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[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "Party!

My 8-week writing class ends today so I'm throwing the students a mini celebration with cupcakes and lemonade. :-) Of course, today's the day I don't feel 100% great. :-( And because I want..."

How did the party turn out? :-)

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "I am back from my road trip in the US and Canada and slowly my body and brain adjust to European time again.

I have missed you all, congratulations to birthdays and weddings and my co..."

Those photos were wonderful! As were yours, Johanna! :-)

[Jordan]

The party was great! I was able to surprise them with a bunch of uncorrected proofs they could keep (as you can imagine, the library gets a lot of them from publishers), and the special cupcakes were fantastic!

Everyone wanted to keep in touch with each other afterward, which was great too. I'm super excited to run the class again in September. :-)

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "The party was great! I was able to surprise them with a bunch of uncorrected proofs they could keep (as you can imagine, the library gets a lot of them from publishers), and the special cupcakes we..."

That's wonderful, Jordan! Also, it's great to witness how much YOU enjoy it all. :-)

[Anne]

Rain.

Lots and lots of it. I was supposed to go on a hike today with my twin who is currently vacationing in Oslo, but we decided to visit an art gallery later today in stead.

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "Rain.

Lots and lots of it. I was supposed to go on a hike today with my twin who is currently vacationing in Oslo, but we decided to visit an art gallery later today in stead."

Enjoy art gallery visit with your sister, Anne! It's not actually raining here, but it's cloudy and greyish. I'm planning on mowing the lawn later today, so I really hope it won't start raining.

[Johanna]

Images

[Jordan]

Mymymble wrote: "Memories

My daughter and I are clearing my mum's house as she's gone into a retirement home.
Among many mementos, we found something I'd never seen. A diary from my grandmother written in 1943 occ..."

Oh wow!

[Johanna]

Mymymble wrote: "Memories

My daughter and I are clearing my mum's house as she's gone into a retirement home.
Among many mementos, we found something I'd never seen. A diary from my grandmother written in 1943 occ..."

Wow — what treasures, Mymymble! (I bet you're busy reading the diary right now!)

[Anne]

Mymymble wrote: "Memories

My daughter and I are clearing my mum's house as she's gone into a retirement home.
Among many mementos, we found something I'd never seen. A diary from my grandmother written in 1943 occ..."

This is wonderful!

[Jordan]

nightguard

Got my first night guard from the dentist yesterday. I actually didn't spit it out in the night, which I totally expected. Though I did dream that it broke apart into multiple pieces in my mouth while I was walking down the street. Yuck! But I woke up with it still in my mouth. I've obviously not slept well though, because I'm exhausted today!

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "nightguard

Got my first night guard from the dentist yesterday. I actually didn't spit it out in the night, which I totally expected..."

I thought that something similar would be good for me, but I don't like the idea. Do you have any concrete symptoms of bruxism or you just want to get rid of it because it bothers you or might be bad in the long term?

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "nightguard

Got my first night guard from the dentist yesterday. I actually didn't spit it out in the night, which I totally expected..."

I thought that something similar would be g..."

Apparently, according to the dentist, I do have symptoms of bruxism. But also, in the past I have put teeth shaped ridges in my cheeks at night, which then hurt like hell for a week afterwards, making it hard to eat or brush my teeth. I don't seem to do it as often these days, but still, it's not something I'd like to repeat, and I'm hoping this will help with that too. I tried using my tae kwon do mouth guard at night once years ago and that was not a good experience. This one was much better since it takes up less space in my mouth. But... expensive. OMG. The price is crazy.

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "Apparently, according to the dentist, I do have symptoms of bruxism. But also, in the past I have put teeth shaped ridges in my cheeks at night, which then hurt like hell for a week afterwards, making it hard to eat or brush my teeth. I don't seem to do it as often these days..."

I'm glad that now it is better. I notice the _totally unmotivated_ tension, but the only consequence is that now and then my jaw makes a little noise when I open it. I used to be very embarrassed when this happened in public. Now I explain if it is noticeable.

Good idea to get the night guard from the dentist: even though it is expensive I suppose it is better. I wish you to sleep well tonight!

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Apparently, according to the dentist, I do have symptoms of bruxism. But also, in the past I have put teeth shaped ridges in my cheeks at night, which then hurt like hell for a week ..."

Yes, it's much better! Even if I did dream last night that it broke apart in my mouth! ewww. yuck.

[Johanna]

Jordan, hubby gives "thumbs up" for you and your nightguard. He's specialized in gnathology (bite physiology) and makes nightguards for several patients per week. Most patients get used to using their nightguard fairly easily. Hubby says that you just have to be persistent, and after a few nights the nightguard feels so right that you probably won't want to sleep without it.

He also has nightgurad himself — has had the last 15 years. And I have one too. It really helps me — especially when I'm stressed.

[Alison]

Hugs!

Hugs to everybody. I've been catching up on this topic after a few weeks and I think hugs are appropriate. :)

[Jordan]

Thanks, Johanna! My own dentist and all of his staff have them too, apparently. I think this will work out considering I didn't spit it out in my sleep like the other one. And I like that it's not big and bulky. The hard part was that I work late on Tuesday nights, but then work early on Wednesday mornings. So my sleep was already botched. Add in a new night guard and I'm just exhausted. But maybe tonight will be better. :-)

[Jordan]

*GROUP HUG*

[Alison]

Yay hugs! :)

[Johanna]

Alison wrote: "Yay hugs! :)"

Fanyon group hugs are the best!

