big, beautiful, white teeth

like i mentioned yesterday, i had to go to the dentist. all day today i was worried my gums would bleed or my teeth would be smothered with plaque, yea, a real pleasing picture i'm making isn't it? haha. but when i sat in that leather seat and the dentist assistant checked my teeth she was happy to say i hardly had any plaque. WOOHOO!! that's always great to hear AND my gums didn't bleed. =) i'm a very happy chica right about now. the only thing is, my wisdom teeth are coming in and my mouth isn't big enough to hold them. sooo gotta get them taken out. i dont think it'll be that bad because the teeth are in the middle of their movement. it was funny because when i told my dad he started freakin' out. he was telling me about the pain and the treatment blah blah blah. i guess getting my wisdom teeth out is just another example that his little girl is growing up.
i was thinking about that a few weeks ago. i'm a senior this year and soon i'll be graduating high school and entering the 'real world'. you'd think i would be a little intimidated but i'm okay with it. the only thing that's gonna be hard is going to be leaving my mom and dad. brothers are okay because they don't get all emotional. they're just like "yea, you'll be home in like 3 months." not so with my parents. every time my mom thinks about me leaving she starts to tear up. then i feel sad and i start tearing up because i dont want her to be tearing up. so we're two women driving down the highway tearing up! it's insane. i guess she's gonna be a blubbering mess when the graduation actually comes. my dad doesn't even want to hear about me leaving because he gets all upset. it's nice, i'm glad he cares but i don't want him to be so...attached haha. we're tight-knit so it will be kind of hard. but it must be done =)

wow, i don't know how in the world i got from my teeth to talking about graduation. i guess that's how my mind works haha! now to enjoy a pasta dish my mom has been cooking up. bow-tie pasta, diced tomatoes, and grilled chicken. looks so good and i'm starved!


"you're a shinin' star no matter who you are"