Thanks for all your kind words and well wishes. I have the greatest readers ever, and I love each and every one of you. If I could, I would reach through the computer and give you all a very awkward, very puffy-faced hug. I am doing much better, meaning that I can now get up and move around without feeling like I am going to faint and hurl simultaneously, but I am still in a lot of pain. I woke up at 6am this morning feeling like my jaw was going to split open, took an entire Vicodin, and conked out for 3 more hours. Basically I have been trying to take it easy, and take as many Advil as possible without overdosing. If the pain doesn’t subside by the end of tomorrow, apparently I have to go back to the doctor because that probably means I have DRY SOCKET. I don’t really know a lot about DRY SOCKET (it’s so foreboding I feel it calls for the use of all capital letters), but from what I can tell, you don’t want to mess around with it. DRY SOCKET is scary and relentless, will knock you out and probably kick your grandma’s butt, too. Let’s hope I bypass it altogether.
And now, it’s Q&A time!
From Cio @ …and then I stabbed a guy:
Q: “will you have a Christmas card with Pancho and Leia in them??”
A: Been there, done that! Last year, in fact. And yeah, we’ll probably do it again this year… are you volunteering to take the picture?
I know. We need real kids.
From Stephanie @ medium crazy (her question is twofold):
Q #1: Can we see a 4 year old picture please?
A: I don’t have a scanner, so you’re going to have to deal with a “picture of a picture.” If you think you can cope with that, here are 2 pictures I managed to dig up. I don’t think I am 4, probably closer to 2 or 3, but you can’t have everything. As you can see, I have always had a fabulous sense of style.
Yes, that is a Harley Davidson shirt. I am bad to the bone.
Because everyone loves a matching gaudy headband/necklace combo.
Q #2: “If you HAD to leave Texas for some reason and settle down somewhere else and being near family was not a factor, where would you go? I’m asking because I’ve come to think of Texas as part of your actual name. Like, you’re LaurenfromTexas Jones.”
A: Maybe that IS part of my name, Stephanie. Just like your middle name is Medium and your last name is Crazy. But I digress. Rumors have circulated about my husband and I actually leaving Texas. Those rumors were started by us, in fact, and are very up in the air. Long story short: my husband is applying to about a thousand grad schools before December, so come next summer, we could be headed anywhere. My friend Erin was all, “Will you have to change your blog?!” (Priorities, people. We don’t worry about things like jobs or housing. We worry about the web address of my blog.) Anyway, my answer is, we could totally be moving, and I have no idea where, but yes, it could be out of state. And yes, I will keep my blog. I will always be FROM Texas… I might just have to add a dramatic tagline. Like “Lauren From Texas… Uprooted.” We’ll see where the next few months takes us.
Sarah @ a life more exciting…:
Q: If you were a stripper, what would your name be?
A: Leetha Weapon. Confession: I googled: “find your stripper name” (not recommended) and saw it somewhere. Hilarious? Yes. Juvenile? Absolutely.
Meghan @ Sings The Magpie:
Q: Are toy Australian Shepherds as crazy as the regular sized ones?
A: Is the Pope Catholic? Is the sky blue? Meghan. If you hear nothing else I say, hear this and this alone: No matter what size an Australian Shepherd may be, IT. WILL. BE. CRAZY. During our last trip to the vet, Leia weighed in at 14 pounds, which is tiny for an Aussie. She probably in the “toy” category. Don’t let that fool you. It’s just as much crazy packed into a tinier package. When she is calm, it’s only because she’s storing up energy for her next spasm. We have no windowsills left in our house. ARE YOU HEARING ME? NO WINDOWSILLS. She ate them all. Michael will take her for a three mile run, she’ll come home, have a quick power nap, and run nine thousand laps around the coffee table. It never stops. Aussies were born to herd sheep. Do you have sheep? THEN DON’T GET AN AUSSIE.
Asleep after a snack of windowsill.
Comments on Q&A – Volume 3
From Tabaitha:
Is he applying to any grad schools in Cali? If so, that would be great, because we could then meet up, or I guess just wait until I come home to Texas for a visit.
From Meghan:
I was so excited to see that you answered one of my questions! That’s like having a celebrity give you a shout out. Only better.
Advice: You know that little syringe they gave you to shoot water into the holes where your teeth used to be? USE IT! From what I remember, that prevents dry sockets, and keeps the food from rotting IN YOUR MOUTH. Totally gross.