And good to see you back, Alison. :-)

[Loretta]

Johanna wrote: "Alison wrote: "Yay hugs! :)"

Fanyon group hugs are the best!

And good to see you back, Alison. :-)"

I'm always up for hugs!

[Anne]

Loretta wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Alison wrote: "Yay hugs! :)"

Fanyon group hugs are the best!

And good to see you back, Alison. :-)"

I'm always up for hugs!"
Hugs are always right!

[Josh]

Mymymble wrote: "Memories

My daughter and I are clearing my mum's house as she's gone into a retirement home.
Among many mementos, we found something I'd never seen. A diary from my grandmother written in 1943 occ..."

Oh my Gosh.

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "nightguard

Got my first night guard from the dentist yesterday. I actually didn't spit it out in the night, which I totally expected. Though I did dream that it broke apart into multiple pieces in..."

I used one for years, and then all at once, I couldn't use it anymore. Happily, I think I'm grinding my teeth less these days.

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Jordan wrote: "nightguard

Got my first night guard from the dentist yesterday. I actually didn't spit it out in the night, which I totally expected. Though I did dream that it broke apart into mul..."

Interesting. Well, I'm still getting used to wearing mine. I was so tired last night I forgot to put it in, and woke up in the middle of the night going, "Oh! I forgot. Is it too late?" And put it in, and dreamed strange dreams the rest of the night.

[Jordan]

I just learned a great new word... but I'm so tired I've already forgotten it. :-(

[cat]

i rarely comment, but i am full of feels, feels that will not be contained. my word: excited!

reason: i just won a signed copy of one of josh's books. :D
i am happy dancing enough the cats are staring at me.

what's wrong with the human?

[Alison]

cat wrote: "i rarely comment, but i am full of feels, feels that will not be contained. my word: excited!

reason: i just won a signed copy of one of josh's books. :D
i am happy dancing enough the cats are sta..."

Congratulations, big winner! Thanks for sharing your excitement, cat! Enjoy! :)

[Jordan]

cat wrote: "i rarely comment, but i am full of feels, feels that will not be contained. my word: excited!

reason: i just won a signed copy of one of josh's books. :D
i am happy dancing enough the cats are sta..."

Oh, that's definitely something to get excited about!

[KC]

cat wrote: "i rarely comment, but i am full of feels, feels that will not be contained. my word: excited!

reason: i just won a signed copy of one of josh's books. :D
i am happy dancing enough the cats are sta..."

Very exciting! Enjoy! :-)

[Jordan]

Waiting...

I ordered the entire Dave Brandstetter series a few weeks back. I now have all but two, which I'm still waiting on. I hope they arrive soon!

[Johanna]

cat wrote: "i rarely comment, but i am full of feels, feels that will not be contained. my word: excited!

reason: i just won a signed copy of one of josh's books. :D
i am happy dancing enough the cats are sta..."

Woo hoo! :-D

[Johanna]

Education, education, education.

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Education, education, education."

:-)

[Anne]

Johanna wrote: "Education, education, education."

Amen to that!

[Alison]

Massage

I'm having one today! :)

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "Education, education, education."

Please.

[Jordan]

Alison wrote: "Massage

I'm having one today! :)"

Awesome!

[Anne]

Ice cream.

Cherry flavoured with dark chocolate chunks. The way the world looks, I need some sweetness to cheer me up.

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "Ice cream.

Cherry flavoured with dark chocolate chunks. The way the world looks, I need some sweetness to cheer me up."

Hear, hear.

[Johanna]

Gentle

[Alison]

Anne wrote: "Ice cream.

Cherry flavoured with dark chocolate chunks. The way the world looks, I need some sweetness to cheer me up."

Ooh, yum. The world cold definitely use more cherry-chocolate ice cream.

[Alison]

Trains!

I love steam trains and there's a steam train festival happening in a nearby country town, so we're going to go have a fun day out. Like Anne, I could use a little distraction from the world and a big gorgeous steam locomotive is just the thing. :)

[Johanna]

Lilies

[Jordan]

Oh! Steam trains are fun!

[Jordan]

PizzaParty!

A friend is moving away so we're having a farewell pizza party while watching more Avatar the Last Airbender.

[Anne]

Hospital.

As in being in one since yesterday and probably for a day or two more. I had a strange episode at work yesterday where my eyesight got very wonky for a while and I generally felt under the weather. My colleagues took me to a doctor and from there I was sent to hospital. They are checking everything especially blood clots and small strokes. I'm feeling OK but bored. But I am grateful beyond belief for our public health service. I couldn't be in better hands.

And remains an optimist 😊

[Anne]

Mymymble wrote: "Anne wrote: "Hospital.

As in being in one since yesterday and probably for a day or two more. I had a strange episode at work yesterday where my eyesight got very wonky for a while and I generally..."

Thank you😊

[Jordan]

Anne wrote: "Hospital.

As in being in one since yesterday and probably for a day or two more. I had a strange episode at work yesterday where my eyesight got very wonky for a while and I generally felt under t..."

*HUGS* I hope you feel better soon. Maybe someone can bring you some books to read?