Where was the Tooth Fairy?

My pregnancy has been no joke. From the never ending morning sickness, to the massive 3rd trimester nose bleeds to the swelling in my hands and feet. It just hasn't really given me a break. Then in the second trimester, I had the unthinkable happen. One of my wisdom teeth broke off in half. Many years ago, when all of my wisdom teeth came in, I was told that I was the 1 in a 1000 that they grew in perfectly. Then about 10 years ago, I got a tiny cavity in the one located on the top/right side of my face.

At the time, my dentist who I had gone to for years said, "No problem! Let's just put a little filling in it." So that's what we did! And honesty, I had never had another problem with it. Well until about 4 months ago. I'm driving home from work and having a late evening hair appointment. I go to spit out a piece of gum and I'm like wow, my tooth feels different when I ran my tongue across it. I run my tongue across it again and I know. Something is very different and wrong with my tooth. Cue immediate freak out.

It's after 7:00 p.m. on a weekday and I call the dentist. All the phone does is ring and ring and ring. After about the 15th ring, I can finally leave a frantic message of please call me immediately because I have a dental emergency. I'm left to freak out all night. I think, I asked everyone I knew to look into my mouth and tell me what my tooth looks like. We even tried to fit an iPhone into my mouth to get a good look at it. We just weren't for sure how bad the damage was and we weren't going to know till I could get in to the dentist.

Thankfully, the next morning the dentist called me. I explained what was going on with my tooth and that I was 6 months pregnant. They asked me if I had my letter from the doctor that said I could see a dentist. Let me tell you what, I was so happy to have that letter from the first OBGYN appointment. I never had even thought I would need it. Well I'm glad I kept it in the folder because it outlined what they were and weren't allowed to do. So they set an appointment for the next day. They were sorry but they just couldn't see me till the next day.

This was also going into a holiday weekend and it was now Thursday. We were suppose to leave town and here I was with a broken wisdom tooth trying to figure out if it was going to break off even more or if it was going to start sending serious pain throughout the rest of my face. I went to the appointment and I was hoping and praying they could salvage the tooth. I figured they could just cap it until after I had given birth. The dentist does the xrays and I'm told, there's no way they can save the tooth. Apparently in those 10 years, debris had started to get under the filling and it had decayed the tooth hence why it broke off (which I pin pointed to earlier in that day while I was eating a grilled cheese).

They wanted to pull it immediately.

WHAT? NO! I'm going out of town. So I got a stay of execution till the following Wednesday.

They had pre-warned me due to my pregnancy and medication restrictions that I would be numbed but without the epinephrine. The only way I can describe that is like someone basically slapping orajel on your face and then ripping the tooth out. So when Wednesday rolled around my anxiety was at an all time high. I was so scared because I have never had to have a tooth pulled nor had I ever had any dental work done without serious numbing and medication.

Thankfully, the tooth didn't break off as they were pulling it. They get it out within about 5 minutes and got it filled with gauze. They gave me tons of instructions and told me to not spit (which was going to be hard since I was vomiting everyday thanks to morning sickness) to try to avoid dry socket. Over the next few days, the pain sucked. I couldn't take anything stronger than a Tylenol and I didn't even really want to do that because I've been trying to not take anything what so ever while being pregnant.

I was so paranoid about getting dry socket, I got on amazon and bought one of those little dentist mirrors that go in your mouth so I could check the hole. Needless to say, I survived and it was probably the worst experience due to the no pain meds.

No! I'm Not Dead

This is my first post in 11 days. The past two weeks have been busy. When I say busy, imagine running around your house with your hair on fire, while juggling lemons and having a viral infection. That's how busy these last 11 days have been. Let's go back to the beginning of the 11 days. Two week ago today, I went to work feeling ok. I woke up and my throat felt a little scratchy. Northern California has been experiencing crazy weather. It's extremely dry but everything is coming into bloom. I thought, ok it could just be allergies. As the day went on it started to feel like I was swallowing razor blades. I was sweating and hot (which I am NEVER). I get home at the end of the evening and lay down. The next day I woke up feeling so awful. So bad that I called into work for the first time ever. I've been at my new job for 9 months and I took my first sick day. Did I mention that I'm responsible for the Employee Recognition and Awards program? Well I am. I literally do the entire program. I get the nominations, make the programs, get the nominations scored, do the script... everything. Well the awards ceremony was in 48 hours.

