Yep- totally did that this morning :-) I wanted to be out of St. Louis by 8:00. Actual time of departure was 9:35. Awesome timing I tell ya!
I had a dentist appointment in Kirksville at 1:00, so I wanted to allow myself plenty of time to get back and get unpacked. Alarm was set for 6:00 and my 5 more minutes turned into waking up at 7:35 with a “damn it!” Totally did not pack till this morning either, which is going to prove to be a horrible idea as people see my attire throughout the weekend. So I’m racing down I-70, making good time and thinking I’ll get to my parents with just enough time to eat some lunch and head to my appointment.
BAM- construction zone back down to 50 MPH. Awesome.
I get just outside of Moberly and there are two patrolmen driving very slowly, with their lights on, in both lanes…………..it’s just me and the guy in front of me and I think we were both like “WTH???” Then they just completely stop under an overpass. So we all sit there for a few minutes, feeling all sorts of awkward and then I finally see like 50 fire trucks, buses, ambulances, police cars, etc. come across the overpass and start to merge onto 63. Someone VERY important must have passed away because this procession was l o n g. So we all followed along, going about 40MPH from Moberly to just outside Macon where they all turned off. In my head I was totally doing the math, trying to figure out if I would make it time, debating where they would turn off, etc and then I felt really bad for even worrying about those things because there was something obviously much bigger going on, but then I didn’t feel as bad after I saw the JACK WAGON that was flying down the other side of the highway while EVERYONE else had pulled over to the side. At least I wasn’t doing that :-)
So we all get through that and then…….BAM- another construction zone. Then another and then I was finally in Kirksville at 12:40. If any of you saw a silver Suzuki XL7 ( my dad now refers to it has a Japanese Hunk Of Junk…thanks dad) zooming down Baltimore today with a girl sitting in the front mouthing, “go, go, go, go!” That girl was me :-) My parents live on the complete opposite end of town, so depending on the lovely “traffic” in Kirksville, it can actually take me another 15-20 minutes to get home. I was STARVING and I didn’t want my stomach making that awkward growling noise while they were working on my awful teeth, so I absolutely had to get to my parents to eat real quick.
So I race in the door, throw my key’s down, don’t even say “hi”, I just say “I’m about ready to pee my pants!!!” I run upstairs, come down shove spaghetti in my mouth and then realize maybe that wasn’t the best option before a dentist appointment???? I did a lazy attempt at brushing my teeth and just decide I’ll apologize later if they find a chunk of tomato in there :-) I race into the parking lot, race to the door and…………they’re not back from lunch yet. :-) hahaha!
SO now we are at the disaster that was my dentist appointment. It’s a good thing Dr. De Fries likes me and let’s me take pictures of her kids because man oh man did I make her work today :-) So I was coming in to start the prep work for my crown. NO- I’m not 80, but YES we have horrible teeth in our family. You should see Caroline’s teeth :-) Anyway- so we’re all in there gabbing away, waiting for my numbing stuff to kick in and then we start…..not numb. So we numb and gab some more. Start again….still feeling the drill. So we numb again and by this point we’re all trying to think of alternatives because my tooth will not give up the flippin’ fight. I suggest just having someone punch me in my jaw so I can’t feel it. Amy & Dr. De Fries suggest running down to my dad’s office (he’s just down the hall) and seeing if he can give me some Vicodin or something. My last suggestion was for me to go out to my car and get some Tylenol PM out of my toiletry bag :-)
One of her assistants comes back to the room I’m in and was like, “do you drive a silver SUV parked out back??” and I said “oh crap- what did I do now?” and she was like, “the police are out there taking down your license plate number!” ………………………without even a bit of hesitation I just said, “Tell my dad to go back to work!!” Apparently he stopped in on is way back from lunch and thought that would be a funny “prank,” but I know my dad’s tricks………it was so wasted on me :-) I guess he also tried to convince her I was bi-polar. Thanks dad!
