Ode to a toothbrush

January 2nd, 2008

Happy new year, everyone!

I’m back at work today. Off all last week. Nursed Sofie from her bout with pneumonia and RSV. Came down with a cold myself. Then Tim came down with a cold

Yeah, I felt cheated out of my winter break, but through it all, I could not help but think about this time last year. Tim and I spent Christmas and New Year (and EVERY day for three months) in the NICU with Sofie.

By comparison, this year’s holiday season rocked.

At one point last week, I found myself at the drug store, having run out of cough syrup. As I was quickly making my way to the register, I totally saw something out of the corner of my eye… “Wait… Was that…?”… and turned around to investigate.

Indeed, it was.

If you’ve been visiting me here for a while now, you know I had coveted this Tooth Tunes toothbrush. (Also, I don’t recall if I’ve previously waxed on about my strange, thorough fascination with toothbrushes and the fact I wrote a final thesis paper on toothbrushes for one of my college courses.)

In addition to the MC Hammer toothbrush, they also had Queen and High School Musical. Only one MC Hammer left though. I came to the rational conclusion that it was destined to be mine. There was no price tag. I didn’t care. When I saw it ring up at $9.99, I hesitated, but then quickly got over it. (Why I got worked up over $9.99 is beyond me. I spend more than that on coffee each day.)

Masochistically, I could not use it until after I was over my cold, lest I cootie it up.

Finally, the glorious day arrived, and I could finally try it out. One word: AWESOME.

Interestingly, when you turn it on, you can barely hear anything. However, when you press the brush to your teeth (or finger, or wherever YOU plan to press your toothbrush bristles), the jam pumps up.

In fact, I love this silly little thing SO much, I’m going to share the joy.

I will send one lucky recipient their very own Tooth Tunes toothbrush!

I hereby announce Regina’s Silly Toothbrush Haiku Contest.

To enter, simply submit a comment to this post. Your comment must include a haiku that is composed of three lines where the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. And it must have something to do with - or make reference to - some facet of oral hygiene. And, well, since it’s my blog, I guess I’m judge and jury.

I will receive entries through January 31 and announce a winner February 1.

Happy haikuing!