I hope you feel better soon.
Question for next week: What do you do for a living? You are allowed to be vague if you don’t wanna mix work with blog. :)
From sarah:
apply to JAPAN! woot. we would rock the town, you am\nd me together. wham.
From Sami:
Oh man, I hope your wisdom tooth sadness clears up! I had mine removed three years ago and I was pretty much in an Oxycodone coma for two weeks after. Oh, and one of my sockets got infected — I never knew one’s head could swell so big…. ugh… hang in there!
btw, i have a present for you at my blog! :D (not sure if i mentioned it in another comment yet or not, i have suuuuch a bad memmory!)
From sarah:
I’m not dentist, so I don’t know what a DRY SOCKET is, but it sounds painful and I hate any doctor that has to do work in your mouth (like what sort of demented person goes to school to look at teeth). So for these reasons, I hope you are a-okay (oh yeah, and I hope the pain goes away too).
I love Leia’s expression in that picture (that’s the Australian, right?). She looks like she has no idea WTF is going on. I kind of want to steal her, but I also really like windowsills, so I am a little up in the air.
I really enjoyed your pictures of pictures, but I have a question…in one of the pictures you have unusually large feet but in the other you do not. Was one picture pre-corrective-foot surgery and one post-surgery?
Leetha Weapon! I may have spit orange juice on my keyboard when I read that.
I am sorry your dog is crazy, but she’s cute so that should make up for it.
New question: What is your favorite zoo animal?
From Chelsea Hurst:
But I LOVE Leia!
From reen:
I ASKED YOU ABOUT JOB AND HOUSING TOO, GET OVER YASELF.
ps: I am totally loving Little Lauren. I almost died! You haven’t changed 1 bit! SERIOUSLY!
From Kathleen:
First of all, DON’T MOVE! I am only just about to meet you! Secondly, you didn’t actually answer that question. It wasn’t mine so I guess I can’t complain too much, but where would you LIKE to move, other than Texas?
MY DOG ATE OUR WINDOWSILL TOO!! Any ideas on how to make it look better??
From dottiedags:
NOOOOOO to the leaving Texas thing. I’m starting to take it personal. Seems like every person I meet here is on the verge of leaving. I NEED SOME TEXAS LIFERS, STAT! Would you guys move back? Does Michael know there are TONS of grad schools IN Texas? In fact I just googled him a list [I wish I were kidding]:
http://education-portal.com/list_of_graduate_schools_in_texas.html
I’m just sayin!
From dottiedags:
P.S. Obviously we ignore the whole “A&M” thing but you knew that!
From Kyla Roma:
lol! Oh my goodness, the last picture killed me- too cute!
We had a border collie and they’re the same way, born to one, extremely specific thing, and while lovely it makes them odd. Cute though!
From Cio:
a) lol. ummmmmm, Yeah. I’ll volunteer. (See my latest blog post for details )
b) i love that you’re wearing pearls in the second picture. hehehe
c) I gasped and teared up when you said you could be moving next summer. Please don’t. I might die.
d) ahahaha. Leia. (the picture) that’s how i feel when I come home from work…minus the eating of the windowsill. maybe they like it cause it looks and feels like bone?
From mandy:
That last picture made me laugh. How cute! I am guessing you didnt feel the same way though after witnessing the windowsill. I’ve had similar questions about my blog “What if you move you a big city, then you won’t be just a small town girl?” Much like yourself, I will always be just a small townn girl regardless of whether I live in a small town or a big city.
From mediumcrazy:
Yeah I’m with Meghan, not to be gross but I’ll never forget when I had my wisdom teeth out and I used one of those water spray picks, and an enormous piece of chicken came out that I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WAS THERE. Because those holes in your mouth are HUGE. True story. And this was weeks after having the surgery. So, moral of my story, buy one of those things and wash out your massive mouth holes. Hope you feel better soon!!
From katyhelena:
Fun questions, enjoyed reading the answer!
Wherever you go, you’re always a Texan. :)
From Kitty:
Ouch! Those windowsills look rough! That’s gonna be a sucker when you move. Solution: Don’t move. Texas will not be the same without you…not that I’ve been there, but I’m sure there would have to be a day of mourning or something.
From Julie D.:
MOVE TO CHICAGO!!! :)