DeNtIsT

So.... the Tuesday before thanksgiving I woke up with a small toothache. As the day went on it got worse.....and worse! I was at work and was about to shoot myself because of the pain, when my co-worker told me to go to insta-care where I was prescribed lortab. I got home and took some, started a movie and waited for it to "kick-in." But it sure didn't!! I spent the rest of the night trying to fall asleep and stop crying. By 7 am on Wednesday I had had it! I texted my mom, because I couldn't even talk, and she came up to Logan and got me. SHE'S THE BEST MUMSY EVER!!

When we got back to Bountiful we had to wait a couple hours before the dentist could see me. It was the day before Thanksgiving so he had the day off, but was kind and came in to put me out of my misery. Here's where the humor of the situation begins, my dentist is a very interesting character. He loves, LOVES to talk about the most random things and is the slowest worker in the world, probably because he has the time to take.....because he doesn't have a huge clientele.

Before getting in the chair I knew it was going to be a very long emergency root canal, but I didn't care because the pain was too much to handle. After numbing me, I was a happy camper so Dentist decided to start yappin away. Here is a list of things he talked about:

1. How SNL used to be funny because of a certain girl, Barbara?
- Tina Fey was such a good "Sarah Palin" -Dentist
- Sarah Palin wouldn't make a good President, she should be at home taking care of her children.....who "obviously" need their mother. -Dentist
- Reagan was a good President, same with FDR. We need more men like them. -Dentist

2. Thanksgiving
-Making memories. "Robyn, you should spend as much time in the kitchen with your mother so you two can make memories."-Dentist
- Traditions. "I don't like yams, but they are always on the table. Nobody really even touches them, except for my oldest daughter, so she's making them this year. My family makes them with marshmallows on top, it makes them taste sweet."-Dentist

3. What do you wanna do when you grow up? -Dentist Me: "Be a clinical counselor for children and teenagers."
-His Psych 1010 class he took a million years ago as an undergrad. "Did I ever tell you how I conditioned my Psych professor to look at me during class? It was funny, he didn't even know it."-Dentist
- Hypnosis. "I use a form of psychology everyday here at the office. Have you ever heard of hypnosis? I hypnotize my patients. I tell them that they will feel a little pinch so they are ready for it, then if it's a big pinch- they're okay with it because they already had it in their heads that it was only going to be a little pinch."-Dentist
-Coaching his daughter's soccer team. "When my youngest daughter was in elementary school I coached her soccer team. They were the red cherry bombs, because their uniforms were red. They weren't very good, except for my daughter- she was amazing. Once during half-time, we were down 2-0 and I said that I put 'red cherry bomb magic powder' on the orange slices. I then told them that I knew they would score in the first two minutes. And you know what? They did!! I kept that up and soon we were up by 2 goals! It worked. Maybe I should've gone into the Psychology field."-Dentist

Of course this is the Reader's Digest version because this went on for a good 3 hours. Oh, I almost forgot one of the best parts!! He thinks that it's still 1990, so he was wearing a Bill Cosby sweater with a white turtleneck underneath!! The arms were very stretched out, after 20 years, and every time he reached for a tool his sleeves not only grazed my face, but on a few occasions moved my whole head. Yep. Love it. What a man!!