Teeth that is. In fact, they're all gone. The only trace left are huge crater-holes where they stood...like empty in-ground pools. Ugh- won't those be fun for a few months!
All went well, I came out of the surgery like a drunken sailor...I remember being put in a chair and trying to stay awake to hear them give instructions to J afterward...then being wobbled out to the car by the nurse. I slept quite a bit then...even my blogs and sewingmamas couldn't keep me awake! Shocking, I know. The bleeding took awhile to stop, presumably b/c I couldn't keep myself awake to chomp down on the guaze. But stop it did and I was able then to eat a bit of applesauce and take my meds. Hopefully I'll lose another few lbs though with my limited eating today and over the next few days :D There's a bright side to everything, isn't there?!
Emily was quite worried...you all know how she loves to fuss over people. Fixing blankets, petting and brushing and fluffing pillows and giving hugs that accidentally jar your mouth and knock your guaze around, lol! She did well though, was such a sweetie. Didn't like leaving Mama, but went with J and he was able to keep her occupied in the office 'til she went to Nana and Papa's for the evening. Lucky too, b/c I slept another couple of hours!
I was able to get the hood sewn onto one my shirts tonight...I'm hoping to get some elastic in the sleeves and start the binding for the necks...then it's hemming. I probably won't get all that done tonight though, but it's good to start and keep my mind off my teeth. Hoping I'll have those done tomorrow and will get some pics done Sun, including the fall cord. stuff of E's that people have been asking for. I'm coming, I'm coming! :)
On a totally different note, I wanted to respond to a posting I read not long ago from my good friend Thom:
There is a world of difference between antagonism and debate. Many an issue could have been solved in our political realm if men were given to good discourse and not partisan inflammatory posturing. Is sensationalism really comparable to debate? One is known for solving problems while the other is known to cause them.
Debate and problem solving takes time...could this be the reason why politicians are bogged down these days fighting themselves, opponents, the media sensationalism and the world with no progress to show for it? These principles are true in marriage and hold true in the political realm as well. Think of these tactics...how great would a union of two persons be if antagonism and sensationalism were the forces of debate? How much more is it then, in the larger sphere? Where you haven't the assurance of respect, where you haven't the assurance you're case will be tried?
The great debators and thinkers of our day are brushed away because they 'take too long' and we haven't the time in our 10min segments on television, or our 3 paragraphs in the newspapers for history lessons! (ex. Ron Paul at the debates this year, and interviewed on Bill O'Reilly (where O'Reilly
actually says this!, among other shows). There's plenty of interest mind you...but just 'no time'.
Time is making fools of us again. ~J.K. Rowling
Isn't it though?
