The dentist part 2

Shane has 1 cavity. It is in the middle of his front teeth. B/c it is in the middle & his teeth are thin, he need's 2 crowns. The pediatric dentist is only at my dentist office on Tuesdays, so every kid & their cousin is in there. I went to his scheduled appointment today and was there only 45 minutes before I got seen! Last time, we were there almost an hour before we got to the back and had to wait another 30 minutes before the dentist came in. AND there were about 15 kids in the waiting room. This time, there were only 6. So, the dentist came in and started getting him ready for the procedure. He asked the nurse to get a specific type of crown and said came back and said that this office did not carry the type that he likes to use. He said we could go ahead and use what they had in stock, or we could go to his office in ARLINGTON and use the crown he prefers. I decided that the drive would be worth it to get the type of crown that the dentist prefers. The earliest appointment is in 2 weeks! So, I have to wait another 2 weeks to get Shane's dental work done.

While I was there, I explained to the secretary that I had recently had work done & my teeth had been really hurting since then. They said they could fit me in sometime in the next hour. I decided to do that. I called my mother to come and pick up Shane b/c I did not want him to be too bored. As soon as I hung up with her, I was called back! I have never been seen that fast, EVER! I explained to the nurse which teeth were hurting and she took a picture of them. The whole time, Shane was sitting perfectly in a chair in the corner. He had 1 leg crossed over the other, and was holding up a Sports Illustrated magazine. He was looking at each page with a very serious look on his face. It looked as if he were reading the pages. He would calmly turn the page and continue looking. It was absolutely hilarious. The nurses kept peeking in to get a little laugh at the little man. He totally charmed the whole office. The dentist ground down my fillings a little and said that since they were deep fillings, they would be sensitive for a little while longer. She told gave me another prescription for VICODIN! I really do not like to take drugs. I would rather my body get rid of whatever on its own, but I really like how fast Vicodin works. I am very careful about taking pain pills. I will only take them as a last resort. We will see if my teeth stop hurting.

Westbrook 4th of July 2009

Well, this fourth was not as fun as those in years past. In fact, the only thing that I liked was that we had a b-day celebration for Brendan (9 year old nephew) & Shane. We got to Cleburne around 2. We went from there to the firework warehouse to get surprise, surprise, FIREWORKS! My in-laws stated that they did not have a lot of money to spend, but they ended up spending almost $200! I know people pay a lot more than that for a really good show, but to me, that is a lot of money. The reason they had to spend so much money, is that they had to get fireworks for everyone. Even the kids that are supposedly living on their own. True they are living on their own, but they are not supporting theirselves. It drives me nuts seeing them taking advantage of their parents who are trying to support themselves. Anyways, back to the story. Henry (Rock's dad), Dianne (Rock's mother), Tatom (Neice), and I all arrived at the store. I glanced over to say somehting to Tatom and noticed 2 very girly things on her. I could not believe what I was seeing and without thinking, blurted out, "You have Boobs!" She got so embarassed. She was 2 when I first met her. She was this little chatterbox. Now she is almost a teenager! It pains me to see her growing up, but at least she is growing into a beautiful young woman. We went into the store and Amanda (Rock's youngest younger sister) and her boyfriend, Devon, showed up. We were looking at the different fireworks when Amanda demanded that her mother buy her & Devon fireworks so that they can set them off. At first Dianne said she would buy them $10 worth of fireworks, but she ended up spending at least $50 on them. She had to buy fireworks for Tony (Rock's oldest younger brother) b/c eventhough he lives on his own and has a job, he can not buy anything for himself. As I stated before, it drives me crazy seeing him abuse his parents that way. All I asked for were some sparklers for Shane b/c I figured he would be able to do them this year. He is deathly afraid of, "BIG BOOM BOOM." (That's what he calls fireworks.) I even gave them $5 to get me some little fireworks.

