“She won’t sit still…”

Okay this is going to be a major vent, and some might see it as over reacting but oh well.

Today was M’s first Dental visit EVER.  I was pretty excited.  Told her she’d get to have her teeth looked at and sit in a big chair.  We’d been encouraged to go to this dentist 1: because Mike helped set up their office and 2: because even though they didn’t do pediatrics all the time they would see the girls.  Not to mention maybe a discount on care.  Oh and a con was it was out in Eagle River.  And when I set up the appointment I told them M was 3 and asked if they thought it would be okay.  “Oh yes, she should be fine! We’d love to see her”  (code: We’d LOVE your money)

So, we drive out there.  We get called back at our appointment time, no big deal right.  Then the hygenist realizes that I’m not the patient, that M is.  “Oh I have the wrong patient”  *me in my mind, great she’s an idiot* So she has us change rooms.  No big again its not like we were having to strip.  So we get over there and as soon as she asks M to sit in the chair, M freaks.  Well pretty typical right for someone never having been to the dentist before.  Plus this lady was COLD and just came across frigid.  I get her calmed down and this whole time the lady is standing in the corner holding the big vest, making comments… “I think she’s to young”  “She’s not going to sit still”  blah blah blah, not once did she make an atempt to help calm M, not once did she warm up.  So M is sitting there now with the bib on, the lady then decides whoops for got to get the slide for the pictures.  Great she leaves, comes back, starts explaining to M whats going to happen.  Puts the lead vest on her or what ever it is (as heavy as M is) and then brings the camera out, M starts to cry again.  The lady goes “Why dont you bring her another time, or to one of yours or your husbands visits.  She really cant handle this.  Kids dont do well at the dentist until 5 so, we should wait until then.”  And she put the camera way, removed the vest and bib and then gave M a tooth brush. (Only nice thing this woman did.)

I was trying really hard not to bite this womans head off. She could have tried!!  She could have made an attempt to befriend M!  Whatever…. So as we are leaving the receptionist who is really nice she tells me “She really is to little to bring to the dentist, maybe we could TRY again in 6 months or a year” 

WTF!!!!  If you thought she was to little why the hell didnt you say something when I made the appointment, they knew her age, they have it on her file.  No not one mention of it, she encouraged us to come.  What a waste of a drive, in the snow with the girls.  What a waste of gas.  Mike called and talked to them and they’ve given us a referral for a dentist here in town.  Alot of good it will do because I called atleast 15 different ones prior to setting up this appointment and they were not taking new patients.  BLEAH!!!!  So so irritating.  I’m more pissed she didnt try than the drive out there.  M calms pretty quickly if you actually make an attempt!

Be Gone With Thee 2007

The holiday season is over, and I’m actually really grateful for it to be gone.  We’ve had so much going on, I look forward to getting back into a routine, hopefully anyways.  I have a long list of crud I need to get done around this silly apartment.  Lots and lots of stuff…. loooooooong lists of stuff.  And yet I have no motivation.  For the first time in a long time I have two baskets full of laundry that are clean.  Meaning they went thru the wash, thru the dryer and instead of getting folded went promptly back into the baskets they came out of.  Ugh, there they sit gathering more and more wrinkles.  Oh well, most are skivvies and socks, and the girls clothes.  Its a new year and I decided I wouldnt make any resolutions this year.  Whats the point I never keep them anyways.  I got a really great gift from Mike’s parents, a Curves gift certificate and I just need to go down there and get started.  I think I’ll do that Monday.  I can go up to 6 days a week I think for 30 min intervals.  And I’m seriously tempted to.  We’ll see, I really want to loose a good amount of weight, I take that back, its not a want really its a need.  Its sad to think that I get so tired just going up and down the stairs.  Its not that I’m not happy with who I am.  I’d be happy if I wasnt so exhausted, and I know that totally is because I’m carrying around so much excess baggage it isnt funny.  I just need excersize and I think that will make a huge difference. The girls are amazing, V decided a bit before Christmas that she would all of a sudden start sleeping thru the night.  So now that both sleep thru its wonderful.  Although I don’t feel rested and am often tired. I wish that would go away.  The trade off is that she now refuses to sleep in there for naptime, she prefers the couch. M is so much fun, she talks about everything and has taken to having imaginary phone conversations with my mom.  Hilarious really!  She even told me she wants to live with “Other Mom in Meechagin” oh boy do I wish I could make that happen. The year started wonderfully for my family, especially after such a downer just before Christmas.  My brother and his wife welcomed their first child, a boy, on New Years Day.  How do you start the year better than that???  You just dont.   He is so adorable and I can not wait to see more and more pictures.  I feel so bad that my brother will be living so far away from them because of school.  We don’t always get to decide on where we live.  I’ve started to accept that.  And my brother has also.  Life pulls and pushes in so many ways, between careers, family, friends, and just everything else you just really don’t know where you’ll end up.  He and my SIL will make great and loving parents though. I’m really sorry if some of this is repeated I didnt mean to.  Happy Friday everyone!

Other Mom

M is hilarious.  She got a set of Little Mermaid dress up stuff, mainly just the crown, necklace, earrings, well you get the picture.  She missplaced the ring today somewhere.  So she digs in her purse and pulls out her play phone.  This is what followed:

“Other Mom…. OTHER MOM!!! I lost my ring!”
…Silence for a few seconds…
“Well wont you come find it?”
….Silence again longer this time…
“Its lost, Other Mom, please come help me.” …silence… “No its not in my purse” …silence…
“Please bring me another ring, if I cant find it.”
…More Silence…. *me giggling*
“Other Mom, Mommy is laughing at me.  Its not okay, its not funny. My ring is misdapeared. Make Mommy help me.”
…silence…
“Mommy, Other Mom wants to talk to you.” 
She hands the phone to me with a disgusted look. And goes “Hmph”

I could not control myself.  I laughed so freaking hard.  I know it will probably scar her for life or something but it was hilarious.  You’d have to be there.  She like totally was having an imaginary conversation with my mom.  She was also very mad with me for laughing at her.  We still have no clue where the ring is.

**Other Mom is my mom.**