This post is LONG overdue, but i figured better late than never. This is actually the first post on my new computer and I am still getting used the spacing between the keys so just bear (bare?) with the typos. First order of business- I GOT A SHIATSU MASSAGE CHAIR!!! Elaura and I have recently been going to linens and things for the soul purpose of sitting in these wonderful chairs. I told my mom of their magic and she decided to get it for me for my birthday. It currently is kneading away the knots in my back as I type this. Also something I should mention-I am in college now. It is odd to type that but there is no denying it. Especially as I look around this cubicle of a room, complete with a mini fridge and a george forman. CLICHE! But lets not talk about college-I find it tedious and boring. Instead I will regal you with tales of my dentistry troubles. About  ten days before I had to leave for college, my teefs started to ache. I guess I shouldn't say ache, but rather they felt sore. So, realizing I had not been to the dentist in over a year, I made my sister (she may be my mother) clare make an appointment for me. The dentist was away on vacation so the hygienist picked and prodded away and said she would have him take a look when he got back. Floss and brush twice a day, and if you're going to have candy, eat it one sitting.  I thought I was in the clear and decided to turn my focus to packing up for school. But no! Monday morning, I am stumbling out of bed, still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes when clare barges in "Martha did you hear?!? You have 3 cavities!" Three! God. I was embarrassed. However, after I arrived at the dentist to take care of my little problem, he told me there was nothing I could do because the grooves in my teeth were so damn deep. I asked for a heavy dose of Novocaine, turned on my i-pod, and settled in. So there I am, lying back with my mouth wide open and eyes squeezed shut, grooving away to the Mama Mia soundtrack, when all of the sudden I feel a sharp pain in my tooth. It felt as though a nerve ending was exposed and the dentist took a drill right to it. Oh wait, that is what happened! My first thought was "ouch! cut it out!" Then I kind of came to and for some reason remembered the book "A million little pieces" and how James Frey got a root canal with no pain meds. If he can do it so can I! But then a third thought popped into my head. "Wait a minute! That book was a farce! Fabricated! Fake!" A fake, fabricated, farce. I went right back to gripping my ipod in agony and feeling quite sorry for myself. My teeth hurt the entire way to Spokane. Then they hurt the next day. The only upside is that it made my caloric consumption very low during that time, resulting in a 1 lb loss.

Hope everyone who reads this (two people) never have to deal with teeth issues. Oh, and by the by, I ended up only having two cavities. Yay!

-martha