thanks to donna lewis, my dental visit was bearable, and a little encouragement goes a long way!

tuesday. it's only tuesday. yikes.

observation over, only 3 more to go (at least in the next two weeks). i'd also like to mention that one of our schools in the disd has the best staff bathroom i've seen yet! lucky office staff!

really, though? tile walls with butterflies? 

and then, i barely had enough time to get over to the dentist. on the way there, i was thinking about how to explain the broken tooth, i thought about gandalf, standing on my tooth with his staff slamming down saying "thou shall not pass!" and breaking off the back cusp...(thank you jrr tolkien, for broadening the scopes of my imagination), but i feared that he would have no idea what i was speaking of. instead, i said nothing and just let them begin injecting my mouth, which later told me, "lady, we need to stop coming to this place, because i get injected so much i'm beginning to feel like a heroin junkie..."

before i even got ushered back into the little chair-space, while i was sitting in the lobby, donna lewis came on the track with i love you always forever. my day was made! it's been ages since i heard that song-some great memories! oh, the 90s! and then it just kept getting better with more music from the 80s and 90s, including a great top gun hit. the dental assistant hasn't been doing her job for very long-it wasn't the ninja this time, but you can find that story here. nope, it was a rookie. i am a fairly patient person, so after about the third mold/setting, and once she got the temporary crown ready, she had to fit it about 3 times and it was still very rough, so i mentioned it and she took it one more time and did her best to smooth it down. so i decided that this was as good as it was going to get. i now feel like a have a sandpaper tooth. pretty gritty. i hope it doesn't rub my tongue raw! ugh. i feel like i could sand down some of stevie's custom furniture with my tooth...just sayin'. but no worries, it is only temporary.

i realized something tonight. i know that i have talked about love languages before-i mentioned it here. i was thinking about it again tonight on the way home, because i got a letter from brandy, and it was just what i needed. in the book, it talks about all of the languages being able to be meaningful...just that some carry a heavier significance than others. i'm pretty sure i've mentioned before that i think my major love languages is quality time. that said, words of affirmation mean a lot as well. gifts are special when i know that the gift-giver has thought about something special, touch-every once in awhile i need a hug (the boys aren't huggers...sad face), acts of service- i appreciate acts of service, but i often don't request them--call it the independent/i can do it myself/don't need to trouble you for it complex...so there they are.

so getting the letter from brandy was important because it came at just the right time when i needed the encouragement and "i'm thankful for you!" it's good to be on this end of that statement, and i completely feel the same way!

birthday all over again! thanks, B!

unfortunately, one of my friends had to go home for a funeral. she's been fortunate to not have experienced many deaths to this point. praying for their community. it made me start thinking back to several friends who have passed away tragically, seemingly before their time...it's never easy, and there is really no way to 'understand' or make sense of it. personally, i'd like a celebration. no somberness, just fun.

i had to go to a store today to make an exchange, and i found exactly what i was looking for!

goodnight!
julie