Hello friends....

What are your thoughts on Xanga shutting down on July 15th?   This makes me so sad and I'd like to hear what all of you are planning to do.

*GROSS PARAGRAPH-READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!*      Tuesday night I realized that something was very wrong with my tooth... or rather with my tooth hole, since the tooth was extracted on Monday.  There was suddenly lots and lots of bleeding.  I couldn't get it stopped at all.  All night long I had to sit up on the couch and keep spitting because if I didn't, I would literally choke on all the blood.  I either had to get up every few minutes and spit into the sink or toilet, or else I would choke.  I finally gave that up and got a bowl and just kept it next to me on the couch to spit in.  Even with the spitting, I kept getting blobs of globby blood that would congeal around my other teeth...oh the horror.  It was absolutely gross....I was grossing myself out! Haha.  I do not have a weak stomach at all, but that really turned my stomach and about made me sick...the sheer force of will kept me from throwing up from disgust...I figured that would only worsen the situation, so I just refused to do it.  Oh wow.  It was like a scene out of a bad horror movie after awhile.  It was quite terrible.  I tried clamping down on gauze to stop it, but that actually seemed to make it worse. I didn't really know what to do except wait until the emergency line opened up, because what are the going to do about something like that at the actual emergency room?  I wasn't sure, and also didn't want to have some strange doctor or dentist poking around in my mouth and making things worse. So I decided just to wait until my own dentist office emergency line opened on Wednesday.  Once I dropped my son off at school, I called and headed in to the dentist office... it was 6:30 in the morning when I called them and they worked me in at 6:45.  The nice thing is that my son's before school program starts at 6:00 and he was excited to go and play there, so it wasn't an issue with him being upset about being dropped off at school too early, OR having to sit in the waiting area of the dentist office.  Anyway, long story short, there was a problem with my body not having clotted properly, probably because of all the infection in my tooth/face area.  The dentist had to remove a huge clob of goo from my gum/tooth socket, and then pack the area with some sort of spray stuff which he said would taste gross but actually tasted rather refreshing after having had nothing but my own  blood in my mouth for the entire night, and then packed it with something that looked like styrofoam to help the clotting, and then packing my cheek with gauze like a chipmunk.  I had to go get yet another antibiotic to continue fighting the infection, and then off I went to work.  My boss suggested I go home if I want to, because I have gobs of time off to use up anyway, and I wasn't at my best after having not slept the night before, and not being able to talk through the gauze..  So I came home and slept on the couch for 5 hours, and I was relieved when I would wake up to find that the area had not started bleeding again.  I think whatever the foam stuff was that he shoved in there is magical. I have been super careful ever since then because I don't want to reopen anything, but so far so good.  He said that after a few days I can stop being quite so careful, and that at the point I should be on the downhill...but what a yucky dental experience this has turned out to be.  I am still pretty terrified to eat or drink because I want to be so careful, but I HAVE to, because otherwise the medicine I am on gives me an upset stomach.  I am praying that this keeps going well though!

Today I had the day off work because my son graduated from 3rd grade!  What a big boy!  His dad and I took him out for lunch and got a few pictures with him, and then he went to his dad's house to spend the afternoon and night.  This is his time with me, but I have to work tomorrow and since his dad has the day off, it makes sense that he stay there and be able to sleep in as late as he wants to on his first day of summer vacation! 

After dropping the kiddo off for school this morning, I met J at a car dealership near here and he dropped his car off for some repair.  I will pick him up in an hour or so and take him back to pick it up.  Then, since my child is at his dad's, I will stay with J for awhile.  We will probably eat dinner and maybe watch TV.  Such an exciting couple.  Hahah, that is ok.  Those types of evenings suit me just fine. I think maybe from trying to heal and also from the medicines I am taking, I have been tired this week, so it sounds even better to just relax.

And tomorrow is happy FRIDAY!!!!!!!

I had the day off work today....that was SO nice!  My friend/coworker had dental work done and she wasn't able to drive herself to or from the appointment, and then she needed help today with her face and also taking care of her little boy.  So I helped her last night with the dental trip, and  then kept her son all night and all day today.  I returned him to her this evening and hopefully she does ok throughout the night.  I feel really bad for her= she had to get dentures on the top teeth, and she had to have 8 teeth pulled.  During that process they perforated her sinus, so now she has to deal with that on top of everything else.  It was quite a mess.  The procedure was supposed to take an hour and it took 3 hours.  Poor thing.

Tomorrow night we are going to a baseball game with a big group from church.  I think there are 35 of us.  My son and I are meeting up at my boyfriend (let's just call him "J" from now on, to make it easier)'s house, and then we will ride to the church from there and then we are all going to take the church bus.  I have never been on the church bus before, so, dorkily enough, I'm actually excited about that.  I'm sure the baseball game will be fine...there is always plenty of people watching to do.  Then there is some sort of concert that immediately follows the game, and I'm pretty happy about that too.

Saturday we are all three going north to a different town to be guests at a wedding for some people who I don't know.  They are kind of indirectly friends of J, and so he was invited, and then we were invited by association.  It will be fun though,because my pastor and his wife are also going and I really like them a lot.  I am becoming good friend with the wife=she is so funny, and very nice. 

I put down recently that I was reading a book called Chop Chop, by someone with the last name of Cronk.  I would totally recommend that book!  It was SO good!  Not what I expected at all.