So there I am laying in bed with a fever that won't break and water felt like it was going down like a razor blade. So I use my fancy insurance card and get in to see the doctor. Who did absolutely nothing for me except tell me to take ibuprofen and cough drops. Gee thanks Doc! So the next day goes by and I feel no better. I called in a second day in a row. On the third day, the day of the awards I knew I had to go in. I went in for 3 hours, set up and had to go home. I couldn't make it. It was bad. The weekend finally came and I still felt rough. Guess what weekend it was? The Britney Spears/ Mayweather fight weekend in Vegas.

After much debate we went ahead. Everything was booked. We had to go or we would just watch money go down the drain. An hour after we get into Vegas, Britney freaking cancels the concert. So we did the next best thing... we went to the Elvis Experience Show!

 

We also went the Elvis Experience which houses a lot of his personal artifacts. I was in hog heaven. Beezy even started to get into it!

We also went to the fight weigh in. We also saw a ton of celebrities...

 

While we were there we also hit up M&M World....

The entire trip, I couldn't breath out of my nose. I was freezing in the heat. I was also coughing up a storm. But I made it! We had a good time and I was back to work. Now we have been packing up a storm because we are in the last few days before moving. So wish us luck cause we have a LOT to pack!

A Case of the Sick

It all started Wednesday night. As the evening went on I noticed my throat started to feel rough and by midnight it felt like I was trying to swallow a razor blade every time I tried to take a drink.

Then I couldn't fall asleep because my body was aching.
3:00 am rolled around and I was still laying there awake. At 9:00 am it was time for me to get ready for work. I didn't know what to do because I was so tired from not getting any sleep and then the fact that I couldn't breathe thru my nose and my throat was throbbing. I ended up going to work.

BIG MISTAKE. Thursday, I got even sicker. I got home from work and finally got sleep. Now this post is coming straight from my bed because I feel horrible. Let's hope this case of the sickies goes away before next weekend. I think the Christmas hustle finally caught up to me.

The Verdict Is In

In the past few weeks I've talked about a lot of products and now it's time to let you know what I thought of them. There were a few major hits and then there was some major disappointments!

The first hit...

Vitamin water Zero XXX. This stuff is amazing! If you haven't had this or haven't had this particular flavor then run out and buy it! It's good stuff and I'm glad I bought it on a whim.

Another win...

These were really good. I've got about 3 of the flavors and have liked them all. The only down size is that that Acai Grape Blueberry as Gurana in it and I didn't realize it until afterwards and that's a NO GO for me. 

Now for the fails....

Zico Natural Coconut water. One word can describe it: disgusting. I had such high hopes for it and was excited to try it. I couldn't even make it through the whole bottle. It was bitter and left a horrible after taste in my mouth. PASS.

Bliss Fat Girl Slim. The verdict is kinda still out on this one. I think it helps when you actually use it like how it's directed however, the smell is rough. I equate it to a mixture between icy hot and ben-gay. Even after you wash your hands the smell is still on your hands. 

Now I'm off to make an appointment with a dermatologist to get my skin under control!

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A Mixed Weekend

My weekend was a mix of excellence and suckage. Let's get to the good stuff first! 

One of my BFF's Erica, was in town for the weekend, so we got to hang out! We dined at one of my favorite places, Cheddars! 

If you've never been to a Cheddars, GO! They have great food that's easy on the wallet and the portions are huge. I got the bacon cheeseburger with fries and it was pure heaven.

We also went and saw, Easy A. We'd both really been wanting to see this movie and it finally happened!

I thought it was really cute and totally worth seeing in the theater. I'll probably end up buying it on dvd when it comes out. It had some references to older movies and I loved that. 

