TroubleMaker Returns.
People July 7th, 2009
TroubleMaker
Remember back in 2007, when we had my wife’s great aunt and her friend over from Romania for a visit? We couldn’t get rid of them fast enough because of the fighting between them.
So, in a moment of weakness, we decided to invite TroubleMaker (TM) back alone for a visit.
She arrived here after not having slept for 36 hours (combined travel and pre-travel insomniac excitement time). Nausea prevented her from eating well for the first day. While throwing up into the toilet during day 2, her lower denture fell in and then she accidentally flushed it.
“Can you get it back?” she asked.
I pointed to our septic tank. “See those green plastic covers in the ground over there?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“That’s where it is now.”
We took her to a denturist nearby. $1600 later and she now has 2 new full dentures (upper and lower). The previous lower denture cost 50 Euros (which we explained to the denturist as he looked at her old upper denture in disbelief).
The first three or four days with the new dentures was new-found torture for The Girl and me as the usual denture sores developed and TM was still not able to eat properly.
After a denture adjustment or two, TM was able to eat decently again. More importantly, she was able to take her “nerve” pill and keep it down. That wonder pill, the “nerve” pill, has almost transformed her into a normal woman. Almost…but definitely enough for us to enjoy life again.
She’s here until the end of July.
I hope to also be.
Bite Your Tongue.
Patients July 1st, 2009
The Girl needed a root canal on a lower left molar and so I was voluntold to do it.
I’ve had some previous experience doing dental work in her mouth. We’ve come a long way since those early days.
She still needs nitrous, but is now ok without oral tranquilizers and we don’t yell at each other as much. In fact there were no raised voices yesterday.
The procedure went well. I had to numb the crap out of the tooth because it was undergoing an irreversible pulpitis.
We went out for dinner afterwards to celebrate a job well done.
Because her tongue, cheek, and lip were still numb on the left side, she tried to do all of her chewing on the right so that she wouldn’t accidently chomp down on her tongue or cheek on the left without realizing.
Instead she chomped down on her tongue on the right and definitely realized. That’s a pretty ugly hematoma that has developed.
She’s not in too much discomfort at the moment. Although I do sympathize with her, my happiness at coming through the whole experience unharmed, myself, is something that money can never buy.
Annual Hiatus.
Fauna June 20th, 2009
The usual suspect.
My annual summer bloggin’ slow-down is currently in full effect. You might see some stuff on here every now and then but you’ll definitely see more stuff from me on Twitter or Flickr because those are places that I can hit and run.
Summer is just too short here in iglooland to spend it typing my crazy life’s details. Don’t worry, I’ll be back. I always return.
Talk to you soon (I hope). I’ve gotta go and chase another visitor away…
Spring Awakening.
Entertainment May 5th, 2009
We saw this show 3-4 weekends ago. Turns out that the origins of this production stem from experimental theater.
The experimental aspect was obvious from the time we sat in our seats and noticed bleachers on stage that audience members were seated in. The live simulated sex on stage was also a clue that we weren’t watching The Sound of Music.
Spring Awakening is a show about the trials that teenagers all face — but it takes its perspective to extremes. Maybe this is an attempt to recreate some of that same angst in the audience.
Although it might be sounding as though I did not enjoy the show, the contrary is true. Music, lighting, and acting all gelled to produce an interesting and entertaining production. The show is definitely not for everyone, but every adult who is brave enough to see it will leave happy that they don’t have to contend with their adolescent years ever again.
The Effects of Atmospheric Pressure.
Workland April 13th, 2009
Spring weather is here, and with it comes a very active interplay of high and low pressure systems. All sorts of displaced strangeness occurs such as the sounds of songbirds and wild turkeys in the middle of a blizzard, hot sun and yet the existence of snow banks, and this:
It’s a water jug that I filled at home so that I could water the plants at work. It was filled in the morning and looked entirely normal. By the end of the day the high pressure system that had moved in crushed the bottle.