So, after they realize they can’t fool me with the prank, we continue on with my appointment. I always have the most entertaining experience at Dr. De Fries office. We discuss all sorts of fun stuff :-) Caroline & Jared’s wedding came up and NO FAIL, this happens every time after I discuss the wedding with anyone, after we’re done talking about it, there is always a long pause and then someone says, “so……that leaves just you and Molly, right??” Then this conversation comes along:
Someone: “so who are you seeing?” Me: “oh, no one.” Someone: “you know what you need to try- what’s that online thing?? that dating thing??” Me: “yeah- I did eharmony and it was more entertaining than useful.” Someone: “Really?? because so and so said her sister met her new husband on there.” Me: “Nope- not the case for me.”So that conversation happened today at the office, but since I know them and I’m comfortable with them, I proceed to tell them more. I tell them I always have a bunch of friends who, “Know a single guy, but you’re just too good for him. You deserve someone way better.” Blah, blah, blah. Seriously- I don’t know why people think that. Then I have friends who do try and set me up and it has never worked. ever. Then I have my siblings trying to set me up with ANY single guy they see or meet at a wedding (ahem….kaitlin), then I have my parents trying to set me up with ex-priest’s and God know’s who else.
People, this crap goes on and on and on and on and on.
Then people ask me, “well do you want to get married???” SERIOUSLY??? Yes- yes I would. It’s not like I’m turning down marriage proposals. He just hasn’t freaking shown up yet. and quite frankly- he’s starting to piss me off….ha :-)
So then they have to run to go see another patient (because they realize I’m going to take up their whole afternoon because apparently I require the same amount of numbing stuff that would be used on………say a horse, maybe??) and once they get back, I compliment them on their AWESOME music selection. I got to hear NKOTB, Janet, Michael, Paula, etc. I was be-boopin in my chair :-) With my face feeling like it was the size of a basketball. Please note that my whole mouth, face, right side of my body was numb- but not the damn tooth!!!! So we start chatting about making mixed tapes way back in the day. Dr. De Fries said she used to make them for her boyfriend or boys she had a crush on- awwwwww. So then, with a ton of crap in my mouth, those ugly sunglasses on and my awkward speech from the numbness, I shout, “Maybe I just need to start bustin out some mixed tapes and see what sort of boyfriend prospects that would turn up???”
GENIUS!!!!
Mixed tapes it is :-)
By this point we are like an hour and a half into my “crown prep” appointment and I can still feel the drill. I usually have a pretty high pain tolerance, so I’m totally annoyed with myself. I say, “screw it- let’s just do it!” and I squeezed my hands together :-) Eventually it got to the point where I couldn’t really feel it, so we were good. After like 2 and half hours- they finally get rid of me ! I’m sure they cheered once I left, ha!
The rest of the day was just all sorts of awkwardness and not being able to talk without sounding like I had a speech impediment. I also learned a fun thing about trying to swallow pills when one side of your face is numb…..you shoot water out the side of your mouth that’s numb and that in turn makes you spit out all the water because you’re laughing. As the numbness is wearing off- I also noticed I can’t really open my mouth very far with out it shooting pain everywhere, so I’m totally just leaning my head and “dumping” food in the left side of my mouth :-) She told me I would be in pain later, but I didn’t realize what a moron I would look like.
SO- it was a good thing that my shoot for this evening was for a good friend and not a new client! The Showers family got some good laughs in :-) I just love this family SO SO much. Ryan & Lucas are ABSOLUTELY the sweetest boys ever. Lucas was just as handsome as ever for his 1-year shoot, it was GORGEOUS this evening and we got to use the old train depot over off Elson. I’ve really become addicted to using that spot. It has TONS of little “sets” to use and it’s awesome. Thanks for being so good, Lucas and enjoy your sneak peek!!!!
Don’t you just love him??? I can’t get over the Watermelon pictures- they’re so perfect and watermelony…..I like to make up words.
Ok- I’m off to take some Tylenol PM and sleep this crazy tooth stuff off. Hopefully I’m not a total zombie tomorrow because it looks like this girl has got some mixed tapes to make :-)
please don’t take that seriously. I’m not making mixed tapes. I can totally see people being like “ohhhh did you read Lissy’s blog?? she’s resorted to making mixed tapes. it’s so sad.”
Tiff says
You make me smile!
Allison says
So that was entertaining :-) And the pictures are pretty cute too.
Lindsay Free says
you are a mess!!!! This seriously made me giggle! :-)
Sara S. says
I put lipstick on after a filling and then went back to work…as a substitute teacher so I totally feel your pain, although I would have loved to watch the food dumping scene! Lucas’ pictures are adorable and very watermelony! I also have suggestions for your mixed tapes! Boys to Men is always a hit and maybe some Journey and George Strait!
Nancy Goodwin says
You always make me laugh! Our family is so lucky to have such a great photographer and a comedian too!
Molly says
I prefer getting fillings over just a check up. because I think Amy and Dr. DeFries are really funny together. Sad but true.
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