This is the part now where I tell you how the weekend went down hill fast... I've been working a lot more than usual over these past few weeks but this week took the cake. I had to be up one morning at 4am and if you know me, you know that I am NOT a morning person. I normally don't get up until 9:30 and sometimes even later. So that in it's self was a battle. 

Well the early mornings must have somehow caught up to me because when Saturday night rolled around I was exhausted and fell asleep at a 1st graders bed time. The next morning, I woke up with a throat so soar, I was convinced I'd be the next adult scheduled at the hospital for my tonsils to be cut out. In fact, my throat is still so sore and raw that I should probably be in bed at home rather than at work.

Humor me... I have a poll on my left side bar. If you could give me your input that'd be great! 

Falling into a Manhole

Nope, not even kidding. Yesterday, I fell into a manhole. You know what I'm talking about right? We've all seen them...

It's the hole down in the ground that water companies use to shut off water, read meters, etc. 

So after a week of rain, the grass needed to be mowed. I went outside, started the lawn mower and started getting the grass cut. I was on the last patch of grass and then BAM! The next thing I know I'm down in a manhole. 

Outside of my house there's a manhole in the corner of my outer front yard, the part that's near the curb. The last time the water company came to check the meter or who knows what, they apparently didn't replace the cover all the way. So what happens when the cover is somewhat off and you place your foot on it while pushing a lawn mower? It will teeter totter the rest of the cover and you'll fall straight down into the hole. 

The manhole was about 3 feet deep. I was taking a step back so my lawn mower was coming at me and then BAM, I was in the disgusting manhole, with it's rusted inside which had cut and scratched up my right leg. Thank GOD that my lawn mower didn't continue to run me over as well and that no cars hit me (since it's so close to the curb). 

So once I was able to get out of the manhole, get inside, try to stop the bleeding on my leg and call someone I called the water company. FIRST of all, it took me 2 minutes to get through the automated system before I could even get the option of waiting for a real human being. SECOND once I did get a human being and ask to speak to a supervisor, I was put on hold for another 8 minutes bring this phone call to 10 mins without getting anywhere. 

Finally the girl came back on the phone and tells me that since it's Monday, that all of the supervisors were on conference calls with all the other supervisors. Um... excuse me?!? Didn't you just hear me say that I fell into one of YOUR manholes and that I'm bleeding?!? She asks me to hold AGAIN. At this point, all of the niceness that I had left in me went out the window. I was mad, hurting, bleeding and needed to get out the door to seek medical attention. 

Then a supervisor named Cindy with customer service skills as a wet rag, asked me what the problem was. Well Cindy, someone from your company neglected to cover a manhole completely and I fell into it and I'm going to need to seek medical attention. Her response, "I can't tell you if you need to go to the doctor or not." Um, I don't need you to tell me, I KNOW. Then she told me that the claims (or some similar department) would be calling me later in the day and that they'd send an emergency crew out to make sure that the hole got covered. Greeeeaaaat. Well I've gotta bounce to the E.R. now. 

So I go to the doctors and they are in shock. I tell them what happened and they can't believe the response from the water company. They immediately get back into a room and give me a tetanus shot, clean up my leg, treat it and wrap up the cuts.  I get back home and guess what!? No call from the water company and the manhole hasn't changed. 

 

Um....water company, you haven't heard the last from me. I will be calling you and your negligence will not be forgotten or swept under the rug. Have you ever looked into one of those holes? They are NASTY! Rust filled and a cess pool for every bug and or rodent.

15...Again!?!

Lately, I have been stressing out over a few situations. Work, considering grad school again and getting to see my boo. I guess with all of the stress, my face has decided to rage a war with me. That would be fine if I was 15 again but I'm not!!! I'm 25 years old! I thought acne was suppose to go away and stay away once you became a real adult! Anyways...I know a few of you have mentioned having the same problem. Well I've found the solution...

Introducing the mecca of acne killers:

Neutrogena's Acne Stress Control. I put this on my face 3 times in 2 days and it had won the battle. Now I won't have to go around looking 15 years old. Acne 0 Me 1