I think I am going to throw up

But first I have to tell you about last Tuesday

9.20

when we celebrated my mommy's B-day! It was so much fun! Jill came down from Heber and suprised my mom at dinner at the Olive Garden. After dinner we went and had cake and ice cream at my Brother's house. It was such a fun night! I LOVE my Mom so much! She really is the most amazing gal on this planet!

The gang, this is only a small part of my family. We were missing my 3 other siblings. Doesn't Jill look so good? :) It makes me happy

Oh and one more thing before I get to the throwing up part......

We went to the UDHA convention on Friday

I rode the frontrunner for the first time

I LOVED it!

And love these chicas..

We skipped out on covention for a few hours and went shopping at the gateway. :)

Loved that day!

But not today as much,

Today in clinic I about threw up...

Not even kidding.

Am I really cut out for this?

This week has just been so stressful.

We had a our first test in Professor Costley's class which was super tough

Today in clinic we learned... what did we even learn?

It was such a blur, we have so many things that we learn and has to pass of so fast I don't even know anymore.

Oh yeah, we learned about instrument design and which instruments are used for what teeth.

We practiced probing and exploring,

It was horrid,

I'm so not even good at it

We have no time to practice

and

we have to pass them off next wednesday

It's been one of those days!

Explore with me!

Clinic today was all about exploring with an explorer. It was pretty hard, I'm kinda stressing. I can't even figure which end is the RIGHT end to use! They both look pretty much the same to me. I will have to practice.... AlOT! We also learned a little about adapting the instrument with the line angles of the teeth. Hailey was a trooper and let me poke her gums! Thanks Hailey! :)

AND I was like Probing, Probing, PrObing OH!

I have no idea why I have Justin Bieber's Baby song in my head. Hahaha, but I do. OH my, don't even ask. Today in clinic we got to probe on an actual person! It was rad. We first practiced on the typodont which kinda sorta helped, but not really. Then we got to practice on a real live person and it was so much fun! I need alot of practice, but I loved it. I also am so pumped about America's next top model all star season. :) Happy Wednesday! No more classes for the week oh ya!

Intra Oral Examinations

Today in clinic we learned how to do intra-oral exams. Intra: meaning INSIDE the mouth for all of you bloggers who have no idea what that means. :) It was fun if you like sticking your fingers in people's mouths and filling all around.. which I'd admit I LIKE.

It was neat learning about all of these structures that we all have in our mouths that I never knew were there. Example:

Fordyce's spots, ever heard of em?

Don't worry, me neither untill today. I personally do NOT have them, but my bestest pod partner Jacque did have them. They are little spots inside your cheek just inside the corners of your mouth. Check and see if you have them. They aren't bad, just something new to learn. :)

So far I am LOVING every minute of school! Here are some pics.... ENJOY!

SPA day... Sorta!

Today in clinic we learned how to do exra oral examinations and boy did it feel lovely! I closed my eyes and for a minute I thought I was at the spa getting a facial. Then I woke up to reality and realized I was in clinic supposed to be paying attention. It was a pretty neat day. Learned alot about how early detection with cancer screenings are the key!

Vitals.. Nurse April to the rescue

Did you know that I have my very own purple blood pressure cuff aka a sphygmomanometer?
Pretty cool huh?! :)
It's dang cute and we even learned how to use it today. You may ask why we learn about vitals when we are studying dental hygiene, but we do vitals ( BP, pulse, and respirations) at the beginning of every appointment to make sure that our patient is healthy and that we are able to treat them without risking their health. I have only worked at 1 office in 6 years that actually practiced this. It was at Logan Dental where it was my job as the hygiene assistant to take the BP. It was easier though because we just had one of those cuffs that you place on the wrist and it takes the blood pressure for you.
I think it is a great idea to take vitals, I think that its something that I would promote when I get out of school.... someday soon! :)
Today was a good day, following a good weekend with my sis!

MeeT ViOlet

Labor day weekend was so much fun! I mean how could driving for 12 hours in two days with the Lewis family not be the best trip ever?

And our destination?... Yep, the prettiest place in the West

WYOMING!

We went to celebrate Heath's great-grandma, Violet's 99th Birthday. The drive usually would've made me SO car sick, but I got all doped up on motion sickness pills which are my new best friends. The way there I sat in front of the Yukon as Heath drove and just studied and read my little heart out. It was perfect. We left bright n early Saturday morning and arrived around 1. We had our taste of real Wyoming food at the Sundowner diner (YucK!) and did you know ppl can still smoke at places like that outside of Utah? Heath and I snuck out and went to Taco Bell for Chalupas instead. :) Sunday we went to see Grandma Violet and attended her Birthday party. It was alot of fun. She is the cutest little lady, and she LOVED having Heath close to her. She kept kissing him and hugging him. It was precious. Violet has kind of a hard time remembering ppl so before she realized who Heath was she said," I wished I would've danced with you a long time ago. He had so much fun seeing his grandma. She danced with her son, Heath's grandpa Max and Heath got so choked up. It was so sweet seeing Heath get so emotional and I just realized how AMAZING my husband is. Honestly, I have never met someone so caring, so tender hearted, so handsome in my entire life. I love this picture of him and Violet. Anyway, I am so glad we got to hangout with the Lewis families for Labor Day. Now, for this weekend.....

PEACH DAYS

and

my sister Jill is coming to spend the weekend with us so i'm really excited!

Weekend be here already please?

Clinic and my first test day

Today clinic was super biz! We learned all about Health history's and how medications can effect so many things in our patient's. It was a good day and clinic went by so fast! I also took my first test in the dental hygiene program and I PASSED! :) what a great day!