Waiting is the Hardest Part

Now that the school survey proposal is in (submitted last week), I have nothing to do but wait. Since I have a lot of time on my hands again, I decided to go ahead and establish doctors here in Portland and get through all of the first appointment stuff. Yesterday, I had my new patient visit at the dentist and spent 2 hours in the chair being cleaned, polished, and worked over. I also found out that my dentist in D.C. was not so stellar. I had two cavities filled back in July and now, the fillings are popping out -- in fact the dentist asked me if they had been there for a decade or so. When I told her that they were less than a year old, her eyes bugged out.

However, she kept complimenting me on my bones. "Great Bones," she shouted, "Like a teenager!" while throwing her hands in the air (whatever that means). I kept wondering if it was akin to compliments paid to the ugly girl like, "yeah, but she has a great personality." With that said, I would be remiss in not giving you a hint of my history with dentists. My mom used to joke that when I was in utero, teeth were sort of thrown in my mouth at random -- a cruel joke that the dentists and orthodontist profited greatly from over the course of my life. A large number of my adult teeth on the bottom didn't push out the baby ones, so I had to have quite a few pulled as a kid. My friends at the time thought it was awesome that I had teeth in rows like a shark. And with over three years of braces, head gear, you name it, even the coldest of souls could understand why I loathe that dentist chair. At least I have good bones. Right?

Anyway, I also learned that I need to have my wisdom teeth pulled, which was not a surprise. Last year the one on the bottom reared its ugly head and well, for a while it's been uncomfortable now and again. So, today after dropping Jesse off at the airport (again) I'll be back in the dentist chair to have one of the fillings fixed -- the one that terrified my dentist. I'll also schedule an appointment with the oral surgeon to have the wisdom teeth pulled sometime after Jesse is finished with all of his traveling. Yay! Who wants to trade places and experience my awesome life?!