White and Nerdy

Today I finally heard and saw Weird Al new song 'white and nerdy'. It is spoofing the song Ridin' Dirty. It was the funniest thing I have heard from Al in a long time. It made me realize just how white and nerdy I am! I have no doubts in my mind as to why I am single. First I am white. Yup that means I am white. I do not fake bake or sun worship. I am truly a white girl! Second I am a Sci Fi nerd. I love the television series Stargate SG-1. I love Jack O'Neil aka Richard Dean Anderson. I enjoy reading books with dragons, wizards, knights, and space travel. So there you have it world. I am not sure if that is a good thing or not. All I know is that I am proud of who I am. I am proud of where I come from and where I am going. I am proud to be a hard working white American! There is nothing wrong with not being white and nerdy just as there is nothing wrong with me being white and nerdy!! Now thanks to Weird Al there is a song all about me! You should really check it out.

My first Meth Mouth

Last week I had a patient who came in for an initial exam and cleaning. She had been in the week before for an emergency tooth extraction. This patient was about 35 years old. She was a little nervous to be in my chair. I did not realize why until I had her open her mouth while I placed the first xray film. I knew immediately that she had used meth before-quite a lot of meth. I chatted away trying to put her at ease. I asked her when her last hygiene appointment was. She told me that about 5 years ago she left in the middle of her appointment because it hurt so bad. In my mind I was thinking, no duh it hurt, you have a cavity in every single tooth in your mouth! I explained to her that I could numb up areas of her mouth to make the cleaning more comfortable. She agreed. As I was cleaning her mouth-which was a challenge with all the active carries- I told her I had just graduated and that I had seen pictures of meth mouth. I then asked her "So is that what I am looking at here?" She said yes. She then told me about how she had used meth and now her children were not in her custody etc. I felt bad for her, but proud that I had enough guts to ask her if she was a meth user. Honestly, I was afraid that I would offend her and that she would just leave my chair. Then the dentist came in and flat out asked her how much money she wanted to spend on her mouth since every thing needed a filling/crown. I think it would have been cheaper to get full dentures. I am not sure what she decided. I hope to see her again.

I attended UDHA this past weekend. I do not want to make this post too long but the last speaker of the convention said that Fluoride is good only topically and that systemic fluoride was not useful except for the fact it ended up in saliva and therefore was working topically. I have not looked into the studies she quoted but I was wondering what y'all thought about it. If this is true we can end the fluoride campaign and take that money and apply it to the legislative fund:)

It was so good to see everyone at the convention! I enjoyed myself and learned a few things.

Cutest Niece Ever

This is Shay Lynn Bishop. She is my niece. She is 2 years old. In this pic she is sad because she asked her Aunt Mair for another piece of cheese. Mean old Aunt Mair said no because she has been having some constipation issues and she had already eaten 2 pieces of cheese. But after that lower lip (which was lower before I took the picture) my will power was shot. So I convinced her to eat a little more zucchini and then I would let her have a piece of cheese. She ate the zucchini and then devoured the cheese. Boy does that girl love her cheese! Anyway, I just wanted to show the world how cute she is!!! So I was in Delta over the holiday weekend. My nephew Ty and I decorated his room with fabric cars and spider-man figures. We dipped them in liquid starch and stuck them on the wall. Shay wanted to help but once she realized she had to get her hands dirty she decided to watch. Then Ty and I had a small water fight in the bathroom while we were cleaning up....I am pretty sure his mom-my sis-might be mad at me....

It was such a fun weekend. We ate all sorts of veggies from the garden. I ate about 1,000 BLT and 10 lbs of fresh cabbage and 984 ears of corn. It was DELICIOUS! I love this time of year!

Now I am back in Cedar and tomorrow I get to move into my house. I am going to be living upstairs but the upstairs people are still there so I will be camping out in the basement apartment of the house. At least I will be closer to becoming settled in....

9 out of 10

Today I went to work at the pharmacy. I left at the ususal time but arrived at Albertsons 7 minutes late. I was very annoyed because I do not like to be late. On my way to work I have to pass 10 street lights. At 9 of those lights I had to stop! Can you believe my luck? I refused to let this put a damper on my day. I was not working with a 70 year old pharmacist who is not worth the $50 an hour Albies pays him to sit around and tell patients that Mary Ann will be right there to help them--in other words I end up doing all the work. I was working with Von aka Von Jovi! He is one of my favorites. He is so funny! We laughed today when we were so behind because with this being a holiday weekend people are stocking up on their drugs so they can have an extra fun weekend-dang all the drug abuse in So Utah. So I worked my butt off today and since it is a pretty big butt I had to work a lot! But you know--I am glad I have a job. I am pretty lucky to have two jobs that pay me more that $15 an hour. I really am. So even though I hit almost every light on the way to work this morning I think I still owe Fate a little bit when I look at the whole picture. Even though I am homeless I have a great place to stay and great people to stay with! I could not have asked for a better situation.

Here is a top 10 list of things/experience I have had these past few weeks.

10. When asked my current address I immediately thought to write Mary Ann the girl who lives in the basement of the house across from the house that a man broke into with intent to murder and was in turn murdered.

9. Even in Cedar City dental offices are broken into...mine was on Friday...

8. Soy milk is not that bad and the shelf life is A LOT longer that cow milk.

7. I did not miss starting school.

6. I do know how to scale teeth!!!

5. 4 wheeler+9 month old=sleep

4. DVR is the best-I did not miss Prison Break.

3. I still do not miss starting school.

2. I work with a hygienist who graduated about 2 years ago from Dixie and she wears her lab coat with her name on from school....I DO NOT wish I had not burned mine;-)

1. The Utah Shakespearean Festival is amazing!!! And the Humbug drops are the best!!