Reasons I'm Grumpy: 1. My face hurts. The acute, stingy, someone-put-stitches-in-me pain is gone; now my face is having adjustment aches or something. It's basically a severe full-skull headache. I'm running out of Vicoprofen and afraid to call and ask for more for fear the doctor will think I'm some kind of crazed narcotic addict.
2. My face has begun to bruise.
3. I haven't eaten anything solid in 5 days. I tried eating chili yesterday and realized that in addition to eating only mushy foods, I must also make sure those foods are consistent in texture. Anything with little bits in it (like the ground beef in chili) won't work. The bits nestle themselves in the holes where my teeth used to be, necessitating an intense salt-water rinse to dislodge. As far as I can figure, this means I can eat five things: pudding, applesauce, milkshakes, grits, and broth.
4. I haven't had a cigarette since Thursday. I'm proud of this fact, but my body still hasn't taken the hint. "Hey, Kate," it keeps saying, "where the hell's the nicotine? Don't you want a cigarette? Goooooo have a cigarette. There's a gas station right up the block. Marlllllllboro Liiiigghhhhts. C'monnnnn."
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