good morning

I think I need to start my day over.

I was just doing laundry; I took a load from the dryer and transferred it to a basket. I then proceeded to take the wet clothes from the washer, which should have obviously been transferred to the dryer, and I absentmindedly put those in the basket too (on top of the dry clothes) and took it all all the way upstairs before I realized what I was doing.

Want to hear about the rest of my lovely morning?
Sawyer was up at 5am. I don't really need to say anything else here, do I?
Then I had an 8 o'clock dentist appointment, which I was actually looking forward to. I love our new dentist and everyone there is so great and yes, I was going in for a filling, but I had just been in for a root canal and it was quicker and more painless than almost any dentist visit I've ever had, so I was just looking forward to getting it done and overwith. So I get all situated in the chair, the dentist and I are chatting away, and she gives me the numbing shot...
and then my whole face explodes.
Seriously, I've never felt pain like that in my life (and keep in mind I've had two babies, wisdom teeth pulled, and kidney stones)... I thought my whole head was exploding. A huge sharp blinding explosion followed eerily by the tingly strange numbness... all over the right side of my face. I was freaking out; not only did it HURT and scare me, but then I couldn't see and couldn't swallow and felt like I was suffocating. The dentist sat me up real quick (I was really freaking out!) and tried to keep me calm, telling me that it was okay, she knew what was wrong, and just sat there holding my hand until I stopped crying and could breathe normally to explain what happened. I told you I was freaking out.
So she finally explained to me that where she was "shooting" there is a cluster of nerves that branch out, one branch for the lower jaw, one for the top and up to the eye and one for further up... and of course if you get to where before they branch out, you get all three...
She thought she was plenty low to just get the bottom branch, but apparently my nerves are not where they should be... and she hit my whole face. Oh, and did I mention you have to break through the bone with the needle to get to the nerve? I was prepared for and felt that first ouch to get to the nerve... what I wasn't prepared for next was the whole entire right side of my face to explode and then fall off. She wasn't prepared for it either, and she felt so bad. Plus I think I scared her, I freaked so bad! I was fine after a minute -after all, everything was numb- but the whole thing was just so surprising for both of us! She sat with me and wiped my watery numb eye and made sure I was okay for about 30 minutes.
I couldn't see anything and it was the weirdest feeling... everything was blurry, but if I covered either eye, then things were clear. It was just that my eyes weren't focusing together. Freaky. Plus the fact that my right eyelid wouldn't stay up. haha!
My nose felt like it was four times too big and dripping off my face.
And I could hardly talk as my cheek and mouth had that huge numb feeling too.
The dentist decided to not do any work on me after that... she said I'd been through enough. Once I got control of my swallowing and my breathing and my blinking, she sat with me and chatted (mostly a one sided conversation, as my mouth wasn't exactly working) for another 20 minutes until my eye got mostly back to normal and I told her I could drive home.
And then drove home to tell Ryan he had missed a morning of work for nothing.
Fun stuff.

So that wiped out most of my morning. My face is just getting back to normal, and I do have some errands I want to run; I actually legitimately need to go to Target, but I'm just not in the mood. I really should, as it's supposed to snow quite a bit the next couple of days and who knows when I'll get out again. But really, I just want to curl up on the couch and take a long nap and then start the day over.

Now Ryan will be working late, and then he has two soccer games tonight, so he won't be around to tagteam the kids' bedtime. Ugh.

Sorry for all the complaining. It's actually a beautiful sunny (albeit COLD) day and the kids are getting along well and we're having a reasonably good morning here now that I'm home.
Still, It'd be nice to hit the reset button today.

And how's your Wednesday?