Vickie 5/10/24 Vickie 5/10/24

IT’S BEEN A MONTH

Hellooo, let me see what I have written down in my diary, cause I don’t really remember much what we have done lately.

21st of March, I got some sad news about a family member. They found her dead in her bed in her apartment. It’s her heart. I’m sad that I didn’t get to go to the funeral. Stuck here.

23rd of March, one of my friends who streams, had 2 year anniversary on Twitch and I watched that until we went to a Vietnamese restaurant to eat dinner and went to Dutch Bros after. Got myself a Nitro Cold Brew.

24th of March, finally some good news, my cousin got a baby girl!

29th of March, my mom’s birthday! Sad that I didn’t get to celebrate with her.

31st of March, went to the in-laws for dinner and I ate too much carrots and dip that it resulted in a small diarrhea, while I was there, great. It’s a great dinner, but the carrots ruined my dessert mood.

9th of April, finally got my own car. Now I gotta man up and get driving. Also taking duolingo for German, Spanish and Japanese. Went to the doctor and took a blood test for my thyroid and went to Walgreens for my final shot of HepA+B.

I have been driving around with Sam twice now, but I still get that weird feeling in my leg whenever I’m in a downhill or uphill, standing still, pressing on the brake pedal. It’s the same feeling that I got when I was waitressing, when I felt like I didn’t have control over my tray and it felt like it’s gonna fall off my hand. It’s a horrible feeling and I don’t know what I can do with that. So when I press my foot against the brake, I get scared that my foot will get tired and just remove itself from it, and in normal situations, you have control over your foot, but I feel that I don’t. So that’s something I’m really struggling with when I drive.

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UHM... HI

17th of march

I slept pretty much all morning, we didn’t go to Dutch Bros, but we did go to Sam’s Club. It’s a HUUUUUUUUUGE storage building similar to Walmart, but also had tires. Got a Walmart vibe out of it. We bought drinks and snacks, plus I found the famous cinnamon buns I have been craving for ages. After we were done shopping, there’s a small cafeteria like at IKEA, where you could buy drinks, pizza slices and hotdogs. I tested out the hotdog and it wasn’t that bad! I miss the Norwegian hotdogs tho.

After we got home, I went to bed to listen to my audiobook and took a nap that lasted for 5 hours. Been playing Supermarket Simulator and watching very bad movies on Hulu.

upDATES FROM THE DENTIST OFFICE

So the other day, it might be 1 or 2 weeks ago now, I went to the dentist cause I thought I had a tooth ache and it’s pretty painful. Little did I know, I had a gum inflammation. They also told me I have 1 tooth loose. (Probably cause of the gum inflammation + there’s not tooth close to it that it can lean on.) My dentist back in Norway actually told me this could happen, but we hoped together it wouldn’t, BUT IT DID. Also I pulled one tooth out before I got to US, cause it’s a dead tooth and why have it there, so I have been without a tooth on my left side, not the tooth in the back, but the tooth in front of that.

Wisdom teeth <- Never go those.
Molar <- That is loose.
Tooth <- Pulled that one.

They also told me I need to pull that molar out, cause you know it’s loose and I need 2 implants, but I have been fine without that tooth for 2 years now, so I might just need 1 implant. LAST BAD NEWS; I need 2 crowns on my upper left teeth of my front ones. So I hope that I can do this in Norway, for cheaper price, cause this will cost a lot here. 80,000 kroners. No thanks.

Yes, I did cry, mostly cause it was so much news on a Monday and I hadn’t been crying in forever.

I did do the gum treatment, just because that is probably the most important one. My dentist was named Ashley and she was so nice. I got a deep rinse, also got a rinse + tooth paste and Oral B tooth brush that has a BLUETOOTH. So yes, I got my whole mouth numb and it’s not a delicate experience, but it had to be done!

Haven’t taken any pictures lately, so take this.