Currently I am reading a book called Waking Up Married.  I am only on the first chapter, so we'll see how it goes     *Note-WOW. I just searched for it so I could put the link here on my site, and the cover looks like absolute smut!   I downloaded it on my kindle, so I couldn't see the cover. Yikes*

Currently Waking Up Married By Mira Lyn Kelly see related

The past two weeks seem like such a whirlwind!  My head may be spinning around in a full circle for all I know!

Lots of things have happened-some exciting, some sad, etc.

Sad first:  a very close family friend, so close that we have always just considered him family, passed away completely unexpectedly.  Two weekends ago I went for a weekend trip to New Mexico, to see my parents.  The family friends also met us up there so we had a really great weekend.  All the kids and grandkids were there with my parents... all except my sister's husband because he had to work.  We spent a lot of good time together, and it was great.  Then we all went home and two days later he died of a heart attack at his home.  It was such a shock because he had been such a healthy guy up until this.  That was terribly sad, and resulted in another flying trip out of town for his memorial service.  It was just heartbreaking.  My dad is not a public speaker and he spoke for this man, and it was such an awesome thing, and so touching.

Happy:  I have the greatest new boyfriend.  We have been an "official" item for three weeks or so, and we had been kinda sorta seeing each other a little bit here and there for quite awhile.  He is the guy from my church-I've mentioned him here before.  There was concern because my friend from church, who is also a coworker, had a huge crush on him.  That was a bit of an issue, and I guess in a way it still is, but she is coming around to the idea, and he and I are so happy and it is a really good fit.  I have much more to say on that topic, but I'll leave it for now because I want to get around and catch up with your blogs.

Currently Chop, Chop By L. N. Cronk see related

Woah!!!!  Where has the time gone!?

I hope that everyone has been doing very well!  I'll be around to catch up this weekend-I have been busy busy and have not popped on here in way too long!

Isn't it interesting how some people have just beautiful fingernails, and others have paper thing, bendy, terrible fingernails?  I fall into the second category.  My nails will grow pretty quickly, but they are very....floppy.  They bend and break and split and are just very weak in general.  I wonder if it is a vitamin thing, or just the way some people are?

Today after church I came home and decided to sit down on the couch and take a little nap.  I woke up and I guess I had gotten chilly, because I had covered myself up with a bathroom towel that I had folded but not put away yet.  It had been stacked on the end of the couch when I fell asleep.  Very funny...I felt a little pathetic all covered up with a towel. 

This past week was a really great week.  Lots of potentially very good things are happening, and I'm really thankful for them.  I have been working my way up to having some conversations with some people in my life, and while I feel that it is very important, I know that I've been putting two conversations off for long enough.  I am going to sit down later and write out a little outline for the first conversation that I have, and then make a plan to execute it.  It all sounds so business like when I put it that way, but the reality is that it will help me motivate to get this done and then I'll feel better about things.  I am happy because I know that it needs to be done, and I need to be honest with some people about some things, and it will be great in the end.

Have any of you seen a preview for the new Wizard of Oz movie?  I think that looks like such a creepy movie. I don't want to see it at all!  It just looks so dark and strange.  Kind of like how they redid Charlie and Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp.  I never saw that either but it always looks terrible every time I see something about it.

Yesterday I went hiking with a friend from 10:30 to 2:30 and then afterwards we went and looked and took a tour of this place in town called Mystery Castle.  It is at the foothills of South Mountain Park here in Phoenix.  It was a reallllly fun day!  I had such a good time.  I was so tired last night that I could barely keep my eyeballs open, but it was such good exercise and such a great time.  The castle is not something I would do again, and I'm really not sure it was worth the money to get in, but then again, it was interesting.  I guess it was just different than what I had in mind.

Well-there is a lot of little projects that I would like to take care of tonight, so I guess I will get off of here and get busy!

The last two weeks have been just a complete blur.  Busy,busy, busy.  A wedding, a reception, a couple of dates, a school track and field day, spring break next week, Awanas at church, etc. 

Church was nice today, as was Bible Study Class beforehand.  The lessons were on reconciling yourself to Christ, and being a good neighbor (not just to the next door neighbors, just in general).  It was good.

I got a terrible headache at lunch and that has ended up making me feel quite sick.  I kind of wonder if it counts as migraine status, but I'm not sure.  Everything had a blue tint to it for quite awhile, and then I felt like I was going to throw up, but didn't.  Now the headache pain is just a dull throb rather than shooting pain, so I guess it must be on the downhill side of things?

I finished a terrible book, and now I have started something light that seems funny so far, called The Year of the Chick.

Currently Year of the Chick By Romi Moondi see related

I hope that everyone here is doing well- I will catch up throughout the week with everyone's blog!!

Here is this week's Recipe Of The Week!!!  Tuscan Soup.  This one turned out really good!  It has carrots, onions, spinach, pasta, northern beans, chicken broth, water, and a little salt and pepper.  Very simple to make and very yummy to eat!

I have realized that I like croutons better when they are a little soggy.  It is so good to have a nice salad with croutons and ranch dressing, and give the dressing a chance to soak into the croutons a little and soften them up....yummy!  Otherwise it always makes me nervous that they will be so crunchy that my teeth will crack.

My son's favorite food is bacon.

My favorite food is probably cheese, although it is so hard to pick.