Catch Up

So, it's been quite a long time since I've posted a blog. I can only chalk it up to laziness and just NOT having time...

July-August I had VZW training. 4 weeks of learning. It was really helpful to learn the things that we need to know in order to do our job.

August 15th we celebrated Eowyn's 3rd birthday (her real birthday is August 14th). Invitations were sent out requesting that guests arrive wearing their 'court attire' and we had an all out Princess Party complete with magical rice crispy star wands and dragon pinata. Lol. It never fails that I end up going overboard with her parties... she's only 3 and I simultaneously become excited and apprehensive. I LOVE trying to make her parties exciting and different... but end up getting so stressed out... This year she really seemed to enjoy her party. Everyone dressed up and seemed to have a good time. It was ridiculously hot though... Have you ever seen sun baked cheese and pepperoni? It's nasty looking. Lol

August 16th I woke up with a swollen face. My jaw had been bothering me for a few days, but I thought it was just from me being stressed and clenching my jaw and grinding my teeth in my sleep (this happens mainly when I am very stressed)... I ended up going into Walk In Care and getting some Penicilin and Hydrocodon... Without proper dental screening, they assumed I had an abscess... On the 17th I got into the dentist and had a panoramic xray done... Seems that one of my wisdom teeth is coming in sideways and is pushing into the root of one of my molars. Great... So I will need to either have both teeth pulled, or the wisdom tooth pulled and a root canal on the molar...

As my current dentist is in Old Town (about 20-30 mins away), I had been tossing around the idea of transferring to one in Bangor. Supposedly there is a place in Bangor that does regular dentistry as well as oral surgery... So I ask to have my file sent there. This place says that they can get me in on Wednesday (I called on Monday) for an emergency consultation. I show up Wednesday and the receptionist tells me, "I'm showing your appointment is NEXT Wednesday..." BS... I was so mad... how can 10 days be considered an 'emergency' consultation... Not only that, but the gentleman at the window next to me had the same issue- he was in for a filling and the receptionist he was talking to said, "I'm showing your appointment is NEXT week..." Someone obviously doesn't have a clue as to how to run their scheduling software... I tell them to cancel my appointment and I would find somewhere else to go to... So what happens? It takes the new dental place 10 days to receive my pan-xray so that I cannot actually GO to a different dentist as they will at least need to see that to determine what needs to be done and make any referrals based on that... Then when I call the place that I want to go to (went there as a child), they are closed for the week on vacation... I'm just about finishing up my Penicilin and have stopped using the Hydrocodon for the pain (swapped back to Advil for the minor pain I would experience). I'm feeling a bit better and just dealing with uncomfortableness and having to remember to chew on my non-chewing side as to avoid excruciating pain... So I decide to just wait it out and speak with my dentist-to-be when they are back from vacation...

THEN (oh yes, it gets better, folks) I start feeling that dry feeling in my sinuses... the next day it has progressed into pressure and pain... then the following day it is almost certainly a sinus infection... I am in pain and taking sinus medicine. Now, I am not one that deals well with medication... I tend to get extremely silly and loopy... So I am basically acting the fool at work while trying not to cause my nose to fall off from all the tissue blows and rubs... Mid week my sinus pressure starts to go away (still dealing with the runny/stuffy nose) and I feel it move down to my throat and chest... I wake up one morning and it honestly feels like someone has smacked me across the chest with a baseball bat. Ugg...

Thursday, I get a call from E's daycare that she is not feeling well and doesn't want to go potty. I get her into the doctor's that evening. Because I have a cough, I am required to wear a medical mask at the doctor's office. Eowyn wanted to wear one too, so I didn't feel as bad... but I was still extremely embarrassed. The way people look at you when you have those on... not to mention that it was hot and hard to breathe with... Lol... This visit to the doctor's required getting a 3 year-old to pee in a cup. Considering that I brought her in because she DIDN'T WANT to go potty, I thought it was going to be a difficult task... But we ended up getting it accomplished. Lol. And Eowyn seemed excited to tell anyone she saw that she peed in a cup... lol.

