So you know that anxiety I had that's been building since September 6th when I saw Dr. Oz and The Doctors tell me how important dental health is to my overall health and took it as a sign from God that 22 months was too long to go without seeing a dentist even though at your last appointment made you get tested for HIV?  3 solid months of dental induced anxiety with weekly nightmares and trips to Target for floss threaders, fluoride rinses, and an electric toothbrush (3 separate trips that is, I like to ease into my oral hygiene routine).  Not to mention googling "friendly dentists" and "sedated dentistry."

Well my Monday this week was horrible, mainly because all I could think about was my 6:00 dentist appointment,  I reminded Derek umpteen times to be home by 5:40 so I could get there on time.

He pulled into the garage and I was out the door, nearly in tears thinking about them flossing between my molars and scolding me for drinking pop and juice.

The dentist I picked was for the logical reason that they are the closest to our apartment and also gave me a magnet and travel size toothbrush at the community center during MG Days.  How could I not choose them?

They also call and give reminder calls before your appointment...did I mention that? Isn't that great?  Oh and did I mention I didn't get a reminder call?  Mainly because I'd been thinking about it constantly for 12 weeks so I KNEW exactly when it was and had been dreading every second leading up to it.

As I prayed for mercy and promised God I'd never do the dew again if I didn't have much dental work to be done, a light bulb went off as I was about .25 mile away from the office and I called them to confirm my appt. was in 10 minutes.

or NEXT Monday.