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madgravity) wrote2010-09-30 10:51 pm
madgravity) wrote2010-09-30 10:51 pm
Thursday 30
Thursday 30- I did my stretches. Today is my dentist appointment.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 73 to 94 degrees, high gusts from cumulonimbus clouds, humidity around 40 percent, very cloudy skies with light sprinkles.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Northwest wind at 11 mph becoming south southeast. Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind at 8 mph becoming west.”
I went over to Stoney’s to do my laundry, take a shower, and borrow his truck to go to the dentist. The reason I didn’t ride the Harley was it looked like it might rain and I really didn’t feel like driving it back home after having a tooth plucked out of my head especially on our bumpy dirt roads. After my shower I took the clothes out of the washer and put them in the dryer and drove to Twentynine Palms. I stopped off to do a little shopping at Stater Bros. to get the large bulky stuff that would be a pain to carry back home on my bike.
I arrived at the Office of Justin Polanco D.D.S. (760) 367-6755 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (760) 367-6755 end_of_the_skype_highlighting a half hour early. Susan gave me a yearly update form to fill out while I waited. Dental assistant Carissa called my name and I followed her into the deep bowels of the dentist’s dominion where chairs with holding straps, rusty saws, pliers, and hammers await any poor fool who hadn’t taken care of their teeth; anyways that’s what goes through my mind. The reality is that it is very clean and efficiently run. Carissa took an X-ray of the bad tooth; she told me she has to have a broken tooth fixed herself tomorrow. Justin came in and shot my gums around my tooth with Novocain and joked around a little. He came back about ten minutes later and yanked the dang tooth right out of my head and I didn’t even feel a thing; Justin is really that good! He gave me a prescription for codeine, Susan took my check, and I said goodbye to all and was on my merry way to the drugstore.
At the drugstore I talked with a woman called Kelly whose son is doing a military tour in Afghanistan. She told me she has cancer and was going into the hospital next Wednesday; and here I’m whining about my tooth. We chatted for a spell and I wish her well on her operation.
I got back to Stoney’s, dropped off his truck, picked up my clothes from the dryer and headed home where I took one of those codeine pills because the Novocain was wearing off and the pain was getting unbearable.
A few friends called to say hi; seems like everyone wants to talk to ya when your mouth is half numb.
I got zoned out on the Codeine (what toothache?) and watched “Short Circuit” (1986). I watched it when it first came out I thought it was interesting with all the robots and computers, but now it is kind of dated. It was still fun to watch just to see how far we have progressed in the twenty-four years since the movie was made. Some of my online friends weren’t even born then; dang I’m getting old.
No exercises for me in the next couple of days until my gums heal where my tooth was. I practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 73 to 94 degrees, high gusts from cumulonimbus clouds, humidity around 40 percent, very cloudy skies with light sprinkles.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Northwest wind at 11 mph becoming south southeast. Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind at 8 mph becoming west.”
I went over to Stoney’s to do my laundry, take a shower, and borrow his truck to go to the dentist. The reason I didn’t ride the Harley was it looked like it might rain and I really didn’t feel like driving it back home after having a tooth plucked out of my head especially on our bumpy dirt roads. After my shower I took the clothes out of the washer and put them in the dryer and drove to Twentynine Palms. I stopped off to do a little shopping at Stater Bros. to get the large bulky stuff that would be a pain to carry back home on my bike.
I arrived at the Office of Justin Polanco D.D.S. (760) 367-6755 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (760) 367-6755 end_of_the_skype_highlighting a half hour early. Susan gave me a yearly update form to fill out while I waited. Dental assistant Carissa called my name and I followed her into the deep bowels of the dentist’s dominion where chairs with holding straps, rusty saws, pliers, and hammers await any poor fool who hadn’t taken care of their teeth; anyways that’s what goes through my mind. The reality is that it is very clean and efficiently run. Carissa took an X-ray of the bad tooth; she told me she has to have a broken tooth fixed herself tomorrow. Justin came in and shot my gums around my tooth with Novocain and joked around a little. He came back about ten minutes later and yanked the dang tooth right out of my head and I didn’t even feel a thing; Justin is really that good! He gave me a prescription for codeine, Susan took my check, and I said goodbye to all and was on my merry way to the drugstore.
At the drugstore I talked with a woman called Kelly whose son is doing a military tour in Afghanistan. She told me she has cancer and was going into the hospital next Wednesday; and here I’m whining about my tooth. We chatted for a spell and I wish her well on her operation.
I got back to Stoney’s, dropped off his truck, picked up my clothes from the dryer and headed home where I took one of those codeine pills because the Novocain was wearing off and the pain was getting unbearable.
A few friends called to say hi; seems like everyone wants to talk to ya when your mouth is half numb.
I got zoned out on the Codeine (what toothache?) and watched “Short Circuit” (1986). I watched it when it first came out I thought it was interesting with all the robots and computers, but now it is kind of dated. It was still fun to watch just to see how far we have progressed in the twenty-four years since the movie was made. Some of my online friends weren’t even born then; dang I’m getting old.
No exercises for me in the next couple of days until my gums heal where my tooth was. I practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.