The Root Canal. . .

I have had a root canal before but it has been at least a year maybe two.  I have had an infection in this tooth and was in quite a bit of pain up until this weekend.  I had been taking strong pain meds so that I could sleep through the night.  Since Mark is working I asked my neighbor and good friend to drive me to the endodontist  ?(sp) today.  I took one of my stronger pain meds as a precaution.  I thought it would knock some of the edge off.  Well, it did that but it also made me quite chatty.  I was talking up a storm with the office staff and the nurses and my friend too.  I know you guys probably think what else is new.  Well I was talking more today than normal.  I confessed to the staff that I had taken this pain med and they understood and said it was probably a good idea.  The did not have to use the gas and I did not have to get as many shots as I have had in the past.  At least I did not think they gave me as many. 
After my procedure I was feeling no pain at all.  Between the pain meds I had taken and the shots they gave me I was pretty happy.  Weeks before all this I had promised my friend that I would take her to Mark's cousin's jewelry shop which was right around the corner from my doctor's office.  As we were walking to the car I asked if she wanted to go.  She of course asked if I felt like it or not.  I told her I was feeling no pain and that it would be fun.  So off I go, feeling like I had a mouth full of cotton but in no pain, to the jewelry shop.  My friend was looking for those Pandora bracelets that everyone has been raging over.  She was shopping for Christmas for a couple of her friends.  Now my friend is on the right track, working on her shopping through the year and not waiting to the last minute like I sometimes do.  So back to the bracelets, she was able to get her bracelets and things at a much more reasonable price than most of the local jewelry places around here.  Of course Mark's cousin saw that I was a bit incapacitated and wanted to show me his new diamonds he had just gotten in.   I guess he thought I might have been an easy mark.  HA HA!!  Normally I would have been but, I showed great restraint.

First full week of school. . .

The boys had a pretty good week.  The each had their share of homework to do.  Thomas is having to work more on reading comprehension this year and I am not sure he is ready.  He likes to read or at least he does not mind it so much but he does not retain what he has read very well.  Jack's group seems to be concentrating on math more this year.  Jack has done well, thus far, in school but I don't think he has been challenged.  He likes his teacher this year he said she is very funny.   The teacher called the other night to see how Jack was doing and to see if I had any questions and I asked her about the funny.  She said she just tries to relate to the kids on their level and sometimes that means talking about boogers and snot.  I was a little shocked.  This teacher did get teacher of the year in 2006 -2007 though, so she must be doing something right and she has Jack's attention.
Thomas came home the other day telling me that Jack's teacher had ridden their bus that day.  She had sat up in the front across from Thomas.  Thomas asked her if she was Jack's teacher she told him she was and he replied, "I feel your pain for having him in your class.   I am his brother and I feel your pain."  You can imagine what she must have been thinking.    There is never a dull moment in my house.