When I woke up last night, I could hear the rain pounding down. It was a lovely sound. Interesting dreams. Adventure dreams. Ambrose was in one, but not featured. He was just around.
I slept in. I didn’t walk. I was feeling quite drained from the blood donation. The headache was gone in the morning, which was nice, but I felt very out of sorts. It was very hard to focus on work.
In the afternoon, I had to get a crown done. There was a cavity under a large filling, so a crown was the solution my dentist wanted to go with. I’m not super happy about it, but I started taking my dental health seriously way too late in life. I can hope that someday there will be advances that allow me to regrow teeth, but I know it’s not likely.
I brought my MP3 player and a set of earphones to the appointment. I could use my cellphone to listen to music, but it would be much harder to make adjustments with the phone. The player has buttons. I can easily turn the volume up and down, pause, or go to the next song completely by feel. It doesn’t lock or fall asleep.
And before they get started, I let the dentist and his assistant know that I’m going to turn on my music and pretend that I’m not there. If they need me, they can tap my shoulder. It’s not a perfect system, but it helps me get through all the drilling and smells and awkwardness.
When I got home, I had a massive headache. It’s still going strong, throbbing through my left side. If it’s not gone in the morning, then I’ll take a migraine pill. I think it’s partly because the tooth that got crowned was on the left side. Normally, I’d get the permanent in two weeks, but that’s the day after Thanksgiving, but since that’s a holiday, I’ll be going into Weiser on the 2nd to get the permanent crown installed.
The morning was misty. The clouds cleared throughout the day. I got a beautiful shot of the mountains windowed in the clouds.
I wish Ambrose were here to take care of me. He always took such good care of me.
