My Holiday Break Disappointments

Christmas and New Year's are my two most favorite holidays not only because it means giving and getting presents, but most importantly celebrating and being together with my family. I enjoy being together with my family because it's a time where we can all catch up, talk stories, and joke around. My 2007 holiday break was filled with tons of fun but there were also a few things that made my break a little disappointing. The reason for my disappointment was one, it was difficult to manage time equally between the most important people in my life, and second, the painful healing process after removing my wisdom teeth.



I had to manage my time equally between my family, my boyfriend, and my friends because I felt I had only a limited amount of time with all of them. I had to make sure I wasn't spending more time with one than the other or else I'd end up feeling bad. During the first week and a half, I went out every day and before I'd leave the house, my parents would make comments like, "You're going out again" or "Don't go out, you're never staying home with us" in an upsetting tone of voice. I'd go out anways but feeling guilty. Most of my second and third week was spent with my family and boyfriend because it was the holidays. It gave us time to bond. Even if it just meant staying home together, we still found ways to have fun. After Christmas and New Years, my friends called me almost every other day because there was always something going on, but, I only went if my parents said it was ok without complaining. I was happy to see my friends again even if it wasn't as much as I wanted to. For the last week, I laid low and instead of going out to parties and kick backs, I rather stayed home and spend quality time with the family and boyfriend. My mouth aching from just removing my wisdom teeth was another reason for rather staying home. When it came down to the last three days of the break, I realized my break was nearly over. I felt it passed by way too quickly. It seriously felt my break was only two weeks.



The wost part of the break was towards the end when I took out my two bottom wisdom teeth. I was numb the first nine hours after removing them so I didn't feel any thing except the fattness of my cheeks. When the numbness had worn off, I began to feel the aching in the back of my mouth where the holes remained. It was painful. For two weeks, it continued to ache and I had such a hard time eating because I couldn't chew anything hard from the back of my mouth. I had to chew with my front teeth. To prevent any infection from food getting stuck in the holes, I used a syringe to wash it out after every meal. During that time, I could only eat food with soup, soft noodles, and pasta. My diet contained anything that was soft to chew. That wasn't the worst part. On top of that, one of the pills that was suppose to stop the aching made me drowsy, dizzy, and nauseated. I stopped using that pill so I just dealt with the pain because it was sort of bearable. Sometimes I would spend my days just sleeping it off. Either way, I had to get this over with because it kept giving me tooth aches and bleeds way before I went back home.



The holiday break was filled with much more enjoyable memories than disappointing ones. I was just happy to be home again and be able to spend time with the most important people in my life. The only terrible part of my break was that it felt like it passed by too quickly and the pain after having my wisdom teeth pulled out. From here on, I just look forward to going back home and seeing everyone in the summer.