I think I've put this update off for a while, I figure that I'll update while my capped internet allows it.

So the capped internet set in, and after a week of being isolated inside a house, all puffy and sore - I was determined to get out and about, in the least, to try and avoid the capped internet as much as possible.

For some reason, I can barely remember what happened in the week, but these are the things I do remember at least:

After recovering from a sore jaw after wisdom teeth removal, I thought I'd never have to deal with it again, only to be told after a spontaneous visit to my surgeon that my upper wisdom teeth hadn't actually been removed because they'd moved since the xray. So yay~ The joy of knowing I get to go through this again.

On two other occasions during the week, we trekked out to the Lindt Cafe at two different locations. We had high expectations of it, and it didn't let us down. If you ever come across one, Hot Chocolate Lava Cake - GO! It's soft, it's crumbly and it melts as soon as it enters your mouth.
The next most positive point about the place was that after paying at the Collins Street location, we were given free chocolates with pictures of Roger Federer on the wrappers. It was rather amusing.

In an effort to keep in line with the New Year's Resolution of 'Take a risk', Casey's opened up to sponteneity, where previously she'd turn down anything that hadn't been planned a week in advance. It made for some rather amusing events. One of these was her getting a body piercing, only to turn up at the place and run into one of my old piercers who was responsible for more than half of my piercings in the past. Funny thing, he actually remembered me too, despite them being from 3 or 4 years ago.

I bought shoes. Pretentiously high, black, strappy... feminine shoes. I'd call that a remarkable event in itself.

I remember... Light night pancakes at the Pancake Parlour.

Gyoza ramen at a small noodle house, that tasted amazing. Also surprisingly affordable.

Ramen at a significantly higher placed location, higher priced, and no where near as satisfying.

Being able to taste eating baker's yeast again... And having no reaction. Which means that, yes, I can now eat bread again.

And to add to my previous entries about films I've watched from 'The List' - I have more to add, although I don't remember the dates and times at which I saw them. (I still have awkward sleeping habits.)

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - After a conversation with a friend, I was reminded about this movie again. It's surprising how happy this movie still makes me when I watch it. I go back to being a child with a cheesy grin on my face, mouthing all the lyrics to the songs (That I still evidently remember). The film's my secret shame, and I still rank it as one of my favourite films of all time, and as much as I like Johnny Depp - I still prefer Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.

Law Abiding Citizen - We saw this as part of a double feature at the drive-in theatre, it was paired up with Sherlock Holmes, which I'd already seen. Normally double features consist of one new release and some older film that had less box office success. Honestly, as much as I like Gerard Butler, I think was expecting a bit too much from the film. It felt like it was seeking the cat and mouse criminal thriller effect a bit too much, that it fell short and eventually the plot became too unnecessarily 'twisty' that the film ended up being too over-the-top, unbelievable and most events could just be deemed preposterous.
I had to laugh though when my sister sent me a text message right in the middle of the film saying, 'Ooh Law Abiding Citizen, I thought Gerard Butler was just fat in the film, until he got arrested while he was naked.' - I can see what point she was trying to make there.

On another note, I actually quite like the drive-in, it's more personal and you're not just confined to your little seat... It's cosy. Knowing that Sherlock Holmes was a rather long film, we decided to leave partway through it's run.

Daybreakers - We went to see this without knowing even remotely what the film was actually about, it was the only option because it was the only thing we hadn't seen that was showing that late. It wasn't until the opening credits rolled that we discovered that it was actually an Australian Film, as were most of the cast. I'm still iffy about the film. The general idea was pretty cool, the future being occupied almost entirely by vampires, while humans are endangered and subsequently 'farmed' for blood. It then progresses from there when resources depleted almost entirely, and the majority of society is reduced to animals. I do think though, that towards the end the film seemed rushed in an effort to quickly piece together a fully formed story in the last 5 minutes. Either way, it was a nice change to some of the cheesy vampire films and TV shows that have come about recently.

In other news that doesn't fit in so well with the majority of my week.

