Tuesday, Blog Day!

Over a month ago, probably more like two, I scheduled for myself Tuesdays as blog writing days.  Since then I've written maybe one blog post.  Something always seems to come up: my roommates last week, out to dinner, shopping trip, or a Skype call.  The busyness (or the nothing-ness) of life gets in the way quickly. So before this makes yet another Tuesday without a blog post, I want to quickly write something. This isn't the '"It's great. I love it" Part 2' post I've been wanting to write, but I'm trying to make a habit.

Wisdom teeth and Thanksgiving.  Exciting, right?   Okay, maybe not so much.  This makes two years in a row that I've spent Thanksgiving in the DR.  Sunday night was the SCS potluck Thanksgiving dinner at the directors home.  Turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and apple crisp, plus tons more that didn't make it on my plate. We have these all staff get together once a quarter and I love that we all gather in a huge circle in the yard for a time of singing and worship.  After the food and the worship, I got to hold a teacher's newborn baby for at least thirty minutes while she caught up with another staff member. That made my night, I would have kept her longer if possible. :)

Wednesday was a half day at school with bunches of kiddos dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians.  After all the time I've spent in Latin countries and their camps/youth groups I shouldn't be surprised but how much they get into costumes and dressing up, but I still am. They always go all out.

Wednesday afternoon I headed to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed, all four. Oh, I wasn't put to sleep either; my headphones were my best friend. When I first meet with the dentist in planning this he told me it would only take 20 minutes. That seemed a bit fast to me. I timed he; he was done in 17.  Numbing shots and all that, excluded from 17.  My appointment was at 2pm and I was walking out by 3pm.  My family had a real fun time Skyping me that afternoon as I tried to figure out how to talk while all numb. I spent Thanksgiving day reading The Two Towers and watching the Macy's parade on TV. I was able to eat mashed potatoes for dinner still.  That's the nice part about Thanksgiving food; most if it is still edible on a soft food diet: mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce.  

Everything about this has gone great, even compared to what I've heard from people had heir teeth out in the States. I love having all this extra space in my month now, but my teeth are all very sensitive now as they're adjusting to take advantage of that space.  Other than that, I really don't have any pain.  I get my stitches out tomorrow :) 

If you're thinking about having your wisdom teeth out it's super cheap here, and the dental office is very clean, modern, and up to date. I've had no complications.  Unfortunately, your flight would be more expensive than the surgery.  

Hopefully, you'll see another blog post on each of the two Tuesdays before Christmas break.  And hopefully, I'll see YOU over break.  I'm coming back to the States just five days shy of a full seven months here.