//Jeg sov ganske lenge på morgen denne dagen, så vi dro ikke til Dutch Bros (kaffesjappe), men vi fikk dratt til Sam’s Club, ligner veldig på Walmart, en kjempebutikk med all mulig ting, de har også BILHJUL der. Vi kjøpte brus og snacks, pluss jeg fant de kanelbollene jeg har siklet på i en evighet. Etter at vi betalte, gikk vi bort til den lille sjappa som de har på IKEA, hvor de selger brus, pizza og pølser i brød. Jeg smakte på pølse i brød, og det var ikke så verst, men de pølsene i Norge er desidert best. Etter at vi kom hjem, la jeg meg i sengen for å høre på lydbok og klarte å sovne, så jeg sov i 5 timer. Spilt spill og sett på alt for mange dårlige filmer på Hulu.

//Her forleden, vel kanskje 1-2 uker siden nå, dro jeg til tannlegen, for den jekselen nede til venstre var så vond, så jeg trodde jeg hadde tannverk, men der tok jeg jaggu meg feil. Jeg hadde en tannkjøtt betennelse, og den jekselen jeg trodde det var hull i, den er løs og må trekkes. Ikke nok med det, jeg trenger 2 implantater, men jeg tror jeg bare trenger 1, for jeg har klart meg fint uten den tannen jeg trakk foran jekselen for 2 år siden. Tannlegen min i Norge sa at det kunne skje at jekselen kunne bli løs fordi jeg trakk den tannen som jekselen lente seg på. De fortalte meg også at jeg trenger 2 kroner på de 2 tennene til venstre for fortennene, toppers. Jeg gråt, mest fordi det var veldig mange dårlige nyheter å få på en mandag og fordi jeg hadde ikke grått på en stund. Jeg dro tilbake for å ta en dyp rens for tannkjøttet og det var absolutt ikke en behagelig opplevelse, men det måtte gjøres. Nå har jeg fått en Oral B tannbørste med rens og tannkrem, og den har BLUETOOTH.

Vickie 2/10/24 Vickie 2/10/24

FRIYAY

Yesterday I was hanging with my sister-in-law, Gaby aka Gabrielle and her babygirl, Stella. She picked me up at the apartment and we drove to McKays. I traded in some books and I got some points back for them, that I could use on other used books. I didn’t find much, 3 books only, so I “paid” for the books Gaby found too. I had like 80 points and I still have leftover points from that.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Last Party by Claire Mackintosh
Hostage by Claire Mackintosh

After that, went we to Barnes & Noble, where I found a vinyl, Lana Del Rey, and 2 books. I also bought a pistachio latte, it’s sooooooo good.

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

We called Sam and talked about where to eat, and went to Aubrey’s. Had a nice little dinner the 3 of us and Stella.

// I går var jeg med svigersøster Gabrielle og hennes baby, Stella. Hun plukket meg opp og vi dro rett til Mckays, en brukthandel med masse bøker, vinyler, kassetter, cder, spill og mer. Jeg hadde bøker jeg skulle levere tilbake, for jeg syntes ikke de var noe tess. Så da fikk jeg velge om jeg ville ha penger tilbake eller penger jeg kunne bruke i brukthandelen. Så jeg valgte det siste. Jeg fant 3 bøker og Gabrielle fant 2 barnebøker og en bok til seg selv. Etter det dro vi til Barnes & Noble, enda en bokbutikk, hvor jeg kjøpte en vinyl av Lana Del Rey og 2 bøker. Pluss at jeg fikk i meg en pistasj latte, som var så sabla god. Vi ringte Sam da vi var ferdige der og pratet om hvor vi skulle spise, vi endte opp på Audrey’s hvor jeg spiste kylling tacos med bakt potet, det var godt!

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JUST ANOTHER WEDNESDAY

It’s a fine day yesterday. We also went on a date later in the evening, to Bibas, an Italian restaurant. I had spaghetti and meatballs, while Sam had some creamy ravioli. Spaghetti was 3/10, not the greatest, it’s eatable, but not like homemade. I had to use a lot of salt and pepper to make it taste anything.

// Det var en fin dag igår. Vi dro også på en liten date senere på kvelden. Bibas, en italiensk restaurant. Jeg spiste spaghetti med 2 kjøttboller og Sam hadde en kremete ravioli rett. Min rett var 3/10, ikke det beste jeg har smakt. Jeg måtte putte mye salt og pepper på for at det skulle smake godt.