We got home and decided we were hungry. Last time we were down, Tony & Tommy (Dianne's brother) bbq'd and both Rock & I got sick. I found out the night before that they were supposed to bbq so I decided to bring our $10 grill that we got 8years ago as a wedding present & some charcole. We were just going to cook for us, but Dianne asked us to cook for them b/c Tony & Tommy were out buying beer & she did not want to wait 3 hours like last time for them to get back and start cooking. Rock & his dad sat outside and bbq'd hamburgers, hot dogs, & sasuage. Now, I usually will get the cheapest pre-made patties, but Dianne decided to splurge this year and she got Angus patties. THOSE WERE THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD! They had bacon & ceddar bits in them and tasted absolutely wonderfull! I was only able to eat 3/4 of the burger b/c it was so good and filled me right up. I was surprised. Shane rarely eats, but he ate a hot dog, a hot dog bun (seperate from the dog), mashed potatoes & diced pears! Dianne was amazed. She had not seen him eat that much in such a long time.

As I mentioned before, this was not only a party celebrating the country, but a b-day party for Brendan & Shane. After eating, we decided to do cake & presents. We did the cake. Brendan had a transformers cake & Shane had a red velvet cake. Surprisingly this year, Shane did not cry as he was sung Happy b-day. After that, we opened presents. Tony's son Vladamir was there. That is one messed up little boy. I love him a lot, but he has problems. I think that one of his problems is that he does not get any attention from his parents except when they are yelling at him. He is 3 and can not talk. Shane had trouble being understood, but at least he could speak some works you could understand. Vladamir just points and mumbles baby talk. His parents do not encourage him to speak correctly. Anyways, back to presents. Brendan was opening his presents and loving them. Shane was having a ball opening his presents. Tony & his girlfriend (at least I think that they are seeing each other at the moment. It changes from week to week), Melissa (the mother to Vladamir) just sat there as Vladamir tried to grab presents from Shane. I know that it takes time for kids to learn manners, who gets to open presents, but as a parent, if my child was grabbing presents and trying to open them, I would stop Shane. Tony & Melissa just sat there. Well, Tony was leaning b/c it was 5 and he was already drunk! I tried to get Vladamir to sit in my lap, but he started screaming and flailing about. I quickly let him go and noticed that Melissa was glaring at me. I felt like yelling at her to teach her kid manners, but I just smiled and tried to work with Vladamir. I finally gave him a present to open so that he would leave shane alone. Melissa & Amy got him some matchbox cars, which he loved and was so excited to get. We got him a Leapfrog Tag reader. Henry & Dianne got him 2 books, a caring case & an Indian Jones 4 poster! Shane was so excited to open all his presents! He was thanking everyone and hugging everyone with out being told to! What a sweet boy. Brendan got a bunch of Pokemon cards from everyone, a small portable stereo from his mother, a PSP game, and we gave him our old clock radio from our bedroom. The only reason we got a new one is that the color on the dial was too bright for me. It is an alarm clock, AM/FM radio, and plays a single cd! Brendan was so excited b/c now he could tell time in his bedroom & wake up at a specific time!

After presents, we ate cake & I laid down. I was so tired. I was at the stage right before sleep, when you are resting but still able to hear what is going on around you. I was in the front room, Rocky & the kids were in the family room. I kept hearing, "Vladamir, NO. Vladamir, STOP." Aparently Shane was trying to build things with building blocks and Valdamir would come over and destroy whatever Shane was building. Shane was getting really upset. Then Shane would shift his attention to a big Grave Digger toy and Vladamir would try to take it away from him. If I had been in there, I would have spanked Vladamir and made him stand at the wall. Tony & Melissa, Amy, & Tommy were outside drinking more beer and smoking. Shane wanted to go outside, so I let him for a few minutes. I had to bring him inside b/c even though they were in the front of the house, and we were in the back, we could hear their cussing & screaming at each other and thinking they were so funny. Shane wanted to ride a tricycle, but Vladamir kept trying to push him off. Finally, Shane wanted to come inside and he stayed inside for a while.

Amanda, Devin, & Toby started shooting of their fireworks around 7:30. They were blowing up gifts from ex's. They would shove fireworks up the bottom of the bear & try to blow them up. Only 1 bear got air. It was so awesome! It flew about 10 feed in the air, then as it landed, the firework blew up. It was hilarous. After about an hour, I sked them to not do the big fireworks and got Shane to come outside. I wanted to see if he would do the sparklers. He thought they were cool to look at, but would not touch one. Then either Tony or Tommy decided to start shooting of shreiking ones and that scared Shane so much. They thought it was hilarous. It was kinda funny, but not that funny b/c Shane got so scared. He was screaming and crying as if he had just hurt himself majorly. I took him inside and Rock stayed outside to video the fireworks. I went out around 10 and he was so bored. Vladamir kept getting yelled at b/c he would not sit in the back of Tony's van and just watch. He wanted to be right there where all the action was and part of the action. All Tony did was scream & yell at him whenever he got in the way. He finally brought him inside and returned getting drunker and dumber.

