Smile in Progress

Dentist, Check!! Well, half-check. I got all the cavities in the right side of my face all fixed! Just got some in the left side (which will be done tomorrow!), then those stinkin' wisdom teeth to pull. BUT I've got the appointment just about set up for that too.

Anyways t'was quite the adventure going to the dentist today. First of all, I woke up and it was snowing outside. It's snowed in Rexburg off and on for the past bit, but this morning it was really snowing. So I layered up, and eventually went off on my trek to the dentist. The walk wasn't bad, but I did wish I had some music or something to listen to on my way there. My i-pod's music stopped working (any ideas of how to fix it? The screens frozen when I click for music).

AT the dentist was just like any old dentist appointment, they called my name and I went right back to a chair that fully reclined. The lady let me put on the headphones and I watched "Soul Surfer" on the television that they had on the ceiling for me. They offered me "gas" but I turned that down because it was going to be an extra 33 dollar charge, but when I winced at the big needle they were going to put in my mouth and the tears started swelling, they told me the gas would help me stay calm and they wouldn't charge if I wanted to try it. I said okay, and they put this round orange tuby thing on my nose that's air had a sweet candy sort of smell. At first I didn't feel a difference, but then I started getting light-headed, like I was about ready to go to sleep. I really wanted to finish the movie, plus there was a ton of noise and things going on that I wanted to be sure to be conscious for, so I stayed awake.

After the whole thing, the right side of my face was dead-numb. I couldn't smile at all on that side, and trying to talk was quite the fete. I was so self-conscious of it, and I was glad that on the walk home I didn't pass to many people on the side-walk, plus I had a hood and the coat to sort of conceal my face. I didn't want people to look at my face and think "what's wrong with her face." One thing I think I often take for granted is my ability to smile at people. Even now I'm still stretching and smiling my face, just to be sure it really works again how it should. I'm so thankful for the muscles in my face and that they really do work.