...I'm on the road to a better me.

I, like most people, hate the dentist. I just don't like going. I am ok with the needles in the mouth, the root canal work, the teeth pulling (all four wisdoms gone from non-surgical extractions), and everything that comes with it. 

The problem I have had is that my gums are not all that great. But, over the past months/years I have gotten better about all the brushing/flossing and general care of the teeth. This visit went much better than my last few I have had. I tried out a new place (the new Dental Associates in Sturtevant) and I really like it. It's very clean and in a completely new building. It's at the old Saturn dealership that was only open for about a year before GM decided to fold that division. 

They really do seem to care and did some great work for me. I am actually happy I am getting all of this done finally.

Still, the day of cleaning. Man. My teeth hurt.

...I realized that politics make absolutely no sense.

Home of people who make no sense

I was talking with my girlfriend's mother last night about the recall election last night. We were discussing just how much money was spent on something such as a recall election. From what I have read and heard on the radio, this is the most expensive recall election in the state to date. Numbers heard this morning on the way were reporting that over 10 million dollars (reportedly 15 million) were spent just on the Democrat side to get the Republicans out. Who knows how much more the Republicans spent.

I'm going to take a lot of flack for this, probably from both sides and from all my friends when I say this.

It was a huge waste of money for both sides. If you think I'm attacking one side or the other... read on.

...my little studio of fun is almost complete.

I have a little bit left to do in here. I'm still not sold on the layout. 

We shall see what happens over the next couple of days. I'm just happy I can start doing some demo work for am.psych again.

...the carpet is in. Now I am home.

Today the carpeting went in. My girl stayed at the house so that I could go to work and not lose any money or vacation days.  As she said to me "It's not like I have anything else to do." So she stayed here and cracked the whip on the installers the whole day. 

Last night was a pain in the ass. I know she'll punch me for saying it, but it was. I had been at work all day and the last thing I wanted to do was move a bunch of furniture around and clean like I was moving. But, I like staying in good standing with her. It helps me out in other avenues. Over the weekend I had moved everything to what is now my office. I had it all in there and I was happy that there were only two things left... 

...I will be going home to a new home.

The carpet is being installed right now as I frantically type out my words here.

I bought the house in 2002. In mid 2002 I pulled all the old dingy carpeting out of the house and pretty much did nothing to the floors for a while. They were 9in shambles. I had found out there were spots in the floor that used to be walls, and areas that were not finished at all. I had laid laminate flooring down on the floor, but in the end, it got destroyed by numerous pets, children, and bad upkeep. It was never really all that finished anyway.

So, 10 years in the making, carpeting is going back in today. This is going to be a great step for me to move forward in my life in a house that has really sucked the life out of me since I got there.

Cat is busy making sure that the installers are not messing things up and having them move furniture back in place once they are done. She has a grand plan to help really make this place somewhere that I really do want to come home to and spend time in each individual room.

That being said, she almost killed me last night. So much moving, cleaning, moving, cleaning, "what do you mean I have to do that now?" and so on. It's all worth it. Things will look great once they are all in place and I have known for a while that I should just get it all done. But, I am stubborn and I get stuck in my ways. So I should really just learn to go with the flow and listen to her once in a while. I know that my way is not always the right way to get things done, but it's also the only way that I know of getting it done.

I can't wait to see the house. I am sure it is going to look fantastic.