Finally, they were ready to do the grand finale. They set it off in the couldesack and 1 went awry. It shot off to the side right by Amy & Amanda. I was inside watching and laughed at first just b/c it shot off into them, but then I headed outside to see if anyone was hurt. Amy was crying and claiming she could not see. Amanda was trying to escort her into the house. I quickly took over and helped her up the stairs and into the house. The others were just sitting there laughing. I am glad that I was so focused on Amy or I might have said some things that are not very nice. We sat Amy down and she started having a seizure. Dianne kept trying to talk to her. She was telling Amy to calm down and stop. I tried to explain to her that Amy could not hear her but Dianne claimed she was only having a panic attack. That woman does not understand. She could not be convinced that Amy was having a seizure even when Tatom came into the room and confirmed it was a seizure. Tatom knew what to do. I was so proud of that little girl. She knew to keep her on her side so that she could not swallow her tounge. Finally Amy stated to come out of the seizure. We left after she got up and went outside to smoke.

So, it was a very eventful fourth, but I do not wish for all the drama. I think that next year, we will save up our money and shoot them off at our house or my mother's.

Bored

Well, today started out as a pretty good day. I went to a b-day party for a friend of mine last night and did not get back until 1 A.M.! It took me about 1 hour to fall asleep and then I woke up at 7:30! I was actually awake & not tired. I waited till 9 to call Amy & wish her a happy b-day. I sang a song rather loudly and wished her happy b-day and then hung up on her. It was funny. We went to Wal Mart! Yeah! That store TOTALLY ROCKS! Not really, but it was better than sitting at home. I bought Shane a b-day present. I got him a Leapfrog Tag reader. He will love it! When we got home, we watched The World's Dumbest. That show is awesome! I love it. I was still bored and so I went into the bathroom. I saw a pair of scissors on the counter & got an idea! Guess what that idea was. Here is a hint :



I CUT MY HAIR! I cut off about 2 inches & gave myself some layers in the back. It does not look half bad.
I am very proud of myself! It feels great! My neck is cool!

As I am typing, I am being snuck up on by 2 Vaders weilding lightsbers. Shane & Rocky just double teamed me! Shane hit my head, I started to pretend cry, he got concerned & kissed my head. They ran into the living room and started lightsaber fighting. Now they are watching A New Hope. It is like I have 2 kids. Wait, I do have 2 kids. Rocky & Shane! Those two are so funny together. I am even going to be brave and make Rocky take me out to dinner! I am going to ask everyone what they think of my hair.

Being bored with scissors is a bad idea for anyone...

Okay. So, I finally got the whole dentist thing worked out. I called them today and spoke with the office manager. In polite but fusterated tones, I explained to her that I had been waiting since Thursday to get a new prescription sent to the pharmacy. She got my file and looked at what the previous dentist had prescribed. I explained that I am allergic to the family of antibiotic that was prescribed to me. She asked me if there was an antibiotic that worked well with me. I told her that Amoxicillin worked great. She said she would get a dentist to write me up a prescription and they would fax it to the pharmacy. I called the pharmace an hour later and spoke with the heat pharmasist. I explained to her the situation. She looked at my file, and said that they had been trying to call Steve Reeves to get the prescription fixed, but that they had not been able to get ahold of them. I told her that Steve Reeves is my regular doctor. Carolyn Reeves was my dentist. Am I crazy, but when a doctor writes out a prescription, do they not have to sign it. Carylyn does not look like Steve. Even scribbled, it does not look the same. Does the doctor not have to have their information on the prescription as well? How hard is it to look at the paper and see the doctor's info and call them. The pharmisist was apologetic and very sincere. I decided not to be to harsh to her and was actually pleasant about the whole thing. I then called up the dentist office and spoke with the office manager. I apologized to her if I had come across as rude. I explained to her that I was upset about the whole mess, not at her personally. She then told me that I did not come across as rude, just understantably upset. She thanked me for apologizing to her and said she had never been apologized to before, even if the person was actually rude. She said she was going to put an extra star in my file. I felt good about the whole thing.


