Winning London: Adventures Abroad!: Left a lil piece of me in Ireland -- MY TOOTH.

I left a little piece of my in Ireland -- and that would be my tooth. Before I explain what happened I'll give a little back story. When I was in fourth grade, Caitlin, Cullen and I were rollerblading up and down our drive way. At one point, they dared me to rollerblade backwards and I, being the "smarter, older" sibling, took the dare and attempted the challenge. It didn't go so well. I hit a lip in the pavement and fell straight onto my two front teeth chipping them in half. We made an emergency dentist appointment and the teeth were repaired the next morning. Since that appointment, I have never chipped the fillings or my teeth.........UNTIL I'M CONVENIENTLY IN IRELAND. After my blog post on thursday about Scotland, Maggie, Jenni, Hanna and I went to get lunch at the University Bar. We had all ordered delicious panini's and were settling in when I was an IDIOT and went to pull open my powerade water bottle top with my teeth. DUMB. I heard a loud crack and felt something fall out of my mouth. I wish I had gotten a picture of the pure horror on my face...after processing that my tooth filling had fallen out I began to freak out. I have never had to deal with this and the one time I have it happen to me I'm in a foreign country miles and miles and miles away from anything that I know. Maggie and Jenni told me that Irish dentists are extremely unreliable and I should avoid them at all costs so I began calling a billion and one people trying to figure out what to do. I called the Laane's and considered going to Belgium to see their dentist. I called an acquaintance I know of here in London to see how reliable British dentists are and I called my mom. The panic and tears really started coming when my UK cellphone decided to stop working completely. I ended up moving from a classroom to the counselor's office at the university to the international office trying to find a phone that would call outside of Ireland. Right now, I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning with strict instructions from my dentist (as the British dentists are not reliable either - but apparently better than Ireland?) I'm hoping that everything goes smoothly and they can temporarily fix my front tooth otherwise I'm going to continue to look like a hillbilly. I've spent the past few days eating gingerly and trying not to smile to strangers - as I have found that gets me weird looks. Keep your fingers crossed for me as I experience British dental services....

The look I'm sporting right now.....

Besides this tooth crisis, Ireland was beautiful. We were able to go to the Cliffs of Moher which was another beautiful area that made me so thankful to be alive and on this amazing trip. We got to see a little bit of Dublin yesterday before our flight. We walked around a lot and went to the guinness factory. It was interesting to see how beer is made but I don't necessarily like beer so it was little hard to get into. We also got a free pint of beer and I'm pretty sure I gagged on the foam so I handed that off to the boys. Being back in London is wonderful :) It feels so nice to be back and it is finally feeling like home.

Here are some pictures from the past week!