Christmas: Merry vs. Scary - Post #247

Ah. Okay. Some catching up.

Thursday was crazy, the second to last day before vacation crammed as expected with five tests in seven periods. The band concert that night went well, though. My oboe solo in And To All A Good Night wasn't awful, and even got complemented by Matt Bellemare (that's really something). Then jazz band was AWESOME, especially We Three Kings. I played that one on my own, without Dan or Tyler. I had to practice for literally hours to get it, but I did! And in my own opinion, it sounded pretty fabulous.

It was a good Friday, because in chemistry we sang chem carols (The Chemistry Teacher is Coming to Town, I'm Dreaming of a White Precipitate, you get the idea) and plated the inside of test tubes silver. We got little furry moles wearing safety goggles for singing with such enthusiasm. She said we were the most energetic class she'd ever done it with. =)

After school we had the band party. We all watched my halftime show video, and everyone seemed to like it, then we ate massive amounts of pizza and watched the latest Harry Potter. Ari gave me a Christmas present, a Pirates of the Caribbean Mickey Mouse pin that I wore on my jeans all day. =)

That night was Rachel's third annual Christmas party. Yay! She was my Secret Santa, and got me an oboe shirt from the MAC championships, a Myrtle Beach shirt from when she went there over April vacation, frog socks, and a pen dude. Cat got me a present too - Christmas socks, lotion, candy cane Hershey Kisses (so weird, yet so awesome), a picture frame, an etch-a-sketch, so much awesome random stuff. =P

then Saturday was the Cosgrove's Christmas party, so I went with Tom to that and got to meet some of his family. They're really smart. It was a lot of food and CatchPhrase. They do this cute grab-bag thing with strings and a blanket, and I got to do it too, even though I didn't bring anything. I got a photo keychain and some chocolate and popcorn. It was fun.

After the party, Tom and I left and he gave me my Christmas present, a gorgeous silver heart necklace that I love to pieces and kind of haven't taken off yet. =) It's perfect.

The day after, I went with Tom to Tim's to watch Serenity with Diana, Bellemare, and their friends Koz and Olga. That was fun. The movie was good, and we got to make fun if the guys for completely missing the fact that one of the girls was crazy about one of the guys. Afterwards I have Tom his present, which he seemed to like, and said goodbye, as he is going to Florida for the rest of vacation. =(

Yesterday I play the second Harry Potter game with Calum for about two hours, then acolyted and read at the Christmas Eve service at church. Pepere came back to the house for a while, then it was time to sleep.

this morning, we woke up and opened stockings on the parentals' bed as always. I got some cool stuff, three coloring books, colored pencils and crayons, a shower radio, the Wicked soundtrack, PotC3 movie and calender, new goggles, some Bath & Body stuff, lots of chocolate, a Santa hat, and a clementine. How Arthur Dent.

As for regular presents, I got an iPod Classic (it's gorgeous), some ringtones for my phone, a sheet saying we ordered the Twilight bracelet (<3), an Indian bracelet, and an iTunes giftcard. Calum got a Wii, so there's been fun with that as well.

Pepere, Uncle JD, Janica, Aurora, and MaryJo came for dessert as well, so that was good.

So...the whole "scary" thing...I'm getting two of my wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow morning. just thinking about it gives me a stomach ache. I've been doing research. Mine aren't impacted, which is good, but now I'm really scared I'll get dry socket, which is when the holes get infected. It's apparently one of the most painful things possible. I guess it's good to get it done now, when I don't have to be in school and Tom is in Florida and can't see me looking like a chipmunk, but I'm still scared. I want to get a pill or something before I get an IV, so that the needle doesn't scare me, then get knocked out, and then have lots and lots of pain medication. Ughh. I'm scared.

My own personal plan is this. You know how when you have a stomach ache in the middle of the day it really hurts and all you want to do is go to sleep so you don't have to deal with it anymore? I'm getting my teeth pulled at nine tomorrow morning, right after I wake up, so I'm going to get as little sleep tonight as I get manage. That way, it should be easier to fall asleep when I get home. I kind of wish I was getting all four over and done with, but whatever.

Seven o'clock. Five hours left that I can eat, fourteen until they're pulled. Okay. I can't do this.

Looking for distractions.

--Iona