I literally just winced as I was logging into WordPress, afraid to look at my stats. Hello, readers. It’s been awhile six days. Would you like to know what I’ve been up to?
Thursday & Friday were spent at SchipulCon ’09. The conference was amazing; I learned so much and met some truly great people, including this girl:
Yeah, it’s Kathleen from Kapachino! She is now officially a blog friend AND a real life friend. She is every bit as adorable in real life as she is on her blog and I love her already. We met up with Chelsea from Roots & Rings on Thursday night and had dinner, and even though they wouldn’t let me eat any of the Cafe Express crunchy breadsticks due to my “condition” (i.e., the gaping holes in my mouth), we had a lovely dinner and the 3 of us really hit it off.
I’ll have to check with some of the Schipul people and see if I am allowed to post the blogging-related stuff from my notes. Tons of great, pertinent information. I was totally inspired to keep plugging away. Lucky for y’all. HA!
Friday I left the conference early and went back to the oral surgeon. I was still in a lot of pain and he wouldn’t refill my Vicodin until I went in to see him. And momma needed her Vicodin. It was during that visit I found out I have DRY SOCKET. Whenever I say DRY SOCKET I feel like pulling a Mary Katherine Gallagher and dropping to one knee while throwing my hands in the air in true Superstar fashion. Anyway, he packed the sockets full of a TERRIBLE tasting medicine and sent me on my way. Basically, I almost puked because of the taste of the medicine, and by Saturday, it had already worn off. The rest of the weekend was spent suppressing the pain with medication, while attending a wedding (which was beautiful, and I couldn’t be happier for my friend and his new bride), having Stephen & Chelsea over for dinner (which was awesome, and I wish we lived next door to them), and seeing a good friend of mine from out of town. I HATE when I’m in pain and/or on meds, because I feel like I am not myself. I want to see people, do things, be my normal self… and most of all, above all else, I want to EAT. But alas, I have been commanded not to eat anything harder than a boiled noodle. I am running out of options. Today I went back to the doctor, he packed the sockets with some WORSE-tasting medicine, and I almost barfed in the parking lot. Then I went to the grocery store and bought 3 different kinds of ice cream to keep from crying. Michael has been warned that as soon as this is all over, he is promptly taking me out for the hugest steak dinner of my life. I cannot WAIT.
Well, that’s what I’ve been up to. When I haven’t been gallivanting and/or feeling like I am going to die, I’ve been spending a lot of time with this guy:
And this girl:
Wearing something that usually looks a lot like this:
Don’t judge. You would wear your husband’s college sweatpants and old T-shirt 24/7 too if you had DRY SOCKET.
Comments on DRY SOCKET, not to be confused with a dry martini.
From dottiedags:
Um you still look GORGEOUS in the hubs gear. And I am not just saying that because you have DRY SOCKET, either!
From Lauren:
I have to get my wisdom teeth out over Christmas break. I am so not looking forward to it after hearing this. Except for the ice cream thing. And I think pumpkin pie is softer than a boiled boodle. So maybe I will live.
I hope your sockets heal up quickly!
From Erin:
I’ve never had a dry socket in my life and that’s all I wear these days.
I’m so sorry those dern wisdom teeth are giving you such trouble. There’s truly nothing like the extracting of your wisdom teeth. Thankfully they don’t grow back! YAKNOWWUTI’MSAYIN.
From Tabaitha:
How do you still look so darn cute wearing sweats? Lucky girl! Hope you get to feeling better soon.
From David:
You can absolutely post your notes! We love that stuff!
We are also going to post videos of the main room this coming week. So by all means, spread the knowledge if so inclined. Great meeting you too at the conference! And it’s always nice seeing a picture of my beautiful sister :)
From Jill:
Heck, I wear that kind of stuff at home and I *don’t* have dry sockets. Hope you get to eat something delish soon. The whole wisdom teeth *process* just sucks.
From emilyjpaterson:
You still look so pretty – even in hubby’s sweatpants and t-shirt! Seriously.
Sorry you’re having such a hard time with your wisdom teeth ordeal, I had a rough go with mine too. Enjoy your ice cream!
From Chelsea Hurst:
DRY SOCKET… Also not to be confused with FRY SOCKET.
Saturday was fun. You were drugged because of your teeth and I was drugged because of my migraine. So it let the boys bond and become BF4EVER!!!
From mbowman7:
I hope you feel better soon. Dry socket is NOT FUN!
Head over to my blog I have something for you.
From Honeycutt:
Nice cookie pants.
From Kitty:
Awwww! I hope you feel better soon. You’re a trooper for getting up and doing things. I’d be spending the whole month on the couch and celebrating the beauty of not having kids before it’s gone.
From Sarah:
Okay, I am going to provide a list of what I have deemed as acceptable DRY SOCKET foods (no, I am not a DENTIST):
Kenny & Ziggy’s matzo ball soup
Kenny & Ziggy’s chicken noodle soup
Panera’s French Onion Soup
Panera’s Potato soup
Any of Randall’s soups
Macaroni & cheese
Any sort of liquor/champagne
You can thank me later.
From Nora:
Fortunately I didn’t have dry sockets but I did have a lot of pain. Stupid wisdom teeth suck.
And girl, you look cute even if your husbands sweatpants. Hope you are feeling MUCH much better.
From Kathleen:
Feeling’s mutual, friend. So sorry you’re still in pain! Can’t wait to meet you when you’re your “normal self.” :)
From Kelly:
I had terrible dry sockets! I feel your pain. get better soon!
From Joe:
You seem to accomplish a lot when you have dry socket. I’m useless with a headache.
From Kyla Roma:
Wisdom teeth are so brutal but this is excessive!! I’m so sorry miss, feel better!!
From Meg:
The medicine they stuffed in my mouth when I had dry socket was definitely the most disgusting stuff ever. EVER. Hope the pain & the grossness are gone soon. But hey, at least in the meantime you have an excuse to dress comfortably!
From Stephanie:
Oh, Lauren! That crapped they packed into your dry sockets is the exact same crap they packed into my dry sockets! And “BARF” is an understatement! Every.Time. You. Swallow. You. Taste. That. Nasty. Junk!!!
Food options-Baked Potatoes (You could do butter, sour cream, cheese, s&p)
Mashed Potatoes with gravy
Ravioli (Cheese or meat filled)
A pureed chicken and dumplings
Ya know…you could probably lightly puree steak if you were really desperate!
From steph anne:
I wish you had a better experience with having your wisdom teeth removed because I enjoyed mine and would do it again to just sleep for days & eat jello only.
From smile steady:
UGH… I am so sorry for you and your DRY SOCKETS. That sucks big time.
And I think you should know that I am currently wearing my husband’s old college hoodie, but with red puppy pajama pants. I make you look good, girl!
From MagsMac:
Hey gal! I am SO SO SORRY ABOUT THE DRY SOCKETS! I had them. They suck. Times 50.
I also wanted to thank you again for coming to the conference. It was super great to meet you!! And of course you can post your notes. Will you send me a link when you do so I can add you to our community page?
http://www.schipulcon.com/Community/
Hope to see you this Friday!!
From Katie:
Ugh, double ditto on the dry sockets — completely miserable times :( Thanks for being part of the SchipulCon crew a couple of weeks back – great having you there!
From insider53:
This must be the reason for no solid food. I am so sorry. I have first hand experience with this so I feel your pain.