Teeth Rant

I'm stressed. Really stressed. I have three children, enough said, right? Well, it seems as though the shock of braces for one has begun to wear off. Today, we went to get them tightened, as they do to my wallet. I took along my thirteen year old son for a consult. We had recently been to the routine dentist appointment and his X-ray was funky.

Now, the Orthodontist we have is wonderful. He is what some would call affordable, by comparison, I suppose. He does free consults! Can you believe that? ha ha. When making the appointment, I was utterly terrified by the dentist's report. The kind woman I spoke to on the phone assured me that it often isn't as bad as it first seems. So, consulting we go.

He got his X-rays done and the kind lady (same one that calmed me down previously) comes back and says "I feel so bad for trying to make you feel better on the phone". There is irony in that statement. She said "it's not often we see patients and go 'OH CRAP!' ". Nice.

I am sitting her trying to tell myself that in about 5 years we will have a family picture done and everyone will say "your children have such beautiful smiles". I will hopefully look back on today and say with a sigh, that it was all worth it.

Long time no blog

Wow, I miss this. I have so many things to write about that my head is spinning. Spinning....we will go with that.

I joined the gym. YUCK. I'm not a fan. I am in a wedding soon, remember? I have no choice. I can't be the bridesmaid with batwings. I probably will be, but at least I can say I tried.

Last week, I went with my sister and the maid of honor. Now, they have been going for months, together. I had one night on my own a little and then met them there another night. This is not a good thing. I find that, whenever I am with them, I have way too much fun. We decided to try out all of the equipment. This is cracking me up already.

They ran their thirty minutes on the eliptical. I do believe it was manufactured by the makers of asthma medication. I tried it my first night there, alone. I couldn't figure out that you just start going to turn it on. Once I did, I didn't know you could adjust the tension. I wasn't sure if I would fly off or if my dinner would fly out. *Note to self, don't eat lasagna before using excercise equipment.

We then ventured on to various contraptions that work different parts of the body that I haven't felt for years. One even had a seatbelt! This is just wrong. If you have to wear a seatbelt to workout, I firmly believe the method has some sort of design flaw or maybe your body just shouldn't be on there.

While we were there some young guys came in. My sister couldn't figure out why I didn't want to go over near them to use the weights. She told me that I was old enough to be their mother. So, I told her I would after she did 60 crunches on the ab lounger. She did it. I still didn't go. Will she EVER learn ;)