. Hes still making the stupid mistakes that he was making his first couple of years in the league. I thought he would have stopped making stupid plays by now but I guess I was wrong. The Giants traded a ton to move up in the draft to get Manning and he is now being outplayed by Tony Romo, a guy who wasn't even drafted when he came out of college. It really does seem like the Giants never win a big game. I think the last big game they won was when they spanked the Vikings 41-0 in the NFC Championship game in 2000. Next week they have to play the Lions and thats not an easy game like it used to be. The Giants need to win this week.

Car

I went home again this past weekend. Ive gone home a bunch of times in the past few weeks and because of that Ive been putting a ton of miles on my car. This wouldn't be a problem if my car wasn't leased and I didn't have to return it in June. I really wasn't that far over the mileage until this semester but now I am 2000 miles over where I should be at this point. I live in Yonkers, which is right outside NYC, so every time I go home its about 450 miles. I don't even know how much I have to pay per mile if I go over but hopefully its not too much. Now i have to figure out what kind of car I want to get. I also have to decide if I want to lease or buy.