A few hours later, my daycare kids had gone home so, Rock & I decided to do some yard work. He mowed the lawn, and I cut down the Yarrow in my front flower bed. While I was on my hands & knees, Shane came up to me and climbed up on my back and fell asleep. I felt like a mother gorillla. Rock saw it and was laughing. He went to ge the camera, and my legs cramped up really bad so I had to shift posotion and Shane woke up. He got down just as rock was coming around the corner with the camera. Oh well. I know there will be more chances to take some cute pictures of that kid in the future.

So, Thursday I went to the dentist & got a crown & 3 fillings. The dentist prescribed me an antibiotic & a painkiller. She asked me if I was allergic to anything and I told her I was. I asked if she could call in the prescription b/c it takes me 25 minutes to get to the dentist office. She said if she called it in, it would take 2 days to fill. She wrote me a prescription. The whole visit took 4 hours. When the dentist was done, she left. When the assistant was done, she left. They left b/c the office closed at 6 & they finished at 6:15. I was left alone with the receptionist. It took her another 15 minutes to figure out how to do the payment manually b/c she could not get it to work on the computer. Finally, she was done & I left. On the way home, I was starting to get the feeling back in my mouth & it was starting to hurt. I decided to go straight home and lay down and let my husband take my prescription up to the pharmacy. I had just fallen asleep when the pharmacy called. The doctor had prescribed me an antibiotic that I was allergic to! Imagine that. They said they would call the dentist office, but I told her that they were closed. She said they would call them first thing Friday morning. My husband came home, and I took my pain pill. (GENERIC VICODIN!!!!! That stuff is great. It dulls the pain to barely there, and calms me down.) Late Friday afternoon, I called the pharmacy to check on the status of my prescription. They told me that they had spoken to the dentist office & my dentist was out till Wednesday. The pharmists reminded them that I had mouth work done & an antibiotic was highly recommended. The dentist office responded by telling the pharmisist that they would see if another dentist in the office would fill the prescription for me. They said they would probably not be able to until Monday! So, today, Monday, I called the pharmacy and they told me they had not heard from the dentist office. I told them that I would call them and light a fire... When I spoke witht the receptionist, she told me the general dentistry was out today! She said that only the peaditric dentist was there. I asked if they could give me a prescription for an antibiotic, and she told me they could not b/c they were the peadiatric dentist & i needed the general dentistry side to fill a prescription for me. I was so mad, that I just hung up on her. I am going in there tomorrow and I will not be very nice. I will be polite and calm and let them know that I do not appreciate their lack of concern for me. I am not a vindictive person, but in this case, I will make an exception. I hope that I get an infection b/c of them. I hope so, b/c then I will make them pay any relevant bills, and will probably have a position for a lawsuit. Anyone in the office tomorrow will get quite a show.

A Pet Owner Letter

The following was found posted very low on a refrigerator door.

Dear Dogs and Cats: The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge in an attempt to open the door. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - canine/feline attendance is not required. This includes showers, & bath's. It is not necessary to paw at the shower door or open it to join me. It is also not necessary to join me in the bath. A human barely fits, how is a human & a dog supposed to fit.

The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me first, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

If you wish for me to pet you, do not sit just out of my reach and meow/yap at me. It is not possible for me to magically stretch my arms to reach you.

Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the following message on the front door:

TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR PETS:

(1) They live here. You don't.
(2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture.
(3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
(4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.

Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they
(1) eat less,
(2) don't ask for money all the time,
(3) are easier to train,
(4) normally come when called,
(5) never ask to drive the car,
(6) don't hang out with drug-using people;
(7) don't smoke or drink,
(8) don't want to wear your clothes,
(9) don't have to buy the latest fashions,
(10) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and
(11) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

