Today I can't even....anything.
It started bad, small boy announced this morning that today was evacuee day at school and he needed a costume. That was grand except it was 8:30 am and we were on the way out the door to school. Full scale scattering match as we tried to round up a waistcoat and some brown paper. We totally nailed it, in a failingly crappy type of way. The idea was to dress up as a World War Two evacuee child. I'm not so sure they wore chinos and tweed waistcoats, but hey...
Dentist followed. Dentist for me. I've been having a course of 'treatment' lately - I knew my ostrich approach to dentistry would eventually land me in trouble and it all came home to roost about a month ago. Couple of broken teeth, niggling pains, yep it was time to book myself in. Some fears are so deep rooted that they just cannot be overcome, but pain is a super motivating factor. Problem was my favourite oral bio-mechanical structural engineer had up and done a moonlit flit to Armagh, without telling me and I was left high and dry.
Normally I get on well with all peoples, but the receptionists at the usual place were a bit sneery, I mean, what's a lapse of a handful of years in the grand scheme of things? "What's that? Kevin's left now? He's got married and moved away? He has three kids now? Really? when did that all happen?"
Anyhow I decided to shift camp and asked around. So glad I did, my new dentist is lovely. So lovely. Such a nice lady, and the added bonus, as my small daughter says, is her fingers are waaayyyyy smaller that the last dude's, it doesn't feel like you have a whole hand of bananas in there at all.
In a hypothetical kind of way, and on behalf of a friend, I asked her if she had any good ideas for folks who could be described as just the teensiest wee bit terrified, you know, just in case I ever needed to advise anybody. She told me to bring my ipod and some earphones. Life changing moment. There I lie blasting ELO though my brains at max. Mr Bumpy can't compete with Mr Blue sky. I win!
The after freeze face-ache is a killer tho....
ReplyDeleteAagh.....had one out last week....and a filling.....feel your pain.....and my 'Miguel' - lovely young man is going back to Valencia next month....oh woe is me....but at least it's an NHS practice where the prices are silly compared to going private....I refused to line his pockets any more and moved.....that took 3 years before I had any treatment...so you had company.
Oh dear, I can sympathise! You have great taste in music though. The first vinyl album that I ever bought (many moons ago) was "A New World Record" by ELO and I think I wore it out!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!!! I'm sorry for the wild and crazy day. I just have to thank you for the humor, though. It was a fun read tonight!
ReplyDeleteHa ha--I certainly enjoy your "waffling!" You could have a promising career in creative writing. If you didn't have an even more promising career in stamp design.
ReplyDeleteOh Claire I'm so with you, I had a filling on Monday, and was totally freaked out, a stinking headache and stiff shoulders was the result of the stress...... I felt so daft as it actually didn't hurt at all, maybe I'll be better next time ... here's hoping!
ReplyDeleteA whole hand of bananas!!! Ha!!! LOVE IT!! I get, totally get it... You also win the medal for the fastest out-the-door costume :). Blessings~
ReplyDeleteSure hope your teeth are better. Thanks for the most entertaining blog post! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Claire, I so feel for you!! I've spent WAY too many hours in the dentist's chair in my life time: bad heredity and bad oral care as a child. I brought a program to listen to at my last dentist visit and my, the time SPED by!! It is definitely a better way to spend time in that chair!!! Hope you feel much better soon!! Advil, Advil, Advil!!! :-) Hugs, H
ReplyDeleteClaire, I am so with you on all this!!!! Take your terror and ramp it up by a factor of about ten when adding in that I have to 'take my medicine' in a foreign language!!! Anyway, I am so glad you found a kind dentist. Thin on the ground I think!!! Kate xxx
ReplyDeleteClaire, you have to write a book! You're sooooo good!!!
ReplyDeleteI listen to books on my iPod when at the dentist, but if not your song choice would work fo me too!
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