Not that things are hectic, quite the opposite, just feeling very relaxed.
This was a crazy week. Monday I had my annual general physical (all good—better on some things than I expected), Tuesday I had what was supposed to be a routine dental checkup after the deep, down-below-the-gum-line cleaning last month. Turns out they didn’t clean as much as they thought, so I wound up spending an extra hour there, get novocaine needles in the roof of my mouth and go home with numb mouth (so no eating. I’ve tried eating with a novocaine mouth and it doesn’t work) and an achy head. Plus I had errands to do which used up a couple more hours.
So I’m pleased that despite that, I had a productive week. I made my ehow quota, watched a full slate of movies and walked the dogs a lot. Next week I’m going to try to put in a full 40-hour writing week. It’s doable, if I stack the evening work early in the week, preferably getting most of it done in one shot). Evenings are tricky as I usually spend them with TYG and often wind up getting distracted by her or dogs. So if I can spend one busy evening and relax the next, that will be time well spent.
I’m still bummed about the tooth problems. Being told I have gum disease makes me feel like someone in an infomercial (“Seven out of 10 Americans suffer from gum disease. Now there is hope for these tragic victims with the new wonder drug, Supergums!”). My teeth were astonishingly healthy for so long, it feels unnatural to have problems with them. However, as TYG points out, I’d be worse off with my old dentist back in FWB who really didn’t put much effort in (he took my teeth health for granted too).
But lord knows, there are worse things to happen to someone.
