Busy weekend

We have had a great weekend, well except for the INTENSE pain I have been in since last night.

Friday afternoon we had a family photo shoot with the lovely Caroline from Mihaja Photography. The afternoon wasn't the best, we were hoping for some beautiful sunset shots, but the photos I have seen so far are just beautiful - I love them all! The kids loved it, Xav was hard to capture, but my little aspiring model was perfect. She loves the camera, loves being in front of it and poses perfectly. She's actually doing another photo shoot for Caroline next month, it'll involve lots of afternoon light, a white horse and a field up on Mt Tamborine. She can't wait, especially since finding out that a horse will be involved! She's announced to me last week that when she gets older and has a job, she wants to be a yoga teacher AND a midwife. Well, since the photo shoot, she has decided to add model to her career aspirations too.

After the shoot, I headed up to one of our favourite fish and chip shops in Palm Beach to get dinner and then we sat by the beach eating and swatting pesky mosquito's.

Saturday started bright and early, we headed up to Brisbane to visit the Mathilda markets and also to go to a 2nd Birthday Party. I've been wanting to visit these markets for ages, I love looking at all the beautiful one-off designs. This market was going to be extra special though, because I was going to meet one of my favourite Bloggers - the lovely Penny!

The markets are brilliant, and if I hadn't of left my damn wallet at home I would of spent lots of dollars. I did have free range on Duane's card though, so managed to pick up a few presents. One was from Frankie Rose, Penny's gorgeous clothing line. It was fantastic to meet her after following her blog for the last 2 years or so. I stumbled upon it through another blog I love (Hi Ave!) and once I realised that her oldest boy's name is Xavier Thomas too - I have been hooked! I love reading about her life with 3 gorgeous children, which although at times looks hard - still hasn't turned me off a 3rd! Penny is just gorgeous in real life, it's a shame we only got to have a quick chat as I could have easily spent the afternoon with her talking over a few glasses of wine. Next time!

After the markets we headed over to Hazel's 2nd birthday party. Hazel is one of the most beautiful little girls that I have even seen. She is so cherubic, with big brown eyes surrounded by the most stunning eyelashes, all topped of with a mop of curly brown hair. She is divine. Anyway, we were there to celebrate her 2nd birthday and also to meet her brand new little brother Felix! Renae and Anton certainly have the making cute babies thing down pat, Felix is just as adorable as his big sister.

It was a great morning of catching up, eating yummy food and cuddling a very sleepy newborn.

We headed home about 1.30pm and all crashed for a well deserved afternoon sleep. I made yummy san boy choi for dinner and we ate it outside, grateful for the cool breeze to break up the muggy afternoon. Just after I'd taken my last mouthful, my front tooth started spasming in excruciating pain. It was instantly unbearable, the pain was shooting and constant all at the same time. I was petrified that it was going to get worse, as it seemed to be more painful when I moved. I went straight to bed and sobbed to Duane to get me whatever painkillers we had, which turned out to be 2 panadeines. They made me spacey and gave me that crazy feeling of being outside my body, a normal reaction for me to codeine, but only dulled the pain - it was still there and throbbing. I went to bed, hoping that if I slept I wouldn't feel it, but every time I woke it was still sore and then I'd struggle to get back to sleep.

When I woke in the morning, my mouth felt tight and swollen and I was still in pain. I checked in the mirror and realised what all the pain had been last night, there was an abscess the size of a pea on my front gum - just above the tooth. I'm still not sure what happened, but I can only assume that the abscess has worked it's way out. It was huge, hot and painful and I was tempted to lance it myself to get some relief. I was nervous that it would hurt more though, so just kept my self drugged up for the day and if it wasn't better by Monday I'd head to the dentist. Well it burst last night, and I can't even begin to describe the revolting taste that was in my mouth when I woke. On a positive note, the pain was now more manageable.

As much as I am not looking forward to starting the root canal, surely the pain of that can't be any worse than the pain of an abscess? And then hopefully there will be NO more abscesses EVER.

Yesterday afternoon we went along to the Nursing students and families information session. I could barely talk or wanted to, considering I had a fat lip and a mouth issue that made me lisp and talk weird, but it was great to meet the lecturers and get a bit of a feel for the campus. We got to visit the lecture theatre, the tutorial rooms and the clinical rooms. Wow, the clinical rooms look like lots of fun! They are set up like a mini hospital, with plastic working dummies on each bed. Grace cracked up laughing each time she saw one, poking and prodding them at every opportunity. It was reassuring to realise that most people are in the same boat as me, not having studied for a long time, and were all just as anxious. We got to meet some 2nd year nursing students who did their best to make us realise that they too were once nervous and scared 1st year students, but managed to make it into 2nd year. I'm sure I'll fumble through, it just won't be without many stress outs. I'm also not sure how I'm supposed to fit the recommended 38 hours of study in each week, but apparently it's doable.

This is my last week before I'm a full-time student. I'm nervous, excited and anxious. I can't believe that after all this time out of school, I'm about to thrust myself back into rough drafts, all night exam revision and nervously waiting for results. Still doesn't feel real, so although I want this week to last forever, I'm looking forward to getting my first school week over with - preferably with me still relatively sane at the end!