The queen
Went to see my dentist yesterday to get my temporary crown put in and also a filling in another tooth. I was there for over 3 hours. I managed to watch The Wedding Planner 1.5 times. "Watch" meaning it was playing on the screen next to my chair and ran throughout the procedure of drilling and shots and drilling and shots. When I sat down I caught the last 10-15 minutes and the first 5-10 minutes of the movie. And then I was laid back and hung out that way for about 90 minutes of torture - I could hear the movie, but I couldn't see it. Then, when he was done with the drilling I sat there watching the last 15 minutes and the first 5-10 minutes again while I waited for the temporary crown to be molded prior to insertion into my mouth.
It's a little disconcerting to hear that drilling sound behind you when you're at the dentist.
1.5 viewings of The Wedding Planner = way too much J.Lo. But it also = still not enough Matthew McConaghey. So does that make it a wash?
Anyhow, 3+ hours and 3 shots of novocaine later I spent the afternoon trying not to chew off the right side of my lower lip (somehow it got slightly mangled as the day went on). I go back in 2 weeks to get the permanent crown and then I'm done with the dentist for the rest of my life. No, that's not true. I have been asked to go back in 3 months for a cleaning that didn't get finished since it had been 8 years since my last trip to a dentist's torture chamber.
Superstar!
Our small group meeting was great last night. As we all get to know each other better, the discussions get deeper and we get looser. There was a hilarious moment last night when one of the women very passionately spoke about something she learned this week. When she was done and she realized how passionate she had been, she poked her fingers into her armpits, sniffed them, and then dropped from her chair to a knee with her arms stretched up to the sky and whispered, "Superstar!"
Most of us cracked up - I did for sure. I had to explain the pop culture reference to Beau and then he kind of chuckled, but I think it was more at the general silliness than that what she did was brilliant parody.