Kittens by Kittens

Since Sarah didn't post this....I did. :)

-4 to Wisdom

I final went and got my wisdom teeth out. I have been over due to get them out, and I guess being an adult means I need to get it done. The process itself wasn't to bad. The doctor injected some medicine to knock me out and cause memory lose and it worked great. I did not want to remember a thing, and I don't. I am missing large chucks of time from going under to getting home. I remember bits and pieces of coming home, like stepping down into the parking lot, but not getting into the car. Apparently we stopped for gas on the way home, and I remember Matt handing me a lotto ticket and pulling away from the pumps, but then we were home. It's an odd feeling.

I didn't swell up to much. People at work were surprised I actually came in on Monday and didn't look to bad. I probably helps I slept for 16 or so hours each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I would wake up long enough to eat alittle and take more Vicadin. Vicadin makes me sleepy. Monday at work was rough though. I almost didn't make it. I started getting a fever in the early afternoon and was really not feeling good all day. I can't really take Vicadin when I am driving/working.
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Now I'm just sore. Really sore at some points, but things are feeling better. I keep playing with the stitches in my lower back jaw where they actually cut out my wisdom teeth. Apparently I had really large lower wisdom teeth, which explains all the trouble I was having with them. I take ibuprofen during the day and Vicadin at night, at least until they are gone. So I am still sleeping alot. I like sleeping. And my kitties nap with me too

Also I have noticed that people all said it would be fine and not a big deal, but once it was done, all these horror stories come out. They didn't want to scare me. JD ended up having 6 wisdom teeth, my boss woke up half way through his, two other guys at work were not knocked out at all, by choice and really wish they had been, our accountant's son had pieces left behind and had to go back and her daughter got dry sockets. I had already looked up everything that could go wrong, so knowing these things would not have made me feel any worse.

Thinking of Summer

There has been talk of possible renting a cottage on a lake somewhere in the summer with people. Possibly random people; otherwise known as people who may read this blog. I found the neatest rentals. See link HERE. There are multiple options offered by this owner (click on Other Vacation Properties on the site) and check them out. Just throwing it out there to see what people think. I like all 7 of the properties available and I think the prices are reasonable for sleeping up to 14 people. Particularly if staying on/after September 12.

I Think I'm Allergic to Arizona

Our trip out West was fun, more fun, and busy. We got to AZ and couldn't check in until 3pm, so we headed to Zac & Teresa's cute house to meet up with Zac and Zac's dad to get some lunch. (Dan joined a little later too). Had some of the best tamales ever, a crazy drunk guy to talk about, and free guacamole. After that we went to check into out hotel and got some free check-in cookies. Super sweet! Our room was nice, two double beds though. It was a handicap accessible room so the shower had no door and opened right into the bathroom, which was kinda weird. But the oddest thing to me was the lack of a TP holder. In fact, there was no TP in the bathroom at all. I found a roll in the closet and stuck that in there to use, but I found it quite odd that there was absolutely none. We than laid down for a quick nap before heading out. I awoke with a very red, itchy, swollen eye and horrible congestion. I think I got something under my contact and rubbed it in my sleep or something of the sort. But since it didn't clear up for a few days and got worse outside, I think I might have been allergic to something in the air too. I was congested the whole trip as well and it finally started to clear up on the plane ride home.

After our quick naps, I went to Teresa's bachelorette party and Matt went and hung out with Zac, Dan, and I think Zac's dad at Golf and Stuff, and then they went back to Zac's until we got done with the bachelorette party. The bachelorette party was fun. We went to Kon Tiki, which had really good drinks, and then went bar hopping..

Teresa had a few to drink and was feeling good, especially at the gay bar. At the last place we stopped a band, 80's and gentlemen, was playing that was fun to watch


Friday Matt, Dan and I went to the Tucson Zoo. Also know as Reid Park Zoo, which was right down the street from where we were staying and Zac & Teresa's house. A small zoo, it didn't take long to go through, but nice. Zac had suggested we go to The Desert Museum, but I didn't realize they had animals there. We will defiantly hit that next time. Then we hit Beyond Bread with Zac, Teresa, Dan, and Danielle for lunch. Then the guys and I went to Bookman's, which was practically next door. Bookman's is a really cool discount book store. I could have bought alot of stuff there, but flying it back would have sucked. Then back the room to nap. :) I like napping. Matt had to go to Zac's bachelor party that night and I hung out with Teresa, Danielle, Jaime, Jenna, and baby Jack for a little while and had some eegee's subs and frozen drinks. Quite tasty.

Saturday Matt and I went to the Tucson Mall and shopped. Or I should say, I shopped and Matt tagged along. I found a nice dress for my FIL's wedding this weekend and a very pretty turquoise necklace made by the Native American Indians, which I wore to Zac & Teresa's wedding. We got lunch in the food court and headed back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding..

It was a very pretty wedding on the only green grass I saw the whole time we were there. The weather was perfect, the ceremony interesting, and Zac & Teresa were very happy. On to the reception, with an open bar (Thanks!!), great food ( the chimi's were the best), and fun people

The interesting conversations outside with Mia continually trying to get Dan to dance and the insults that came from her failure were classic. Even drunk, Dan was NOT going to dance. It was a great wedding.

Sunday Matt and I were going to In-n-Out Burger, no matter what, so we got there at opening (10:30am) and got breakfast burgers. Soooo Gooood! Best Breakfast all week. Surprisingly we were not the first ones there. There were people waiting for it to open in the parking lot and drive-thru. After breakfast we headed to Zac & Teresa's to say good-bye and everyone was there watching them open all their wedding presents. Then we sadly headed to the airport to head home. We wish we could have stayed another day, but with the Tucson Gem Show in town, all the hotels were booked and expensive.

See more photo's here.

Mini Vacation - AZ

I am so totally excited for our upcoming trip out west. I can hardly stay in my skin. Work tomorrow is going to drag and school is going to suck even more than normal. But then only hours till I'm flying away from here. I can't hardly wait! Even the warm weather and sunshine is sounding good about now. We only got a few hours of sunshine in January this year, I kinda missed it. Matt's got his shorts all packed for the hot weather. I've got him practically cured of the socks/sandels combo, so hopefully it won't be an issue at the wedding. :) Just kidding. We are packing proper wedding clothes too.