On the 16th Day...

And on The Sixteenth of April there was a mighty sigh heard by all Accountants and Bookkeepers alike.

Raven is pooped.

Anyhoo yesterday was the last day of tax season 2008! Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss! Raven earned a pretty good pay check considering it’s rather a side job helping out the CPA lady.

But like I mentioned, I am Tired. Tired and my face hasn't stopped hurting since last week no matter the amount of pain meds and relaxants I take. Tuesday is my appointment with my new so called specialist so I thought today was a good day to fill out the New Patient interrogation packet information packet. Ten pages! Ugh. Plus an additional 4 pages of release forms. But seriously, why do they want my auto insurance policy number?

Whatever.

I'm not getting my hopes up. I am not expecting pain relief.

I am bracing myself for a world of hurt come Tuesday night. I am bracing myself to be lectured to again on things I already know, to be given the speechel of treatments I have already done and am still doing; I am bracing myself to be fitted for yet ANOTHER splint; I am bracing myself to be treated as if this is my first time I've ever seen a TMJ specialist and they will speak to me as if I'm teenager and not someone who is closer to their age.

I have absolutely no expectations any more because I've been let down too many times. 'Sorry' has no more meaning to me.

Meh.

Anyway, time to lighten up.

About *Monday's Mute Monday*, here's the explanation.

It's all about me!

Tattooed Raven.

I legally changed my name to Raven seven years ago but nobody ever remembers my name day.

I am 41 years old, born July 19, 1966. At age two I was adopted by a "white" family because I was up for adoption on the Navajo Nation. I am half Navajo, quarter Russian and quarter Eskimo. BTW, mine and my half sister were one of last adoptions by non-native American's. Our adoption records are sealed, never to be reveled not even to me because I've tried to see them. Just not happening.

I am a bookkeeper for New Mexico's oldest Law firm and I work for a lady CPA in the building.

I married in to the feisty family known as Clan Pena. Elizer is a Highway man for the State government. Without the information he collects, interprets and reports on the great state of New Mexico would not receive its federal funds. So ya, he may not appear to be a bigwig but he is. *Preeens*

We have two boys, two cats and own two cars.

Raven is lactose intolerant, I also cannot eat leafy vegetables which includes all forms of lettuce, spinage, celery and sprouts. Raven is afflicted with migraines, Fibromyalgia and I have degenerative disc disease of both the lumbar and the cervical which probably accounts for the two inches I've lost in height over the last twelve months. I am nearsighted and have TMJ.

Raven is a child of the Moon and devoted coffee addict.

**Zee End!

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This - this is just scary how close to the truth it is.

Your Birthdate: July 19

You are resilient, and no doubt your resilience has already been tested. You've had some difficult experiences in your life, but you are wise from them. Having had to grow up quickly, you tend to discount the advice of others. You tend to be a loner, having learned that the only person you can depend on is yourself. Your strength: Well developed stability and confidence Your weakness: Suspicion of others Your power color: Eggplant Your power symbol: Spade Your power month: October

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?