Ugh Mondays!!

I hate mondays, I think everyone does pretty much because it is the first day of the week to go back to work. lol DJ and I had weekends off and it was very nice to have that, but when monday's roll around we know that we have to go back to work at 4:30pm.

But hey at least we get our paychecks so that is what we think about. But we do love our jobs, it is the most laid back and easiest job. No bosses to breath down your neck over stupid things and you do your job until your shift is done. Just as long as the job is done no complaints.

DJ and I both work for Central Maintenance company in Crafton. But we clean a corporate office called Foster Plaza in Greentree. We clean 5 companies and the 1st/2nd floor lobbies. We work from 5:30pm til 1:30am. By the end of the summer I will be going back part time due to the fact that I will be getting things set up for my surgery if they get it rolling for the jaw and cochlear implants. It will be easier to have our boss find someone for 2 companies by then, and when I take a leave of absent he will have someone take over my run for a while so I can recover.

No update on my jaw information or the cochlear implant information. The apt is still set up for Thursday for teeth cleaning. I will know more by then.

Other than complaining about Mondays. I am dying to go to Amish Country in Sugarcreek Ohio, also eat at the Der Dutchman restaurant. Man they got the best food and the best butterscotch cream pies. All home made foods by the Amish people. They are so good and so fresh. DJ and I are planing to have a weekend get away hopefully this summer. Take Friday off and come back to work Monday. This trip is only about 2 to 2.5 hours from Pittsburgh depending on the weather and traveling. We also stop at Tappan Lake in Ohio on our way to Sugarcreek Oh. Such a beautiful Lake to visit.

This is at Sugarcreek Ohio. An Amish home with a large farm.


This is at Tappan Lake Ohio. Such a beautiful place to visit.


Come back for more updates. I may just start up a photo gallery for our Amish country trips and other places. We just love taking nature photos.

Angel

Can't sleep grrrr

I normally go to bed when DJ goes to bed @ 9:30pm sat nights. DJ works every Sunday at playmor bowling alley just down the street.

But for some reason neither one of us could sleep. Talk about annoying. I would be up @ 8:15 am and meet him @ work and I bowl with him for a few hours. But we decided not to so DJ will be home after he is done working. It sux!!!

But anyways we have our lousy bowlers night. Let's see how we bowl. I now hook my ball differently.

No updates for the oral surgeon or for the cochlear implants.

If I do get cochlear implants I will be getting pretty cool colors for the device. It will be cool. Life's too short to wear plain boring colors. Live up ur life, live the fullest.

Keep checking back!
Angel

Step 1

Since I just started this late. My step one for my teeth and jaw was just last week.

I met with Dr.Mike Johnson from Aspenwall Pa. He took xrays and looked inside my mouth. Yeah pretty bad I got. I have 1 root canal and 13 cavities. The reason for this being so bad was because my jaw is misaligned and so severely underbite that causes my teeth to crack, and wearing down pretty bad. But the good news is that they do not have to pull any of my bad teeth out.

Dr. Johnson is looking for an oral surgeon who is very familiar with jaw surgery so they can meet with him and me. Before he does any fillings or root canal he wants to be sure that I do not need any tooth pulled or what not.

My 2nd apt is next thursday for teeth cleaning and we will know more from there.

Also we got another pretty fast surprise. The founder of the Beautiful Smiles of Pa called us and wanted to know if I would be interested in getting Cochlear Implant. I was not expecting that kind of news so fast after hearing from them that they will help me make me smile beautiful again.

I thought let's go and see what the audiologist say about this and my deafness. I would love to be able to hear out of my right ear more than anything. I can hear pretty well with my left with the use of the hearing aid. I know there are some side effects and flaws with possibly not working. So I thought since I can't hear out of my right ear with the use of the hearing aid as well I can give it a shot, if it works awesome, if it don't that is ok cause I can not hear out of that ear. I will know more once the founder of Beautiful Smiles of Pa calls us back about all of this.

To know more about the Beautiful Smiles.

Keep checking back for more.
Angel

Welcome to my world!

Well I decided to start a blog about my world.

My name is Angel and I live in Pittsburgh Pa. I am 31 years old married to a wonderful man DJ of 7 years on April 27th. I was born deaf in both ears and cleft lip and pallet.

I went to Depaul Institute for the deaf since I was a wee baby to learn speech and lip reading. I graduated from Depaul in 93 and went to Brashear High School from 93 to 95 then transfered to Taylor Allderdice High school from 95 to 97 when I graduated. I was 19 when I graduated from high school, Depaul tends to put us behind in grade and age.

This blog is going to talk about how I live in the deaf and hearing world also the process through teeth and jaw surgery. Also possibly getting Cochlear Implant. We will see about that.

Other than that I have no children, can't hav e any and would love to have a few. I am owned by my pets Samantha our german shepard/golden retriever mix who is 11 yrs old and Stanley Max our guinea pig who is 1 yrs old. They are my kiddos.

Keep checking back.
Angel