I am lucky that I have a job. I am lucky that I have plenty of sick leave and saved vacay days. So, I am careful when I make appointments to try to spread them out if I can.
I had an appointment at the orthpaedic for a follow up today. But yesterday, I realize that I have to call the dentist for - gahhh! an emergency visit! I have NEVER done such a thing in my life. And I am a terrible flosser. Of course, they called this morning and offered me an appointment mid-morning. So I had to leave work on a day when I was scheduled to leave work early already. Yikes!
I headed off to the dentist. Diagnosis: Gingival Abscess. Gross - if you want details, look it up. An hour later, I'm headed back to work with the classic limp-lipped smile of those with Novocain in their jowls with a warning that it will be 'uncomfortable for a little while once it wears off.'
Understatement of the week. Two Aleves later, I can function but not really answer the phone well. Slow day - slow phones - so that's good.
Then, I have to leave for the other appointment. Running late. New location with a garage that I swear has so many levels, the Pearly Gates must be on the top floor. Waiting...waiting...reading book on iPod with my Amazon Kindle app. Not bad for a waiting room with NO magazines.
I make it out of the endless garage without the obvious descent into the other realm and make it out. Almost home...
I'm hurtin'. Then I get a text from my daughter...would I like anything from 7-Eleven? Abso-dental-utely. I get a Cherry Slurpee delivered... aahh. Today wasn't so bad.
