Thursday, July 24, 2008

Thursday Thoughts and Happenings

The dentist was a breeze today! Why? Because he didn't do anything but talk to me. Whew! Does that mean I am "out of the woods"? Nahhhh. Rats! We talked and he explained the removal of a tooth that has a root canal. The tooth is brittle so more than likely it will break apart during removal and he will have to drill and cut to get it all out. UGH! Upon hearing that, I decided to wait until next Thursday afternoon when he will give me anesthesia and then take the tooth out. I knew I couldn't handle sitting there while all that was going on! I am a pitiful baby when it comes to going to the dentist. When I was growing up, I had a dentist who used to drill on me without deadening the tooth...and he was related to us. Yikes! Before going to see him, I actually used to plot out an escape route and plan in my head! If you prayed for me, please keep praying..and thank you!

While at the dentist, I met a nice lady who shared with me about someone she knows who works in an orphanage in China during the summers...in Guangdong province, which is where Esther Marie is from. I wonder if she works in Emmie's orphanage or somewhere else? I gave her my blog site address and I hope the two of them will check it out and leave us a message in the guest book. It's always neat to be able to share about adopting with people I meet. Esther Marie was toddling all around the waiting area jabbering and flirting with people. She was entertaining all the nervous patients who were waiting. What a sweet diversion!

Hannah had registration at school today...7th grade. It's hard to believe! She got on the team that she wanted and was busy much of the afternoon making calls to friends to see which team each person got on. There were some "yippies" and some "ohh nooos", but in the end I think most people were okay with their teams. Hannah got her schedule but has decided not to play clarinet in the band this year....so her schedule will change. She wants to try electives and signed up for theater and home economics and things like that. They take four different classes during the year. It's a shame that she can't be in the band and do all those things too. I am going to miss her playing the clarinet. I am happy though that it's a rental and not a purchased horn!!!

School starts here on August 7th....terribly early in my opinion. I liked it better when school started after Labor Day weekend....like when I was a kid. I don't think summer is long enough any more. My brother Patrick and I had a discussion about it recently and we both think that summer gets shorter and shorter each year because the school systems are moving toward year round school. When does school start for your kids and what do you think about short summers? Leave us a comment!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

School - how about starting school when summer is over ... not in the middle of it .... Sept 2 makes much more sense ....