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Do you know how I know it’s spring?

No, not by the green grass peeking through.  Or how it’s lighter later.  Or how the sunshine is actually warm on my back through the window as I’m teaching.  Or how I can hear the birds chirping happily as we walk to the bus in the morning.

Nope.

I know it’s truly spring because the bugs are back.  Yup.  We have ants and ladybug (or perhaps ladybug imposters!) again.  I dug out our handy box of bug killer products and have gone to work trying to keep them at bay.

Happy Spring Everyone!  😉

I am happy to report that my pesky top molar has FINALLY been removed.

WHOOOO HOOOO!!!!

I’ve had nightmares about this whole ordeal… And I’ve been anxious for weeks.  I think the anticipation of the unknown was the worst.

And the fantastic news was that the extraction was actually amazing short and painless.  I did have to wait for almost 25 min. for them to come back after putting in the novocaine which was awful–the anticipation building as I listened to horrible sounding drills across the room.  But once he came back the extraction process was done in probably 2 min.  I was prepared for much worse and much longer.

Now I just have to be careful what I eat for the next 3 days to make sure it heals up properly.

Oh, and the other good news is that I was able to make another appointment while I was there to take care of two more fillings.  And it’s only 2 weeks out.  I want to try and get all the dental work done while I have this insurance coverage!

Sunday was the first day of spring.  So in celebration of that we got 10 inches of snow yesterday.

Ha!

The kids all seemed a little in disbelief, and I will admit I was surprised that we got as much snow as we did.  In fact, the funniest part of this whole ordeal is that it was a very narrow area that got hit by the snow.  Just above us and just below us didn’t get any snow.  But, lucky us, we sure did!

Tim snapped this picture at about supper time:

And then Jennifer took this picture this morning.  This one truly highlights the amazing difference in just a little distance.  The top photo is her house taken as she was leaving and the bottom photo is at her work in Minneapolis–only 20 min north.  Wowza!

The good news:

• I made it through another contest weekend.
• Everything went well.  Not perfect, but well.
• We were able to enjoy a nice family dinner together on Monday night so the kids could finally see me.  (we went to Chinese!)
• Everyone is on the mend.  Medicine is awesome.
• My tooth hasn’t been bothering me as much.
• I never did get the fever or throw-up sick that was infesting everyone.
• The piano tuner is coming tomorrow!

The bad news:

• I did end up getting a nasty cold over the weekend.  It made me have coughing fits…
• We ended up having to take Josiah in to the doctor bright and early on Monday morning because he was up most of the night crying about ear pain… turned out to be an ear infection virus that just had to run its course.
• My dentist appointment was cancelled on Tuesday morning and moved to (get this!) Monday the 28th.  Ugh!

Hey, everyone!  It’s my favorite day that is also a command!

March forth!

🙂

(Warning:  dramatic complaining ahead)

I’m having tooth troubles.

In reality I’ve always had teeth problem, but over the past few months I’ve had a top molar start to fall apart.   I’m pretty sure I’ve talked about how my tooth is falling apart before because, on Amy’s suggestion, we purchased a dental plan that helps give us discounts.  We decided that it would be a good idea to purchase something to help with the cost–even a tiny discount would be sizable if I was going to need a root canal or crown.  After looking into it further the discount was actually not very significant although it was something.  So, we’ve had that dental plan ready and just waiting for when my tooth really started to bother me.

My tooth continued to crumble.  And it was annoying but not painful.

Until this week.

I’m not sure what changed, but all of a sudden I woke up on Monday morning and my tooth was throbbing.  And then my jab was throbbing.  And now I can’t eat on that side anymore.  Apparently it was time to make that dentist appointment.

Let me insert at this point that we have recently switched insurance companies for myself and the kids.  We all are eligible to be in Medical Assistance through the state.  So I called our current dentist and they don’t accept that insurance.  Tim made a call to the insurance company to ask for names of dentists that DO accept Medial Assistance and they gave us 5 dentists in Shakopee.  I started calling around–no one would take me.  I made it through the 5 on the list with no luck.  So I moved to just calling any dentist in Shakopee.  No luck.  So I branched out to nearby cities.  And I FINALLY found a dentist that would take me and my insurance.  The earliest they could get me in was this morning.

Well, I got in today.  For a cleaning.

They cleaned and assessed my teeth and gave me a plan of what needs to be done (no shocker here, but that top moler needs to be extracted.  It’s beyond repair) and then they told me I had to go back and get a doctor’s note to say that I’m allowed to have an extraction done while I’m pregnant.   So they wouldn’t schedule my next appointment until I got the note signed.  Ugh.  Off I drove to my doctors office–which is actually a midwife–and got the paper signed.  At which point I called from the parking lot to get the next appointment scheduled right away.

And I have my next appointment scheduled!  …… for Tuesday March 15th.  🙁  I guess I’ll have to live with my toothache for a while longer.

Maddie has taken to “dancing.”  Well, at least her version of dancing.  It’s pretty hilarious.  She sort of just wiggles back and forth.  I wanted to make sure I got a video of it so we will remember it someday…

I found a nickel in the bottom of her footie jammies.

😉