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In case you're wondering what the heck my title says, the word "Dentist" is hidden in there. Have you ever been to the dentist and while they are cleaning or working on your teeth the dude or gal asks you a question to which you respond (thinking I can do it this time), only to sound like a bumbling idiot? Of course you have! Who hasn't? Why, just why do they think they can ask you a question and hope to get an decipherable answer? I have concluded they do it for pure entertainment. I mean the dentist's office I was just in a few weeks ago actually had flat screen TVs in every room. Clear message: we expect no communication from you. Except when we ask you a question or two while our fingers are in your mouth.

It was a sad day for me. I went to get my teeth cleaned and x-rayed. Results: 4 small cavities. So I went back in the next day to get them taken care of. The first cavity of my life and it ends up being FOUR. Yikes. Too bad I had to spend a few hours under the drill while on vacation and learning to communicate w/ 2 people's hands in my mouth. It's really not as scary as everyone says either, but having your mouth numbed for a couple hours afterward is the worst part. Talking with a numb mouth just may be more entertaining than having people's fingers in your mouth. It might be a toss up.....

My First Time Stung by a Bee!!

So this is a great story! Lisi and I went hiking out in the desert yesterday and climbed this mesa (it was sunny though). Except when we got to the top, all of a sudden this bee came out of nowhere and attacked me! It stung my forehead without any warning. I hit it away, but then it and another bee were still attacking me and they landed in my hair. I starting running around and screaming (oh, if only you could have seen me!). As I was running I kept hearing the buzzing and I thought they were chasing me, but then I realized I had 2 bees in my hair, and not just in my hair but stuck in my hair! I was definitely freaking out. So I stopped and Lisi tried to help me get them out, but they were really stuck. She finally got my hair tie out and then I shook my head back and forth relentlessly trying to get them out. Finally, they came out, but then they started attacking & chasing Lisi! Now it was her turn to run around and scream like a maniac! Oh man, I’m laughing even as I write this. I was in a high state of panic, but it was also really funny how we reacted. If only you could have seen us….

So today I have this ginormous bump on my forehead right where everyone can see. Hopefully it goes down soon….. The bee fortunately didn’t get his stinger into me though. I can only imagine what that would have done!

Here's a picture of my deformed face....notice my right eye (the eye on your left), all swollen. I look like the dude from Goonies...haha!

I Get All The Luck......

I found out this week that I have a broken hand....a broken RIGHT hand. There is spiral fracture along the front of my pinky finger, which is also angulated. You might be asking yourself, What the heck does that mean?! Well, it means that my pinky is at a slight angle. So when I got my finger splinted (yes, that's right, a lame splint) it hurt in a whole new way it was set straight again. At least it got set straight. My family has a history of crooked pinky fingers - haha! Snowb and Dexter especially.

So I have a splinted right hand. It looks pretty pathetic, hence no picture. I think I'd rather have something exciting & snazzy like a bright pink cast! With a pathetic splint on a broken finger no one believes you when you tell them it's broken. Ha! "Miss Anderson, what's wrong with your hand?" That's what I get about 10 times a day from my students. Instead of repeating the same thing over and over and over, I like to make it interesting. I got into a fight and punched someone in the face so hard it snapped my finger. Someone shut my finger in the car door. A really fat person sat on it. I went golfing and swung the club too hard. You know, I could really get creative with this..........Any other ideas?

The REAL story is I went sledding when I was home for Christmas. I was going down backwards and nearing a brick wall. So my instinct was to put my hand behind my back to protect it. Well, as I slammed into the wall at full force, I crushed my hand pretty good. I couldn't even move it for a whole day. Well for the last 2 weeks I just thought it was sprained pretty badly. I played croquet, basketball, and who knows what else....all with a fractured hand.

Then just a week or so before that, I'm pretty sure I broke my nose - it was tender and sore for the following 3 weeks or so. That happened playing basketball. As I went up for the rebound, this dude arms came crashing down onto my nose, giving me a pretty bloody nose as well. You see, I like to play basketball with the guys to show 'em up :) Guess I didn't that night.......

So you see, I get all the luck........

Wakeboarding & a Broken Rib?

Well, possibly a broken rib…it sure feels like it! I went wakeboarding on Saturday with my sisters and friends on Utah Lake. It was fun although I didn’t do so well without a tower on the boat, but that’s beside the point. So I crashed pretty good on a run and got the wind knocked out of me. The whole rest of the day I had sharp pains in my side if I moved a certain way or laughed. It continued for the next couple days so finally I went to the doctor. He didn’t think it was broken (just the cartilage), but he sent me to get an x-ray anyway. I haven’t gotten it yet and probably won’t, just cause there’s nothing you can do even if it is broken. So I guess I’ll never know for sure!