Girls Camp 2009

This week was girls camp! It was totally awesome. I was out in the 100 degree weather, with NO AC! I had to walk everywhere, well, everywhere when my bestest friend in the ward & one of my top bestest friends, was not available to drive me. Despite the heat, the sweat, the bugs, the heat, the sweat, the NO AC, I had an absolute blast. If you ever hear any stories about Amy Wilson & me, DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF THEM. I would never moon my ward girls. I would never tell stupid jokes in front of everyone. I would certainly never dance stupid during my cabin skit. I would never PROUDLY announce to all within earshot that I had just peed in the pool (which happened to be a 6,000 square mile lake). I would never get my bottom suctioned stuck in a kayak. I would never embarrass a 1st level that I had not seen in a few years that I had held as a baby. I would never walk around the camp screaming for the girls if I could not find them. I would never do any of these things. Okay, maybe a few, but not all. If you have ever heard of Lake Murray, Oklahoma, this is where we went to camp. It was so much fun. I got to know girls form all over the Weatherford, TX stake. I think by the end of camp, everyone knew who Sister Wilson & Westbrook were. My only regret is that I did not get to be over the same level of girls as Amy (Wilson). That would have been almost as fun as if we were cabin mom's over the same cabin! I pitty the girls who should ever be subjected to that... I got to save a cabin from a dead tarantula. They had killed it, but could not sweep it out of the cabin. IT WAS DEAD, so I picked it up, looked at it, then threw it into the woods. That sucker was big, but it was dead. They were just a bunch of sissies. The lake is part of a state part and even has a resort attached to it with an awesome water games area. There was kayaking, water biking, paddle boating, wave runner's which were not for us b/c they cost $75/ hour to rent, a water trampoline, 2 slides & plenty of room to swim. Amy & I decided to get on the trampoline. She got on first, then as 4 other girls were getting on, Amy was running around in circles & jumping to make it hard for the girls to get on. It was difficult. I got on and promptly fell. I rolled onto my back & could not get up b/c I was laughing too much. Then we tried to jump, but you could only do 1 or 2 jumps before someone fell making everyone fall. The water slides were fun, but not great. Amy & I went kayaking. It is very different kayaking on a lake with waves when you are used to a calm pond. Nonetheless, I was pretty good at it. We went way far out. We joked around with some girls who had paddle boated out far also. Then when we got back to the shore, I could not get out! My butt had formed a suction with the bottom of the seat. I had to put my hands down the my back to break the suction, then i just leaned over to the side and fell out. Everyone on the shore was laughing at me! While swimming out to the slide, I proudly announced to the girls that I had just peed in the pool. They laughed. Back at camp, I asked a group of girls I knew who had peed in the pool. I proudly raised my hand, and several other girls raised theirs also.

Question: How many girls can you fit in a SUV?

Answer: As many as you can cram in there!

We were able to fit 10 girls in the car at one time. That is including Amy & Me. We took up the front, the girls took up the back! The last day, Amy packed up her cabin, fit her stuff & 5 other girls's stuff in her car. The stuff took up the trunk space & the back seat. We then proceded to stuff 6 girls in the back, & another in the front with Amy & me! There were feet hanging out of 3 windows.

Did you know that if you want to dry your clothes, they dry fast if they are stuck out the window of a SUV and left there while the sun is shining. That will dry your clothes fast!

Amy and I also had fun on the toilet's. We were walking to the potty and a friend of mine who I served with in the Ft. Worth 6th ward about 6 years ago who happened to be at camp (cool huh? we connected & caught up. It turns out that she is in the same ward as my in-laws who are inactive. She is going to look them up and try to fellowship them. Finally I have found someone in the Cleburne ward who will try to fellowship a non-active family). This friend happened to drive by in her small truck and picked me up. Amy ran over and jumped in with us and landed on my bladder! I almost peed myself. Seriously. I had to go bad and Amy just sat on me. 1 person in the front of a small truck is okay, 1 plus size person is cramped, 2 people barely fit! We were laughing and I almost peed myself b/c of all the laughing we were doing. It took us 30 seconds to drive to the potty. When we got there, Amy fell out b/c that was the only way she could get out. We were laughing hsterically all the way to the stalls. When I finally peed, barely any came out! My unedited response was, "that's all?!" Amy started laughing and we both started laughing again. We were laughing so hard, that I could not breathe. I told her that and that set up off again. We calmed down, and I reached under the stall and grabbed her foot. She screamed and that set us off again! My sides hurt so bad after that.

Camp was a wonderful experience. I am glad that I got to go. The girls there had such strong testimonies and you could feel the spirt every day. I am blessed to be able to serve with such a strong group of girls. I love them soooo much.