I’m Out.

Alrighty, I’m leaving tomorrow, early, so I probably won’t be checking anything until I get back.  I’m actually really excited to go… I’m a chaperone-type-thing for our youth group at church (which mostly means that I’ll drink a lot of coffee, which the youth pastor usually buys for me, and tell a few girls to stop talking and go to sleep), and we’re going to the PlanetWisdom Student Conference.  I went tons of times when I was an actual student, and I’ve been a whole bunch of times as a leader, and I’ve always enjoyed it.  Addison Road leads worship, and they always do a great job (the lead singer’s blog is great too).  So it’ll be great.

The only thing I’m worried about is taking care of my teeth…  As some of you know (though now that I think about it, I don’t think I ever mentioned it here), I got two dry sockets, and I’ve had the numbing little strips of gauze thingies in them for the last week.  The last time I had them repacked (yesterday), I felt like they were really irritating the surgery sites, and one of them bled a little bit.  So I had them just take them out this time and not put any new ones back in.  So far I feel pretty good, and I have enough Vicodin, Tylenol and Advil to last me until the cows come home, so I think I’ll be alright.  And they actually gave me one of those mouth-rinsing syringes filled with the numbing stuff that I can squirt in there if they get too painful.  It’s just going to be a pain in the butt trying to clean my mouth out in Burger Kings and gas stations… I’m not really sure how I feel about the latter, but I’ll just have to see how it goes.  They told me to eat softer food again too, so I have to bring a cooler with a bunch of soft stuff.  I’m not going so far as to bring applesauce and pudding, but I’m bringing stuff like really soft bagels, hummus, mangos, yogurt, and a whole bunch of instant breakfast (the kind you just mix with milk) for in case things get really bad and I don’t feel like chewing anything.  So that will be a hassle, but no doubt it’s a lot cheaper and better for me than just eating fast food the whole weekend.

So for those of you that entered the contest, I’ll be picking the winner on Monday the 28th, probably late in the day because I’ll be tired AND Monday is the day that all of our courier orders need to be taken care of.  So I’ll have to do that first and I’m not really planning on getting up any earlier than I have to.   I’ll email the winner and post it here so y’all can know who won.  To those of you who are soon to be entering… your comment won’t be approved until I get back, so if you don’t see it show up… don’t panic.

So catch y’all later, and pray for me if you think about it.  I’ll see you on the flip side.

(I sound like a southern surfer bro from the 90s… what is wrong with me?)