Jalepeno Poppers or Deadly Weapon,,,hmmmmn

Friday was the big day for many who read the Twilight series. Parties all over the place with Twilighters dressing up and having deep dark discussions about characters and fighting over who gets the real Edward when/if he ever shows up. Sounds like I know a lot and that I am all over it Huh?! Well, I don't. I don't have a clue who anyone or anything is really. I know about Edward because I get to hear all my girls (and Justin) go on about Edward. We'll see, I might get on the bandwagon and read the books soon.

Well, before the party up at Borders here in Carson, we (Maura, Marina, Rebekah and Justin) decided to go for pizza at Brugo's because we heard good things about them. We ordered yummy pizza and jalapeno poppers and chicken wings. Maura got the poppers put in front of her and asked if I wanted one. I am not big on JP's but I figures "what the hey, why not" so I took one and bit into it. Immediately I was aware that something was not right but what was it? Hmmmm? Oh I know, could it be that it was soooooo sticken hot (not in the spicy way) that it felt like someone squirted the hot oil from the deep fryer into my mouth? Yeah, I think that was it!! Mind you it only took like .00001 second for me to figure it out as my teeth were not even through the popper when I yanked it out of my mouth and dropped it. I instantly went for my water but, again, the damage was done. As a side note, the pizza was really really good. At least what I could taste of it.

I headed for home as I was not going to the "party" at borders. I was afraid that I would have an overwhelming urge to make up a false ending with Edward coming out of the closet and becoming mortal by marrying some guy or something, and then I would yell it out really loud as if I were spoiling the end or something. Somehow the visual I got on that didn't set well with my sense of self-preservation so I decided to skip the party.

I was really tired and went to bed about an hour or so after getting home. Then next morning I unstuck my tongue from the top of my mouth (weird) and realized that something wasn't right. Yeah, I had this bright angry red area at the top right hand side of my mouth, you know, right above my right molars. It starts to bleed as I gently brush around it. So throughout the day I try to baby it. Orey has me swish with warm salt water etc. It is really hard to eat because things keep touching that side of the roof of my mouth. It is amazing how many times you move food around your mouth by sliding it across the roof of your mouth. So last night I go to bed and this morning I wake up thinking my mouth feels better. Surprise!! I was wrong. As soon as I start talking I realize it feels like I am running sandpaper over the burned area. It really is amazing how rough a tongue feels on a burned area. So, now I can't talk and I can't eat. Going without eating was something I was not happy about but could probably afford to do so. However, going without talking?!!!! NO STINKING WAY!!!!! That's it, something needed to be done that's for sure. So, off to the emergency room I go. Actually, the real reason I went is because the burn blistered out and I was afraid that I would either get an infection in it and/or the burn is so close to the roots of the molar that it might cause damage to the tooth.

The person who took care of me at the ER told me that I have second degree burns on the roof of my mouth and she put me on this lidocaine mouthwash stuff and also and antibiotic in case an infection tries to set in. I hope thing get better for work. You know how much I need to talk.

Oh, my take on it is that I think I would have had more fun out of the weekend if I would have yelled out my false ending! Of course, I probably would have pointed to the person next to me just for fun.

Marina the Mom