Goals Update 2013

I would like to add one more goal to my resolutions: to brush my teeth more.  (Ew, right?)

Ever since I knocked up Carrie, my teeth brushing habits have deteriorated. I went the first 27 years of my life cavity free, and brushing every morning and night. Then, as Carrie grew more uncomfortable in her pregnancy, I found myself waking up to attend to one of her needs instead of my morning routine. At night, she'd often fall asleep before me and if she was sleeping fitfully I wouldn't want to risk waking her by brushing. I still brushed, but my steady routine was broken.

Next came Shane. If my routine was disturbed by Carrie being pregnant, a baby in the house pulled the pin on the grenade and blew the sucker up. Now, I was waking up every morning to Shane's demands, losing sleep at night, and trying to use the little free time I had for things I wanted to do more than brushing my teeth.

It took several years of slack habits, but I had my first cavities ever last August.

Nana was horrified.

This is the woman who once laid down, in her bathrobe, behind my car as a teenager to prevent me from leaving with unclean teeth. I had some tea staining on my bottom front teeth over the summer, too, that she called 'hobo teeth!'

I can't help but wonder if Nana is cringing (or cheering!) as she reads this.