Healing

Last friday I did something I should've done when I was a teenager.  I got my wisdom teeth out! It sounds like a silly thing to get excited about but I was. They were starting to come in and bother me, and when I was pregnant last time they bothered me even more.  I've been eager to get them out, but the cost was always an issue.  Then around Christmas time a friend just offers up a gift certificate her husband bid on at a charity auction, that they didn't even need, for 4 wisdom teeth removal!  Talk about having good friends and a Heavenly Father who is aware of my needs.  So I got them out for FREE!

I was excited to finally be rid of these teeth but I was really nervous because I didn't know what to expect and I've never under anesthesia before.  Well everything went fine, but I don't remember much after they injected the anesthesia.  That was a weird feeling! It was like a wave of something washed over me and then I was out.  That first day I slept a lot but now that I'm more rested and getting use to the schedule of taking medicine every three hours (alternating between ibuprofen and percocet and taking an antibiotic 4 times a day!) I'm feeling better, but staying on top of the pain is like having a newborn!  I hate getting up in the middle of the night to take pills, and it's not just swallowing a pill real quick.  I have to eat with them or I get nauseous, and because I'm a weirdo who really can't handle swallowing big pills, I crush them and mix them in my food.  I'm hoping to cut back and eventually get off of the pain medicine soon.  Trust me, I'm not one for taking drugs unless I absolutely have to.  I hate pills. So as soon as I can, I'll be done with them. I sure hope that's by the end of this week or next.  Oh and there's a lot of icing of the face going on too.  I have to ice my cheeks because they've gotten pretty swollen.  I look like I'm storing food for the winter in my cheeks like a chipmunk! And the left side of my face is starting to bruise too.  I'm not a pretty sight right now! Stay away. :)

So between icing my face and eating yogurt and applesauce while taking pills I've become addicted to watching an old favorite show of mine, Felicity.  I'm really enjoying it right now.  She makes me want to be more artistic (she realizes she's an artist and switches from medicine to art), which is why I think I've had kind of a creative surge lately. I just love her character and when I was a teenager I wanted to be her. You know how a song can bring you back to a moment.  Well this show really brings me back too.  I remember how I felt watching it back then.  It's interesting to watch it now, knowing what college is like and having moved past that stage of my life.  I guess it makes me want to go back, and I've been planning to, as soon as I can get all my kids in school.  I miss art classes.  I wish I could find the time to do them now.  I feel like I have grown the most artistically when I've been in classes. I know there are probably private classes I could find, but life is just too busy at the moment.  Three kids already seems like more than I can handle some days. But I look forward to being in a class again.  Until then, I need to be better at making time to practice more at home.  I find it hard to do sometimes because I'm not at the level I'd like to be, but I realize that shouldn't stop me from trying.  I know I'll never get to that level if I never practice.  So it's good for me to watch Felicity if it gets me sketching and painting again.  Anyway,  I better get some rest.  I've got a LOT of healing to do!  It's going way too slow for me.  I know, I know- I gotta be patient.  Well, here's hoping for a speedy recovery.