I do this thing when I sit down to the computer - I tell myself, "Okay, I'm only getting on here for FOUR MINUTES. Just long enough to check my email, shoot a reply to that friend about tonight...oh yeah, I was going to read that new post on my family's site, and maybe I'll just take a quick peek at Matt's family's blog to see if there's anything new...well I HAVE to reply to this post...hey I wonder if this link she's got up here is any good...and has anyone made more comments on my blog? No? Must be time for a new post then..."
And here I am, 21 minutes past my self-imposed deadline, wasting precious nap time as I, apparently, try to make it to the end of the Internet.
No sense going to heck holding back, so I'll continue.
I went to the dentist this week, and it was pretty brutal. At first he's just showing me how to floss (evidently from the condition of my gums he thought I didn't know how!) and slides the floss between my front tooth and my gum, but then he ties a knot in the thread and begins PULLING this knot back and forth - not between the teeth, mind you, but between the tooth and the gum. My eyes welled up with tears and blood poured from my front teeth. I wasn't much interested in listening to the rest of his shpiel about oral hygiene; instead I was focused on using my tongue for compression against the open wound in my mouth and praying he wouldn't come at me with that knot again. He did.
Matt called him a 'knothead' when we got home, an expression I had never heard before but which, I guess, is a perennial favorite from my father-in-law.
29 minutes past.
I just got an email about a film that is being released tomorrow called Forever Strong. Apparently it's about an LDS seminary-teacher-turned-rugby-coach and is being touted as very uplifting and inspiring. I'm interested in the rare movie that fits that description, so maybe I'll check it out.
And at 34 minutes past the hour, I'm out.
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I think I've put that question on my permanent schedule to ask every day sometime between 10pm and midnight because I have the exact same problem,... grr for lack of sleep.
I always love your posts brittany. Who flosses like that anyway?
I totally hear you about the web--the infamous nap stealer. I've missed mine today thanks to it.
The movie is about the higland high school rugby team (they are one of the best in the world for 14 years) Their coach is Larry Gelwigs the getaway guru, and they took real stories from the players and their families and put them into a single season and a movie. I am also excited to see it.
1) Brittany, I work in front of a computer all day. I HAVE been to the end of the internet, and it's not very exciting. Just lots of black space...and screaming.
2) I can't believe your dentist only used ONE knot. I use three every night.
3) Did the dentist happen to have a giant Venus Flytrap in his office?
Yeah, Josh has it right. My bishop played for him at Highland and I guess he's just an amazing person.
I hate dentists sometimes--they can be heartless.
Was he suggesting that you always tie a knot in your floss? Ouch!
Also, I'm grateful Mike takes the computer with him every day so I don't have the temptation.
My teeth ache for you.
Sometimes I am convinced that it is my lot in life to offer sympathy. Mostly of the dental variety.
I like to believe that dentists will some day "pay" for the pain they've inflicted. Like, that their teeth might spontaneously ALL need root canals. Or flossing lessons.
It makes me feel better. And if it helps you too, my mission is accomplished.
the dentist?!! dont even get me started, i have serious anxiety about that subject.
I try to avoid the dentist at all cost, but we had to take Jeffrey the other day. He is still incredibly bothered by the fact that he has silver teeth and examines them everyday in the mirror.
Thank for posting about the movie. I probably wouldn't have heard about it otherwise.
If I added up the minutes everytime I sat down to the comuputer to check my (insert many thing), it would add up to an insane amount of time. what did we do with our time before we had the internet?
So I actually went home last night and tried to floss ONE tooth with one knot in the floss .It was incredibly painful. I didn't even get the knot through one time before I stopped. I think you need a new dentist.
ok i completely missed the dentist bit of the post ie i skimmed the first paragraph the first time,.. haha. but I agree with everyone else. you need a different dentist. I can't even fit regular floss between my teeth or even thick floss let alone floss with a knot!
Brittany-I have a great dentist that I will introduce you to. I am a terrible flosser and he has never once tried to kill me with floss. Also, it's not the same as nap time but I always waste my "lunch break" on this stupid computer. I, like you, always tell myself 5 minutes to check my email...and then I end up stuffing 50 fish crackers (lunch) in my mouth as I run down the stairs to let people in.
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