my rollercoaster night

I finally got a call back from the dr office about the pain meds. They said I can take them! I was/am still leery about taking them, and decided that I would only take them if I felt it was absolutely necessary. Last night, it was. I took the first couple pills at 4:30pm. They didn't kick in until 7!!!! In the meantime I started wondering if the pharmacy screwed up and gave me something else. Something worse for the baby. But right at around 7pm I got relief. I'd say the pain went down to about a 2 (when it had been about an 8).

Suddenly my jaw feels better and I'm in a much better mood. So what did I do? I started talking. And talking. And talking. I chatted Kevin's ear off. I guess I was making up for a day of silence (between being in pain and being miserable, I didn't speak to many people all day). Even laying in bed when I knew Kevin was half asleep I was still talking.

Around 9:00 or so we got a phone call from an old friend. Apparently one of my old high school friends was killed in a car accident earlier that day. Kelly and I were very close in 9th grade. We cheered together all throughout high school, so we remained friends until graduation, at which point we went separate ways. I think she was one of the few people left in the United Stated who never got a facebook or myspace account. I saw her once 3 or 4 years ago when I had bronchitis - I went to my general practitioner dr because I was so sick and Kelly was working there as the receptionist. With me being sick and her being on the clock we didn't get to talk much, but I remember she seemed so happy with where she was in her life. And she was soooo proud of her little brother. She had several pictures of him on her desk that she showed me. It was cute to see her being the proud big sister (when her and I hung out in 9th grade her little brother was your typical pesky little boy - but when I saw her at the Dr. that day, her brother was in high school and developing into a young man).

So, even though I basically hadn't spoken to Kelly in 9 years (save that one day at the dr), I still hurt my heart to hear that she had passed. I couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't help but shed a few tears for her mother. My deepest sympathy goes out to her family and her closest friends. There's never a good time to lose a loved one, but at Christmas time?!?! It's just so terrible.

I'm sure the news is all over facebook today, but I haven't gotten on yet to check. I wonder what they are saying. I think I will go look now.