What's going right in your world?

7/11/2022

My teeth again. Argh. This past week I’ve had a jaw ache/toothache that got worse instead of better. Today my dentist said I need a crown but also that’s not the thing that is causing the swelling and infection and ache. I now have an Rx for an antibiotic and an appointment for that crown and an appointment with an endodontist to get an Xray worthy of NASA.

Over the weekend I also called my sister-in-law who is an RN. Everything hurt and ibuprofen worked great but not for six hours. Emilie said to alternate ibuprofen and acetaminophen every three to four hours. And to drink a lot of water.

Her advice alleviated the pain. She didn’t charge anything.

What with covid subvariants multiplying like drunken bunnies and flight delays headlining the news, Len and I can just stay in the living room and say this was the plan all long.

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I know I’m not the only person up against their own dang crumbling health. Len and I keep saying we are in good health, but actually, in this coming month, between the two of us, we have eight medical and dental appointment.  

When Len and I first started dating, we managed to do about two things per week.

I guess this is like that.

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Last week (before my head fell apart) I took my two young friends on a nature hike. They are the wonderful girls I met via tutoring at the neighborhood school. I’m lucky to have them in my life.

They’d never been on a nature hike other than short ones with their school classes. We drove out to the park and I pulled into the small parking lot. We got out of the car, it was quiet and breezy and we were the only people there.

One of the girls looked up at the tall trees blowing in the wind and said, “Look at all those leaves just fluttering in the wind. It looks like a million green butterflies.”

What’s going right in your world lately?

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Len went fishing last night with our son at Cherokee Marsh in Madison. You can't see it, but the outboard motor is a 1971 Mercury that Len worked on for a year - and fixed! If you look closely, you will see that there are reeds painted on the boat. Our son did that.