~from Ami

I'm horrified that it's been sixteen days since my last blog. Between a funeral in Arkansas, getting my wisdom teeth out, scrambling to meet a scholarship deadline for my kiddo, and saving lives as a social worker, I don't feel like I've slowed down for a moment this month.

My wisdom teeth came out at the beginning of February. A simple operation in which I was happy to take a nap, have my husband drive me around, and drink milkshakes. Actually, I switched to soy milk smoothies after the first couple of shakes, thank you. Two weeks and five pounds later, I can safely say I'm starving and very, very tired of rinsing out my mouth everytime I eat.

Most people get their wisdom teeth out while they're really young. I'm not really young. I find I have to keep telling people that my parents didn't have insurance or extra money when I was growing up, and that's why I still have my wisdom teeth- which have caused me pain about twice a year forEVER. I'm planning on getting braces next, after Zack is done with his (not that I'm going to use his old ones or anything..ewwww..but would that be cheaper?) and I am so excited about braces! My wisdom teeth had to come out first because they are crowding my mouth horribly.

Yesterday, I was shooting water into my mouth with the little syringe thingie the orthodontic surgeon gave me when a coworker walked into the bathroom and gasped. Did she think I was shooting up in the employee bathroom? I'm also awfully clumsy with the sprayer, and invariably end up shooting water ON myself- my clothes, my face, the bathroom wall.

Yes, I'm very tired of all of this. But so thankful for good insurance from my state job that's allowed my wisdom teeth to come out and my son to have braces!

A cold front is pushing through Oklahoma tonight, after three straight days of seventy-degree weather. Time to cozy up by the fire with a spectacular book (Zack and I are reading NECTAR IN A SIEVE for school), bake something warm and gooey, and end this smoothie-dependence-thing.