SmashMouth

Update:
After a lot of googling and phone calls that were exercises in futility, Jared finally got a prescription for antibiotics. The urgent care center down the street tried to send us to the emergency room, which would have cost an arm and a leg. Luckily, Jared got a hold of the cell number of the dentist he went to a couple weeks ago, and he called the dentist. After some serious coercing on the phone with the dentist, (and me in the background screaming, “Tell him you have had a fever for 2 days!…You’re gums are rotting!”…because initially Jared was downplaying the gravity of the situation, and that’s not the way to get an over the phone prescription called in.) Jared finally convinced the dentist to call in a prescription for amoxicillin.

Thank god Jared actually went to the dentist a few weeks ago. Otherwise I don’t know what we’d have done. There are no emergency dental care services around here on the weekends. Jared was surprised that the dentist remembered him. I said, “Jared, there aren’t many somewhat respectable non meth-head 24 year olds with mouths as rotten as yours. I’m sure it was memorable for the dentist.” His mouth is still in really bad shape and there are still pieces of his gums coming out when he flosses, but his fever seems to have gone down and hopefully this will put him on the road to recovery.

Now on to Jared’s riveting post:

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an “L” on her forehead

Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do so much to see
So what’s wrong with taking the back streets
You’ll never know if you don’t go
You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

It’s a cool place and they say it gets colder
You’re bundled up now but wait ’til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world’s on fire how about yours
That’s the way I like it and I’ll never get bored

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what’s wrong with taking the back streets
You’ll never know if you don’t go
You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

-J

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