Happy Birthday!!!

This weekend was my quarter century b'day and I cannot think of anything perfect than how it went. Compared to usual, my birthday celebrations started a day before. I had scheduled lunch out with my closest buddies at Garmin. Among everyone I chose Liz, Radhika, Dilusha, Sarah, Brian and Abhish. Each of them have cared and still care for me so much and have always been there for help. Another plus was though each one was from a different department in Garmin, they know a lot about each other through me and I don't have to introduce and make them know about each other. We all went to Pei Wei, an Asian diner. It was fun 90 minutes lunch with all of them. The best part of the lunch was me wearing the dress I stitched along with Liz. Without her idea and help, I could not have even come up with this dress worth just $2.50. I love dresses and it somehow suited me well than I thought it would. I wore it on Friday just to surprise her and make her happy and yes she did. that million dollar worth smile i s nothing compared to the effort I put in

Around midnight I got few of my friends coming over with a cake (the cake was chocolate fudge make and tasted awesome). They spent around 45mins with me and it was fun talking crap as usual :-P. I had some 10 people call me to wish me. Thanks to them for remembering and doing so. Even my friend from Finland, cousin from England and a friend from India called me(not bad I had international well wishers too :-D).

Then next day morning phones started pouring in right from 8:30am and somehow I felt I was talking non-stop for the next few hours until lunch time came where I made rajma n paratha and ate it while talking to friends. Somehow evening came and I had sent out a mail to some friends asking them out on a dinner in an Indian rest if they are free. around 6 had replied and I went for the same at 7:30. We all had a wonderful dinner (totally fulfilling) and to my surprise margi had got another cake and I cut it at the end of the dinner...Now this was surprising knowing I had already cut one midnight..was really sweet of her. We then came out of the restaurant and nearly talked for an hour before we headed to our houses. I was happy this day and that what counts. I don't have to do something special all coz it was my birthday. I did exactly what I like to do and it got me enuf happiness.

On Sunday, it was raining all morning and it just stopped suddenly and the sun popped out and it turned out to be a wonderful day to be outside. so I headed out to the zoo with my friend coz I knew our zoo was pretty small that I can cover it in 3.30 hrs before it closes at 4pm. Yahoo1 I did make it and completed the whole trail of the zoo close to 3 hrs. Was a looooong walk but was worth with the wonderful wind after the showers stopped.

This weekend was very perfect and there's gonna be more coming next weekend when my niece Niyati is celebrating her 2nd b'day!!! Watch out for a blog on that very soon!

Laid-Back Chicago Trip

Last weekend I went to Chicago yet again to visit my friends and have a relaxing weekend, the only difference being I would be in Shanky's house relaxing n not in my house. It did turn out I had a wonderful weekend. It was relaxing as well as productive. I could shop, go and watch Ayan, meet Meera and Sharmi after 5 years, make enuf mokkai to bug Shanky, plus have a road trip of 8:30 hrs. It was perfect weekend. I think this month does turn out to be fun for me all the weekends. This weekend being my b'day I hope I do somethign fun, next week is my niece niyati's b'day and I'm off to California to celebrate it with her and the weekend after that I am gonna visit Liz and her parents in concordia alogn with my lunch mates and their respective husbands. wow April Madness has started and I'm enjoyign it already!!!

Dental visit!

Last Month I had a dental visit and I thought I would share my experiences with you all(drafted it the day I came back but never got time to update). I went at 10 am for the visit and the doctor called me in 10 mins. Thereafter she did xrays 4 of them(diff angles) and 1 more whole mouth x ray. She then asked me if I had ne concerns. I told her that past few days my gums r bleeding while brushing and felt there is some infection perhaps. She then confirmed that it is as I assumed and I have a disease called periodontal disease. I have this link which totally explain what it is(Click this: Explains gum disease and treatments and Explains Periodontal disease in particular). She then asked me when I went to a dentist last and I think I went 7 or more years before. She told my teeth r really strong n helathy but my gums r infected. She said this is coz of constant accumulation of plaque between tooth and asked me if I floss daily. She said sometimes not flossing can cause infection soon. Click here for knowing whats flossing and Press here for a picture of flossing . She then showed me few videos about the disease and showed me how they r gonna treat me. She then said she would treat the right side of the teeth today since doing the whole mouth would take lots of time. She first used a cotton swabs and applied topical anesthetic over upper n lower jaws (Click here to know wats topical anesthetic). then she gave me 8 injections 4 on the top and 4 bottom between each tooth. It was a big sting like feeling. Donno if the topical anesthetic was ne use..it did give a sharp and strong sting. but she was saying not bad u did it really well. She gave injections for local anesthesia(Click here to see how the injection was). I was amazed actually as there weren't many syringes n needles but this one system. Plus like in india I dint had to spit every time the blood. They had this suction air inside mouth which as anfd when she treats and pours water sucks it automatically. Mine was Early periodontal disease with pocket size from 4 to 5mm. so she did Scaling and Root planning and taught me how to floss. She also said power brushes r better than normal ones for the gums. they were really nice to me today. At the end of 2.5 hrs treatment, my right side was totally clean. she showed me the pictures she took earlier and my present state. was a huge difference. They don't have ne vacancies till may 12th but would call me if ne cancellations before that. Thankfully insurance covered 80% and I dint have to pay much. It was around $50.

Funny part was my right side was numb for next 3 hrs at work. I had to eat lunch and I dint feel a thing on right side. The doc warned I would bite my jaws while chewing so I ate on left side. I could not pronounce lots of letters and Brian had good fun making me speak words especially words starting with P and B. I am glad I went today and I asked her so many questions and now I know a lot abt gums n teeth and will make sure I try my best to keep it healthy.