Dentist

Just got back from the dentist's office this afternoon.  It was my first visit with that dentist (and my first visit in about three years).  I have perfectly healthy teeth and gums!!  But, I have a pretty severe TMJ problem, just like my sister (only I'm taking care of mine sooner than she did, so hopefully I won't have the same problems and expenses as Ashley). 

No cleaning for this appointment, just x-rays and poking around.  I have an appointment in a couple of weeks to have my teeth cleaned and impressions made for a splint.  After the splint is fabricated, we'll see where my jaw WANTS to be, and not where my teeth are making it go.  Hopefully it doesn't move too far and I don't end up needing ortho work (again!).  Hopefully the splint will just fix everything and I won't even have to be referred to a TMJ specialist!

I had originally made an appointment to see a dentist because my jaw was giving me lots of problems.  Couldn't chew on the right side of my mouth without the left side of my jaw hurting, I think I was grinding my jaw during work (high stress right now, as my workload tripled a month ago), and possibly during sleep.  Also, I couldn't even bite down all the way - my molars wouldn't touch each other.  By the time I made it into the dentist today, that had gone away, but it's still sore, and I'm still getting headaches.  Hopefully we can put an end to it soon, and I think my dental insurance will cover most of this!

Not much else to say at this point.  Kinda nice to get off work after only five hours AND feel like I accomplished more today than I did yesterday in eight hours of work!

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Concert weekend

Aaron and I got to go see Mason Jennings in concert at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis last night, thanks to my dad (a birthday present). The concert was great! I was worried I wouldn't know many of the songs, because I don't have a full album of his work, not even one, I have just downloaded songs from the internet, and kept the ones I liked. Fortunately, I had downloaded fairly popular songs!

The opening act was Zach Gill, from California. He sang witty songs, clever lines, and made the audience laugh. He reminded me of a non-country Jalan Crossland, for those of you who know who he is. Then Mason Jennings came out, and had Zach Gill on keyboard for most of the show, except for the songs that didn't require keyboard, or the songs that Mason himself played keyboard. I have some pictures from the concert that were fairly decent, considering we weren't close enough that a flash bulb would do any good, and I had to take a bunch with different ISO and exposure settings to get it just right.








We weren't terribly close, but it was a small theater, with good sound, and no one was sitting in front of us, so that always helps :)

Here are some videos I found on YouTube, as well.





I could only find a couple that I could link from YouTube that weren't live (just doesn't sound as good). Oh well. Enjoy! I know I did!

Ooofta

It's been a while since I last posted, sorry.  Work has been crazy-busy with my full caseload, and usually when I get home, I don't feel like recapping my day.  Last weekend Aaron and I didn't do anything, which was nice.  This weekend, we drove to Hudson, Wisconsin for a wedding - one of Aaron's co-workers got married.  It was a lot of fun. 

There was a long Catholic mass/ceremony, and you could tell that not many of their friends and family were Catholic, as they didn't know when to stand or sit, or what words to say or sing.  I was able to help Aaron and the other people around us to know when to stand, and when to shake hands and say "Peace be with you."  I think the last time I was at mass was during another wedding, back in 2006, I think.  Needless to say, I was a little rusty, but it was all very familiar, and kind of like riding a bike - you just never forget.

The weather was beautiful, the trees in Hudson are great oranges and reds, just the way I like 'em. 

I got to see Jess and Bret's baby for the first time - he's four weeks old now.  What a cutie.  I was holding him and burping him, and he just wasn't burping or anything, and then all of the sudden, he turns his head and spews all down the side of my shirt.  Oh well, it dried up pretty quick, and didn't leave any stains.  I knew what I was getting into when I got him.

The leaves out here are starting to drop rapidly - I'm watching them shower off the trees in the back yard through the window right now.  So we definitely want to plan the wedding for before the leaves all drop. 

Well, that's about it for me.  Two weeks' worth, and barely a full post. 

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