Saturday

Hello! Once again, I have been lazy about blogging. Shame on me! tsk, tsk. :)

I've had a pretty busy week, some bad parts but a lot of good. First of all, last weekend I woke up to a very angry tooth, I'm talking pain that literally brought me to my knees. I hate my teeth. Anyways, I got in to see a dentist last Saturday and she took some x-rays, saw that in one of the teeth where I have a deep filling that it's all infected & whatnot and needs a root canal. Oh great. So she gives me some antibiotics to help clear the infection up before they can do the root canal. She said I should be feeling better within 24 hours but sadly that did not happen. Sunday got even worse and by 6pm I was in tears and ready to take a pair of pliers and rip out the damn tooth. I called their service and told them that I was getting worse and to please call me back. Plus my face looked like I had been knocked around, not at all attractive.

So I got in to see another dentist in the office on Monday but all he could do was give me more antibiotics because the infection was so bad and he also questioned me about needing to be pre-medicated before any dental work due to my back surgery last year & having hardware in my back. I told him that my surgeon never said a word about this and that I would have remembered if he had because this is an issue that hits very close to home, as those of you know what happened to my mom 13 years ago. So, he got a hold of my surgeon in WA and sure enough, I DO need to be pre-medicated. Glad he told me, especially since I had a bunch of dental work done before I came out here.

Anyways, I finally was able to have part of the root canal done yesterday and today was the first time in a week that my face isn't swollen and my mouth isn't in agony. Yeah! :)

Amy & her family came in to town last Friday and I was able to see them quite a few times which I'm very happy about. One night we went and played miniature golf and had a great time, I love playing that! I wish I had been able to spend more time with them but between me working and them having lots of family & friends to visit with, we made the most of our time.

Then Jason flew in yesterday from Florida, I picked him up on my way home from work and we ended up going to his friend Nathan's house and hanging out with Nathan, his wife, their 11 month old daughter Serena & his wife's parents. We brought over a party tray of pizza from our favorite place, Pizza Oven, and had that with some wings and beer. We got home around midnight I think last night. Today Jason needed to do some running around before he went to his friend's wedding reception (which was the purpose of his visit), so we went out and got his hair cut and found him an awesome suit at Kohls. I picked out his shirt & tie and I have to admit, my brother looked very dapper! :)

Other than that, all is going well with me. Work is going fine, next week is my last week of training and then I go into transition. I am still amazed at how thorough their training is.

Well that's all I've got right now, hope everyone is doing well & having a great weekend!

-M