Monday, March 10, 2014

Lack of Wisdom Teeth, Big, Huge Trips, and Big, Huge Birthdays

Greetings!
So, I haven't written on my blog in weeks. I have a good excuse, kind of. Not really. For a short period of time it was. Mostly it's just because I didn't feel like posting.

I got my wisdom teeth out. Yep, three weeks ago. I don't remember waking up. I was miraculously in the hallway with my sweatshirt on, being returned to my mother. They laid me on a sofa and I started crying. I remember thinking I didn't know why I was crying, but I just let myself keep crying. For most of the first night, I was just numb. Before I went to bed it was more of an ache. It drained a ton, but there wasn't a whole lot of bleeding. The next few days mostly the pressure from my swollen face was bothering me. I didn't take any pain pills, I watched TV, and ate a lot of ice cream. I think I got off pretty easy. It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. When I went back to see Dr. Fallon a week later, I was there for probably about five minutes. It was very fast. He didn't ask a lot of questions, and I forgot to ask him what happened when I woke up and how on earth I got my sweatshirt on. I'm a bit disappointed about that. 

Friday night I had a sleepover with Ellie which was absolutely lovely.

Alsoly these past couple of weeks I've been shopping and preparing ant thinking about two things:
1. My 18th birthday!
and 2. My upcoming trip to India!

I'm very excited about both. I got a shot for India which I didn't like at all as I hate shots, not because of the pain, but because of what happens to your body because of them. Also, I've been working on getting my visa and new, modest outfits (i.e. I went thrift shopping for skirts). I'm going with my grandparents and one of my favoritest people ever, Ellie St. Claire, the Youtuber. Getting Visas has been a pain in the butt, but I'm so super excited. I've never even been on a plane before so this is huge. We're going to do mission work, but also tourist-y things and hopefully I'll post all about it when we get home.

And now my birthday. It's quite insane! I'm turning 18! I had a party on Saturday and I had the guests write a story about their dream trip they'd go on with me. That was...interesting at times, but overall very sweet and special and I enjoyed my party very much. It was just my family and we had a good time. And here are a few pictures (the ones I feel I look best in, obviously) for your viewing pleasure:

Me and Ellie

                                                          


Me and my Uncle Frankie
And me and my brother, Asher