Turkey Day Disaster...

Wellll.....

So the title I chose for this post is actually quite significant because I did have a Turkey Day Disaster this week. Twas not fun but something again, to make you slow down and have time to think about things and to realize what you are really thankful for. In my case, I learned that I am truly thankful for and have taken for granted the ability to stuff my face every year around this time. Because this year I did not get to participate in the greatest day of the year to stray a little off course of your diet.

So it all started when I was out playing flag football on Turkey Day Olympics Extrav with my old youth group when I collided with someone I had just met and was on my team. We were prob about 15 feet or so away from each other (me unknowingly at the time) guarding our respective people when the quarterback for the other team threw the ball right in between us. Not knowing anyone was behind me I turned to get the ball when I got ran over by the 6' 3", prob 250 pound person I had just met earlier that morning.

Needless to say I went down right away and do not fully remember hitting the ground. But I do remember the taste of blood and one of my permanent teeth being a little less than inch farther towards my throat then it was when I ran to guard my brother 45 seconds before. So I of course was asked what day it was and if I knew where I was and all that, and luckily, I did. So I eventually get up and walk over to the sidelines with blood going everywhere from my mouth and chin and get a ride home to be inspected by my parents whether or not I should go to the ER.

The good news, didn't have to go. My dad super glued my chin together and my tooth just....hurt all day long. And I could not bite down on anything and thus got to watch everyone eat and thoroughly enjoy the honey baked ham, the smoked turkey, the steaming mashed potatoes, the grisly sweet looking sweet potatoes and much more. Now I did not miss out on everything. I did end up borrowing my grandparents blender and putting two pieces of apple pie and a piece of pumpkin with whip cream and milk and make it into a smoothie delight. So all was not lost...

But this morning, the day after, I went into my dentist's office and got x-rays and found out that I might have a slight fracture to a bone in between my teeth and significant inflammation. When all was said and done, my tooth is a couple of millimeters lower in my mouth and I have to wait til next week to see if I have to go to an orthodontist or the tooth will move back up on its own after all the inflammation goes down. I still can't eat anything but the mouth is feeling better nonetheless because I am doped up on 800 milligrams of Motrin, lol!

But, and I guess this is kinda of the best part for me at least, I can truly use the line, "well, you should have seen the other guy" and not make something up. The person I ran into had about a 3 inch gash across his right eyebrow and had to get 4 internal stitches and 38 external stitches to seal it all up. But at least he got to enjoy the festivities of the holiday after he spent three hours or so in the ER right?

So the moral of the story is....stay in doors at all cost and do not run into anyone!!