Second edit day.

Woke up this morning and the abcess on my gum is huge and throbbing. The antibiotics are not really doing anything. I would have thought they would kick in by now. Maybe they are bringing the abcess to a head, (ew) but my face is still sticking out like a wing mirror on one side.

Feeling a bit selfconcious about my swollen face. I avoided the weekly Friday meeting at school, and stayed in the studio over in Clifton Village and ran my class. I don't mind the students seeing me like this but I'm kind of touchy about my appearance anyway so I'm keeping public showings down to a minimum. My hair is kind of straggly these days. I wanted to grow it out and have a ponytail. Instead of having nice thick hair which bunches up into a nice neat tail, I have bits which hang down the side and the ponytail is a like a scratty ragged little spike poking out the back. I hate my hair. I look like a cross between Andy Pitkin off of Little Britain and... I dunno... just some old guy trying to look young.

I nearly went into the snazzy barber's in Clifton Village this morning and got them to cut it all off. But then I realised despite the fact it looks really crap I LIKE having long hair. It's more me. So I'll have to find a style or hair product which keeps my hair managable. I need hair advice. Maybe I'll go in there on Monday.

On the way home I get a call from Mia saying would I like to go to the big Tesco over in Midsomer Norton tonight? I say yeah sure, but not too keen to drive over there when I already spent an hour and half driving home. But when I think about it I'd really like to pick up some of those cheap DVDs they have over there, like £2.84 for some things.

We shop, we drop. I get a few DVDs and a new jumper. My old trademark fleece zip up cardigan is getting really old and ratty and I need to retire it. I now have a new trademark jumper, black with long sleeves which cover my hands and a high neck for those cold days. Looks trendy but is warm too. Will go under my coat nicely too. DVDs were "The Nutty Professor" the Jerry Lewis version, "Catwoman" with Halle Berry, "Spider-Man 2", "Porridge -The Movie", and season 1 of "X-Files" which is running out at £15.00 these days to my delight. Yay, I hung out long enough and it only took 12 years. When those puppies first came out I think they were about £100 for the whole season. But now the price is right.

Fell asleep in a paracetamol and antibiotic induced coma. I've been in low grade pain all day and frankly it's kicked the crap out of me.