a gold star
Posted by pamela on Feb. 24, 09 | 6 COMMENTSToday I had a series of shots in my mouth. It began with numbing gel on a very long q-tip stuck in the left side of my mouth and ended with me hardly able to drink a smoothie from a straw – TWO HOURS after the actual dental wok was done. Yes, I do realize that it has been 20 days since I had a real post. I know that I should be writing about Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, good times visiting friends in the Seattle area, having my phone jolt me into awareness at 4:30am by a Kenyan phone number that did not bother to leave a voicemail, taking a nap in the conference room at work, and about the extremely cultural experience at a local bar. I should also be sharing recipes for baklava and lasagna. But right now my mouth is sore and I am not thrilled about the future.
Not thrilled because needing a crown means that I have two more appointments coming up – March 12 and April 2. I have, in the past, convinced dentists to not shoot my mouth up with numbing agents for less minor work. There was NO negotiating today. Which means that when they were drilling, I turned my personal TV and headset up high and was distracted by the West Wing. Which was great. Except that in the following hours I felt like an idiot when attempting to talk, was worried about slobbering smoothie down my sweater, and, yes, my mouth is still sore. From the shots. Ok…maybe the drilling and clamps are partially responsible. Maybe.
All that to say that I feel like I deserve gold star when I go to the dentist office for anything more than a cleaning and do not squirm, cry, or bite the dentist hand off when I am getting those dreaded shots. If all goes well, I will deserve such a star in March and April too. If it does not go well, let’s just hope I am only squirming.
TAGS: dentist
February 24th, 2009 at 23:58
Okay, a) you get to watch the West Wing at your dentist?! lucky, and b) you went to Powell’s and didn’t write about it?! You gotta post on that sometime soon because ever since I read Blue Like Jazz I have wanted to go there and it’ll be interesting to hear about it
February 25th, 2009 at 09:03
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Okay, so it looks more like a diamond. But it tried to be a star–don’t judge it.
February 25th, 2009 at 09:04
oh dear. ‘comments’ did not publish the spacing. such is the folly of the technological poet.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:44
Kate – Since you requested, I will write about Powell’s at some point.
Wren – Thanks for the ‘star’; it came through perfectly in my email notification of this comment
February 26th, 2009 at 18:39
Powell’s is definitely a fun place to go. You can easily get lost among all of the books. Glad you were able to experience it. Downtown Portland is great! I’m not biased at all
February 28th, 2009 at 03:38
I’ll concur — how can you visit Portland, OR and not have a post — especially after a visit to Powell’s bookstore.
Pamela, Pamela. . . .a visit to the Northwest without a post — oh my, what has this world come to?