Indian fun and the Tooth Fairy

Neetha and Vaishali at El Loro.

About a week after taking Neetha and Vaishali to El Loro so they could try Mexican food, we took them to Vescio's for Italian. That was also an amusing experience! Trying to get spaghetti onto our plates had all four of us laughing really hard! I think the rest of the people there that night probably thought we were crazy! We also had a bit of "lost in translation" when we were explaining the desserts. We told them they should try tiramisu. When I said that it had lady fingers in it, they looked very confused. I asked if they new what lady fingers were and they said yes, so we continued with the description. They were still very confused... turns out that in India lady fingers are some sort of meat thing, not the cake type things that are in the dessert!

Trying to get fettuccine.

Yesterday the plan was for us to go sailing, have a BBQ and then go to the Twins baseball game. Vaishali wasn't feeling well, so it was just Neetha that came with us. It was a beautiful day on the lake. Dave (captain) asked us what else we had planned for the day. We told him, so about 1 1/2 hours out, we turned around and headed back. And it's a good thing we did! We got the boat docked and everything put away minutes before we had a down pour!

Neetha on the boat.

It continued to rain as we headed to Grant's house for the BBQ. Good thing his grill is under an overhang! Dinner was great... well, for everyone except me (more on that later). We had hamburgers and s'mores. Neetha enjoyed everything. S'mores were really fun, because she had never had a marshmallow before!

Then off to the Twins game. We were a little late (got there in the 3rd inning). I am not a huge baseball fan, but this was a very fun game to be at. They played the Milwaukee Brewers. We were surrounded by a bunch of Brewer fans. It was fun to be able to boo the people next to us. The game ended up to be very close, but we won by one run. It was a very exciting game.

Grant, Ben and Neetha at the game.

On Thursday, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. They had come in years ago and weren't really causing any problems, but my dentist was a little concerned that they would in the future (they were waaayyyy in the back, so it was hard to keep them clean). Since they were in and the roots were straight, I just went to my normal dentist for the "extractions." It really wasn't too bad. They gave me Novocaine and then 1/2 later I was on my way home. They gave me my teeth, so on the way home Ben and I were joking about putting them under my pillow to see if the tooth fairy would come. So, when I went to bed, I put them under my pillow. The next morning I was getting ready for work (I really did feel fine so I decided not to "waste" a vacation day), when I decided to check my pillow. I figured that Ben would have either forgotten, or put a $5 under my pillow. I was wrong... I found a box from the Shane Company! Ben (I mean, the tooth fairy) gave me the ring that I was admiring at the store a couple of weeks ago! I almost feel guilty that I'm not in so much pain. Almost.

My tooth fairy present

I do feel pretty good. It hurts to open my mouth too much, so I have been taking it easy eating ice cream, yogurt and spaghetti o's (so while everyone else was enjoying grilled cheeseburgers, I was eating spaghetti o's). I feel hungry almost all the time. And everything sounds so good! Can't wait to eat "real" food again!!!