It's not always fun to go to the dentist...

But before I get to that, I'll mention how we wrapped up our trip "up north" to Gwinnett County.  Karen was gracious enough to invite a bunch of old friends from church over for an evening catching up, and they were gracious enough to tolerate me telling them all about Creative Memories.  It felt wonderful to be in a room filled with inspiring, Christian women that I had spent so much time with in the past.  Relationships are so important!  Everyone there had challenged me to grow in some way and it was neat to have them all in one place.  The next evening our old playgroup (minus Mike, who was very missed by all)  was back together at the Milak's house for a BBQ dinner.  It felt as if a year hadn't passed at all - surreal, really.   One of the other hightlights of our visit to Gwinnett was getting to shop at Costco.  Boy, I miss that place!

This week, the girls, Cindy and I went to see Are We Done Yet?  I wouldn't call it the best movie ever, but it was a fun diversion for an afternoon, made all the better by the fact that Cindy treated.  "Free" movies always seem better to me!  It had one of the guys from Scrubs in it and I just love watching him because he's so darn hilarious.  We all also got out to the zoo, meeting up with Karen and her kids and Maribel and her kids.  Cindy was in kid overload, but I think we all had a fun time.  Zoo Atlanta isn't a very big zoo, but it is really well done and they have some of our favorites.  Their only problem is being too expensive for a day visit.  $19 for a zoo you can get all through in less than 3 hours is just too high.

So, that brings us to dentistry.  I had my check-up and my teeth are fine even though I almost never remember to floss.  Jillian had a small cavity.  But my poor sweet Marisa.  Today she had to get crowns on two of her molars.   She did great for the procedure, but did not handle the numb sensation afterwards.  She bit her lip over and over and ended up with a hugely swollen lower lip.  It looks so awful and it breaks my heart.  I just couldn't get her to understand that she had to leave it alone.  I'll have to come up with a proactive plan for the next time she gets numbed up for a  procedure.