A discussion of teeth and candy, for unrelated reasons.

It should be interested to re-read this in a day or two. I might not be too coherent, or at any rate, more incoherent than usual. I just got home from having the remains of my broken tooth removed. It's a good thing the husband has that new job, because oral surgery is expensive. I was given something to knock me out, which I muchly appreciated. I do hate getting my mouth worked on. I'm a little sore as the numbing wears off, but nothing like I will be, unfortunately. No prescription, just the advice to use cold compresses on my face for the pain and swelling. I don't know if that's because I'm nursing, or because the oral surgeon just didn't think I'd need more than acetaminophen. It'll only hurt a couple of days, though, and after all, I always have childbirth to compare it too and put everything into perspective! Labor - my gold standard. I am glad to got to experience that as much as I hated it at the time. It's very useful to know how much worse things could be.

Easter went very well. The toddler was very excited about her basket (which she got after church. We told her the Easter Bunny came while she was at church and left it on her bed.) The lamb is now called a lion (what the heck, there's a certain balance there if you think about it) because it's very, very furry. We thought that was the end of it, until yesterday, when we got a package in the mail from the teen's mother. She had very generously and kindly sent a few toys for the girls for Easter, but the package was delayed. So, I gave the toddler her stuffed toy and told her it was from the Easter Bunny. She was very excited and made a break for our bedroom closet. Turned out she wanted to play with the Easter Bunny and has decided (after Saturday's discovery) that he must live there.

We got another box, before Easter, for the teen from his mom. This one was all for him, stuff for his basket. It was rather a large box, about 3 feet long by 2 feet high, full of bags of Easter candy. There must have been $30 or $40 worth of candy in there. We confiscated it. He got the solid chocolate bunny, one egg containing a Nerd-like candy, and a toy we provided. We will be doling out the rest of the candy as we see fit. I think I'm beginning to see where the weight problem is coming from. The husband is going to wait a couple of weeks and then have a gentle discussion with her about not sending anymore stuff like that.

Time to go lay down. I'm so glad to have gotten this tooth out, and I'm so glad I didn't have to be awake for it.