stacy saves the day

Well, ladies & gents - - - it has been quite the week here in Nashvegas. If I'm honest - it's actually been quite a couple of weeks!!! Daddy was frantically (& I mean F-R-A-N-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y) searching for a patient for his big test this weekend. As not to bore you with the nutty details, I'll give you the short version .....the SRTA (the test daddy must take to get his license to practice) is very, very picky about the type of cavities the dentist must fill for the test. Mommy had been saving up a few cavities for him over the past few years (ooooh - the things one does for love).... so daddy was able to use one of hers for the 1st filling. However... the 2nd filling (a class 3 cavity) proved to be quite the problem to find.

We had people all over the place looking for cavities. Popi was screening people in San Angelo, mommy was calling friends, who were calling friends & husbands & grandmas & dentists & strangers.... and daddy was searching through all of his old patients & all of the juniors' patients at school... it was a mess (to say the very least)! We were able to locate several class 3 cavities, but for different reasons - when closely examined - none would work as a test patient.

FINALLY.... on Wednesday morning, we called one last possibility in San Angelo.... mommy's long-time family friend, Stacy (we'd had a hint from Uncle Brandon that she might just have what we need). Sweet Stacy was willing to go into see Popi, so that he could get some good x-rays of her toothies. She went into his office Wednesday afternoon.... Popi told daddy that he thought she just might work & e-mailed over some pix of her mouth.... he filled another tooth that was just next to "daddy's cavity" that evening.... and got her a ticket to Nashvegas for the next morning.

Stacy left really early & got here on Thursday afternoon, got her cavity filled by daddy on Friday morning for the test, and headed back to San Angelo early yesterday morning. She deserves a medal for being so willing to do whatever was needed & asked of her.... her cavity worked out perfectly for daddy & we CANNOT, CANNOT, CANNOT thank her enough!!! Stacy was so much fun... I was feeling pretty crumby all weekend, so not only did she have to deal with the mouth stuff, but she also had to put up with my crankiness.

We also have to thank my sweet "Aunt" Kellye & buddy Mia for letting me hang-out with them all day Friday, while mommy & Stacy were having their cavities filled by Dr. Daddy. Both Mia & I were sick with snotty noses 'n' such, so you can imagine how much work it was for her to keep us both all day long!

It was such an absolutely wacko weekend... and mommy did not take the time to get out her camera much, but she did snap a few pictures when we took Stacy to see the Opryland Hotel Thursday afternoon while daddy prepared for the test. We were able to fit in a couple of other fun things, too, but mommy really didn't get out her camera (can you believe it????). There are a couple of other pictures, too - mommy stole those from Stacy's camera :o)

I've also included a snippet of video from my visit to the park with Mia yesterday. "Aunt" Kellye was nice enough to get us out of the house (to keep us from worrying about daddy's test all day)... thanks ONCE AGAIN, "Aunt" Kellye!

We cannot say enough about how very lucky we are to have absolutely WONDERFUL friends all over Nashville & Texas.... once again our family & friends saved the day!!!