Roots

I had a root canal on Tuesday. I can honestly say I haven't been that scared in a long time. Even despite my mom's and mother-in-law's best attempts to tell me that it won't be any big deal, I sat in the chair with shaking hands as the doctor pumped me full of Novacane. Four (or five... I lost count) shots later, and I was numb from my chin to my ear and felt much better about the procedure. Now, two days later, I'm sore, but it really is no worse than a filling... as long as I don't attempt to eat on it or open my mouth very wide (you were right, Mom... there, I said it.) :-)

Besides getting my teeth drilled, I've been feeling drawn back to my roots lately. After a great phone call with my mom on Sunday, it reminded me about how important family is. As we're (and by we I mean my parents) working on finding a good new place for my grandma, it brings up so many emotions. The one I was most struck by with my mom was compassion. When I asked her why she can't just go to school during the day and be with my grandma at night, she said something along the lines of "Because she's my mom and has been so good to me and taken such good care of me. Now it's my turn to do the same for her. I won't just leave her alone." Well said. What goes around comes around, and I can't imagine how hard it is to make some of the decisions they've had to make lately... especially when you care so much about your mother. Thankfully, they were able to find a good place about 15 minutes from their house that has 24-hour care and a lot of nice amenities. The bonus is that it shouldn't cost an arm and a leg to live there (just an arm...). It'll be nice to see Grandma get the care she needs and my parents able to sleep at night.

We were lucky enough to spend Memorial Day weekend with Jordan's extended family. We spent Sunday with his dad's side of the family (which boasts incredible closeness, faith, and humor) and Monday with his mom's family (which boasts great food, lots of fun, and pretty impressive softball skills). It's a lot of fun for me to spend time with a large family (ahem, I have no brothers, sisters, grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc...). The dynamics are so much different from what I grew up with, but it's so much fun. We got some much needed time in the sun and time to relax, plus a fun excuse to bust out my first baseman's softball glove from way back when.

Hoping to post some pictures from this last weekend. Jordan is still loving our Canon Rebel XS, so there were tons of pictures taken!