I blogged about it in 2005.

And in 2006.

And in 2007. – Wait.. What? Crap! Why isn’t there a 2007 post? Did I not go to the dentist last summer? HOW CAN THAT HAVE HAPPENED!! I am so DOOMED! I am going to hell! Improper dental hygiene is like blasphemy! I feel so wrong inside…

And now for 2008 – I would like to inform you, my faithful readers, that I am now at 32 years and NO CAVITIES! (which is even more amazing by the fact that I was a big loser and didn’t seem to go last year. How did that happen? How did time go by so fast without my cleaning? ARGH!)

I was really happy about my appointment today and was going to write all about it until I went and did that search thing to link up to my other posts and REALIZED I SKIPPED A YEAR! I have NEVER gone more than a year without seeing my dentist. Sigh. I am a failure. Lightning shall strike.

Though, I will pick myself up from my dejected slump to inform you that I tried a new dentist out this time. This is the first time in my entire life I have ever gone to another dentist to clean my teeth. My orthodontist didn’t count because that was braces related and not tooth related.

Anyhow I went to this new place, just around the corner, I rode my BIKE for the first time since I bought it (yes, I KNOW!) and because I was riding my bike, I finally got to take my awesome helmet out for a spin (since my other bike was a lost cause when I bought this helmet…). It took a whopping 10 minutes to bike there, so I was slightly early (30 mins) but that’s ok because I had to fill out some paperwork, etc.

This new place? Amazing! AND they said they liked me because I made them laugh. I am totally partial to people who find me enjoyable. It’s an ego thing.

After a long talk about how I should floss (I KNOW! But I HATE IT!) and a lot of laughter, I walked away cavity-free and with a new tooth brush, mini toothpaste and sparkly dental floss. I almost got a toy (since I had joked that the other place has known me since I was three and I still got toys at the end) but I politely declined and said “I have to grow up sometime!” Though I am thinking about it now and I should have at least checked out their toy stash. There could have been something exciting in there!

I shall now go eat something more than a tomato from my sister’s garden (though that was very yummy). I don’t know what to eat though and I don’t like to go into the kitchen because it’s a mess. We have had dishes on the counter and in the sink for like 2 weeks now and the thought of washing them all by hand makes me want to hide under the deck in the back yard. But they have been there long enough that some stupid spider has made webs around some of them and now I don’t want to touch them because – hello?? SPIDER! There is a SPIDER in there somewhere and I am so not going near that.

*shudder*

But I am hungry. What do I want to eat? Someone around here seems to be bar-b-qing things and it smells GOOD. I suppose I could take my bike back outside and go to the store and pick up some food, but I am too hungry to want to try and ride my bike right now. I might pass out from starvation!

Woe is me, and all that.

I shall find something. And I shall spare you all from more insane rambles. I am too shaken about the missing dental appointment in 2007 anyhow.

Ok, so that’s not 100% true. I did have one alcoholic beverage, right when we got to the reception. I had a Sex on the Beach (I love me some grenadine!). Other than that? I had a whole lake-full of water. I drank so much water that we had to stop on the way home at a McDonalds (because it was open) so I could run to the bathroom – twice!

However, I am beginning to wonder if perhaps it wasn’t just the water. I was up almost every 15-30 minutes running to the bathroom all night and this morning? I feel sick. Bad abdominal cramps and still having to pee at least twice an hour. I am wondering if perhaps this might be a bladder infection? I don’t know. I have never had one with nausea before. And I was sweating buckets all night – even with the air conditioner on (it was 66F in the bedroom!). I didn’t have a fever (checked) but I was clammy, sweating and peeing all night. It was as though my body was rejecting any sort of liquid that might be inside me. Huh.

Anyhow I am getting very tired of having to pee all the time. I have tried not to drink much this morning (some water only) but I am parched and the water (small sips) is helping the flippingness of my stomach.

It’s going to bother me all day – especially since I couldn’t SLEEP due to all the bathroom trips. I am exhausted. Sigh.

In other news, here are some photos from yesterday:

My lovely array of beverages. The water that I drank like no tomorrow, the champagne with strawberry which I never touched, because, YUCK! (Shawn at the berry, though) and my Sex on the Beach (sadly, no maraschino cherries to garnish it). This was at the start of the reception.

I know I don’t get out much, and I don’t like getting out much, but I have never seen brownsugar cubes before and I LOVED them! (I ate two.. shhh! Don’t tell anyone!) I had to snap a photo.

Me in my scandalous dress. Too bad you can’t see the shoes. I have three photos of Shawn and I and not one of them has us both looking at the camera at the same time. Sigh. Just once I’d like to have a decent photo of the two of us. Is that too much to ask?

When our alarm clock goes off at 8:00 a.m. (yes, we’re lucky) I automatically switch from the alarm to the radio so we can listen to the news at 8:00. Mostly we listen for the traffic, but that comes after all the headlines and sports, so the entire thing gets listened to. It’s only about 5 minutes total.

This morning we woke up to the information that there is this major police stand-off with some bad guys with guns IN OUR TOWN. And then on to something else… wait… WHAT PART OF OUR TOWN? Like, our street? On the other side? WHERE? News lady sort of left that out. I was about to enjoy my last Friday off from work for the summer. I was just going to roll over and go back to sleep – but there could be a major shoot out happening outside my front door!

I made Shawn take a look outside when he got up. It was all clear in the front and back, so I closed my eyes and fell back asleep. Heh.

Anyhow, that certainly woke us up.

I sort of wondered if I was just having another nightmare. They have gotten really bad again. I think it’s the change in the weather plus all the crappy anxiety going on right now. I know I am very sensitive to weather changes. It’s been getting cooler at night and the weatherlady on TV said something about different pressure systems. I don’t do well with changes in pressure systems.

Quite frankly, I just don’t do well with weather, period.

But I am seriously sick of these night terror things. A person should not have to wake up gasping for air, soaking wet and sick to their stomach just because of a dream!

Just sayin’.

I was about to complain about the fact that I have to work a 5-day week next week, but I am taking Wednesday off for a dentist appointment in the late morning and so, really, it’s just a 4-day week and then the week after is Labour Day weekend and so it’s another 4-day week. So guess I’ll just save my whining for the second week of September. Heh.

Going to a wedding tomorrow, as you’ll note, we are not in Nova Scotia. Don’t know what’s going on with that really, (the Nova Scotia thing, not the wedding) but it’s getting daunting. I hate weddings. Sigh.

I can’t believe it’s almost September. August hasn’t felt at ALL like August to me this year. So sad.