t.o.d.a.y.

Smooth[er] is a word that could describe today.  Yup.  Today went pretty smooth.  I felt so much more prepared to do an OD on my patient today, because Monday was thrown at me like a ton of bricks: I didn't remember a darn thing!  However. . today was better.  Did I mention that today was smooth?  Miss Jacque Lewis was my "patient" today and man do I love that sweet girl.  She seriously is the best, and is quite smooth herself.  She is one of those people that you just KNOW will not judge you or make you feel like you're this big.  And that is why today went so smooth.  I was able to practice probing [a whole arch!] today, dental charting, OHI, review HH, and fill out the treatment record with lots of cool stuff.  I felt a little more confident in myself today (that's what practice and a tiny bit of studying can do for a person..go figure) and things just went pretty smooth.  I unknowingly passed off my curet PE today (I promise...I really did), and was thanking the heavens above for that.  I seriously only practiced posterior instrumentation ONE time for about ONE minute on a real person, so I was a tad bit scared today-- but it all went smooth.  I still have a lot to learn, but little by little, I feel like I'm starting to feel like a real hygienist.  A hygienist whom could be described with adjectives like: fun, energetic, understanding, down-to-earth, kinda-sorta blind without loupes, happy. . and let us not forget--> SMOOTH.