Toothache from hell and pictures from my day

I woke up this morning thinking I either have bronchitis or maybe pneumonia. Every time I cough, my lungs burn and hurt, and my throat is raw from all the coughing. I even thought about canceling my delivery aircraft flight but since it was very last minute, and it's considered a great opportunity and an honor, I took a shot of DayQuil and headed off to the office. I skipped the gym because just showering and getting dressed pretty much sapped all my strength.<br /><br />The day was sort of fun. We took a bus from Sea-Tac up to Boeing Field. We were able to take pictures of our brand new aircraft, and we took off for an hour and a half sightseeing flight around Puget Sound landing back at Sea-Tac. It was cloudy but there were patches of open sky.<br /><br />The best part of the day was when we got to 15,000 feet they let each of us take a turn sitting in the Captain's seat with our hands on the "steering wheel" (I think it's called a "yoke" but I'm not sure). Then the Captain took our picture. That was really cool. Unfortunately, we were warned to NOT post the pictures on the internet. I'm not sure why exactly, but we were told it wasn't allowed.<br /><br />The only pictures from my day where you can't see the name of my company (!):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me holding up the aircraft</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1UZAFORf6ZQZBSnCwXWVeCEU6tPxMFJDgta0CcpmVkhE7UYpDS2eloqYAHm-VvixtnUld9McDzUZZVn5hhyphenhyphenynbyHQVl46KEgtPN4kX9SRZHq212tasV9YVHHavuQWF39DjoijlvKSqF-/s1600/P1020565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1UZAFORf6ZQZBSnCwXWVeCEU6tPxMFJDgta0CcpmVkhE7UYpDS2eloqYAHm-VvixtnUld9McDzUZZVn5hhyphenhyphenynbyHQVl46KEgtPN4kX9SRZHq212tasV9YVHHavuQWF39DjoijlvKSqF-/s400/P1020565.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A view from the window. Notice the sunshine on the engine, where it was </div><div style="text-align: center;">sparkling clean and shiny. The entire aircraft had a new car smell, or I guess, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a new airplane smell. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQWy96VCRdrJXumvOEYcDjRGNT-aI78syy7N9k_v5Cq_k2Blp_s1PC2E_1hMlqNwZPPwhePFmKW6y-usFVGcY4jD-RPMlQy1Jk1ZhkTyOEUc2ljXsZKN7gin6nYt-XLUB5NUNHUpHK_mM/s1600/P1020575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQWy96VCRdrJXumvOEYcDjRGNT-aI78syy7N9k_v5Cq_k2Blp_s1PC2E_1hMlqNwZPPwhePFmKW6y-usFVGcY4jD-RPMlQy1Jk1ZhkTyOEUc2ljXsZKN7gin6nYt-XLUB5NUNHUpHK_mM/s400/P1020575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />The toothache from hell<br />Tonight I have major, excruciating pain in a lower molar. I had my first crown about a year ago, and it's hurt from the beginning. Tonight it started throbbing and the pain kept getting worse. On a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is when you would rather just die than to keep feeling the pain, about an hour ago it was at least an 8. I'm a wuss when it comes to pain, but boy does this ever hurt! I've taken two aspirin and two Vicodin and the pain is now down to about a 7. I hope I make it to the morning when I can get in to see the dentist. <br /><br />The only positive here is that I have no desire to eat. None. The thought of trying to chew anything makes me cringe. I can't remember the last time I had a toothache. Probably when I was a kid. I never had tooth pain, until this crown, which was probably the biggest mistake I've ever made. The darn tooth didn't even hurt until the crown. I forgot what tooth pain felt like, and let me tell you, it is miserable.<br /><br />At least the Vicodin fixed my sore throat and cough. Its weird it's not doing much for the toothache.<br /><br />Weight this morning...183.4. Not good. Working on it the best I can, but with the cold and now a toothache, I haven't been in the gym in four days, nor have I been tracking my food. Hopefully I'll be well soon and get back on track. I haven't given up and the Big Climb in in 29 days!

Toothache from hell and pictures from my day

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