getting wiser

today i found out that i needed a dental xray to see how my wisdom tooth is growing, it was hurting so much that half my face was numb and i woke up with a fever. i couldnt sleep nor eat, let alone get up and do anything. i was wasted. funny how one small tooth could render a fully grown human being totally useless. i resolved not to take any ibuprofen, none of that sissy stuff eh? pain, after all, is not the worst thing in the world. (so what is?) feeling something, anything at all, only means you're still alive, and being alive means having hope, hope that the next day will be better than the last.

i'm still a month away from going home, a visit to my dentist is imminent to finally put an end to this misery. extraction would probably hurt tenfold but at least that's temporary. nothing lasts forever anyway, not even pain.