My external hard drive died entirely, with about 400gb of my stuff on it D: Booo. Not something good at all. So I'm spending my days feeling a little bit lost without it. It might not be a while before I can replace it.

Also food for thought. I guess I've been thinking about social life... stuff. I guess the general way I conduct myself around people. And I'm still not sure I'm ready enough for a change yet. I think I'm still too scared to trust people enough to actually consider them as general friends, or more. But yeah, still makes me think...

What am I doing?

Recovery is going a lot better now, it doesn't hurt so much anymore and the swelling is almost all gone.
I can eat soft food rather slowly now, but it's better than nothing.
There's still a bit of tightness in my jaw, which takes a bit of getting used to and makes chewing a little bit tedious.
I also have to deal now with the dissolving stitches coming out in little bits, which feels and looks rather gross.

I've quite likes spending he past couple of days watching the Australian open with my mum, and getting to spend some time with her. A lot of the time she's working, or a while ago, I was the one who was working. Even when we came home, we didn't really spend much time together, I spent most of my time at the computer, she in the lounge room. So yeah, was quite nice.

Other than that, WELL ON THE WAY TO NORMALNESS! Yay!

I really just want to get out of this house, and do things after being couped up and puffy faced for a week.
Back to fun again.

I'm rather looking forward to uni starting again in March, new course, new things, chanc to meet new people and make new friends. I'm pumped up for it.

As for other upcoming things. Valentine's Day. Psh, dont mention Valentine's Day.
I'm not looking forward to listening to people brag about what they got. It sounds bitter. I know that essentially it's just a commercial holiday, an excuse for people to buy things. But you know, it'd just be nice in a way, to get things, to give things, with that sentimental intent behind them. ~envy~

So we're about 6 days post-wisdom teeth removal. My face is still rather swollen, but you can tell it's going down. The extraction sites on the right side of my face are still considerably sore, and I still have trouble sleeping.
On the upside, it looks like I might be able to eat actual food to some degree some time next week though.
I'm back to eating food at least.
The other day even liquids containing dairy made me sick as hell. That was the same day that I'd puked up whatever I'd eaten ver the previous days and was back to an empty stomach that probably had more contents containing painkillers than any miniscule substance of nourishment other than... English breakfast tea.

Today I went on my first outing since last Thursday. I can't really call it an outing, I went to buy a new router. The good thing is at least now I've sorted out my laptop wireless connection issues. So I'm sitting here typing this from the comfort of my lounge room.

A confession: In addition of the above, I'm actually sitting here in the comfort of my lounge room Australian Tennis Open-nerding with my mother about to watch Roger Federer play.

I'm also eating a half-melted sundae from MacDonalds without any topping, after having just eaten potato and gravy purchased from KFC.

At least it's food.

Bring on the recovery, I've already compiled a list of all the things I crave to eat once I can eat again.

it's day 4 after having all four wisdom teeth removed, and I'm still in agony over this.
Somehow yesterday, when I awoke, my face was swollen twice the size it normally is. The swelling was way worse than the operative day, and the second day. I could hardly look at my reflection in the mirror.
Today it's still the same size as yesterday, and incredibly uncomfortable.
I can hardly talk, and I'm back to hardly being able to open my mouth to eat.
So while Friday I was able to eat mashed potato and yogurt at least, yesterday and today I'm back to an all liquid diet, and not very much of it either because I constantly feel nauseous.

It looks like tomorrow will be a trip down to the doctor.

It's 6:45 am, I can't sleep at all.
The inside of my mouth feels like it's so tight it's going to burst. Still drooling, still swollen.
And it hurts every time I sneeze.

I really can't wait to get this past with. So much for sleeping through the pain. I can't even manage to do that.
At least I can get the painkillers down now, so hopefully the pain will soon subside D:

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It's about 6:38 pm now on Day 2 after all four wisdom teeth have been removed. At least I've stopped drooling constantly now. But still incredibly puffy faced, swollen and sore. I've constantly got ice packs on the outside of my face, and when the painkillers start wearing off before the next dosage it still feels like my stitches are going to burst.

I honestly can't wait until all this is over.