Friday, I end up staying home with Eowyn. Partially because I wanted to be around if she had any further issues with using the potty... it didn't seem appropriate to have daycare deal with that. Secondly, I seemed to have hit my lowest point with this cold... I was disoriented and woozy and didn't feel comfortable even driving Eowyn across the bridge to daycare... I didn't even bother to contact her father to see if he could help... he knew that I was sick and didn't make any attempts to take her on any additional evenings so that I could try to get some rest and hopefully NOT pass it on to her...

Luckily, around 10am, Eowyn felt like snuggling in bed with me while having her morning breakfast shake. She and I both fell asleep and when we woke up, it was after 1am! Sadly, I was still disoriented and wobbly. Shayne came over to help keep an eye on Eowyn while I stumbled around. I ended up falling asleep on the couch while they watched a movie... Apparently Eowyn had a hard time leaving me alone... she kept going up to Shayne and asking, "We wake Mommy up now??!?!?" Lol. I am so thankful that Shayne came over to help. I ended up feeling rested enough so that Shayne and I could take a quick trip to the Folk Festival. It was a little chilly, but the fresh air seemed to help my sinuses and lungs a LOT.

Saturday was my sister, Emily's, baby shower. I had agreed to allow the use of my place as the other options included households with pets, and Emily's daughter seems to have some sort of allergy to pets (they haven't determined which one(s) yet). My Aunt Karen made tons of food and we had a good time. I was sad that not as many people as expected showed up, but we had a good time with the people that were there =)

On Sunday, Eowyn, Shayne and I went to the last day of the Folk Festival. Eowyn had a fun time in the family section and got her arm painted with a pink butterfly (WITH glitter) and we listened to the Chinese band (is that what you call it?) while we were waiting. Shayne got her a snow cone and she LOVED that. It ended up blowing a leak in the cone part and spilling all over her dress, but I came prepared with 2 extra outfits for her, so she was all set =) We got some food and listened to a few bands while we ate and then headed home. James picked up Eowyn around 4:30pm and I was able to relax with Shayne for the evening.

Last night, Shayne, Wendy and I went to see Inglorious Basterds. It was an AMAZING film. Tarantino has such an amazing way of twisting a story into something that you never would have thought of. What we saw was something that I was not expecting... I was expecting the film to revolve around the 'Natzi Killers' for most of the film, but true to Tarantino style, the movie had 3+ plots that ended up meeting up in the end. And surprise ending... yes, please =)

Today, Eowyn has her 3-year well visit. I always enjoy going to these because she is so smart and I love to see how advanced she is for her age (when based on the tests that they give you). Also- at her last few visits, she had been so uncomfortable and threw fits because she was either scared or just out of her comfort zone. Since then, I picked up a little doctor's kit for her and she seems more interested in the whole idea of going to the doctor and even has stated that she wants to go to the dentist! Her unscheduled appointment on Thursday went remarkably well- I explained what the doctor would be doing to her to make sure that she was okay and she was quite the little trooper. She did everything that was asked and once the nurse understood that I was explaining things in such detail to her for a reason, she started making the examination more fun. When looking in Eowyn's ears, she quietly asked me what Eowyn's favorite cartoon was and I replied, 'princesses'... In Eowyn's left ear the nurse says, "OH! I see Sleeping Beauty in this ear!!" and then for her right, "I see Cinderella in this one!" Eowyn thought that was the greatest thing and kept asking me to peek in her ear to see if they were still there. Lol. I'm hoping that if she has to get any shots today, that it won't ruin the wonderful progress we have made.

...Trying to think of something fun and new for Eowyn and I to do today after the appointment. She has her new dress up box, has been loving coloring with her markers and also loves playing with her new dollhouse... Sometimes we make neclaces with the bead set I picked up for her a while ago... But I am trying to think of something different to do as a family. I had picked up some air-drying clay a while back to use to make homemade photo frame magnets for her to give as presents for Christmas (or whatever). Maybe we will do that. Once they dry, I think she would like to paint them and will get a kick out of picking out different photographs of herself to put in them =) I guess I have to bust out my craft bins to see what I've got! Lol.