07.20.09
Weekend travel.
This weekend rocked – seattle–spokane–>seattle–>astoria–>tillamook–>astoria–>seattle. A good time was had by all.
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05.06.09
I hate dentists
8:10 – keith arrives after dropping off drycleaning and taking the basket back to the car. I hand over my new patient paperwork. I am given additional paperwork to fill out.
8:15 – I hand over the paperwork. I’m told “I’m sorry – I see that you already filled out paperwork, sorry to make you do this twice”. This is indicative of my entire experience at the dentist.
8:20 – a nurse calls a name. Its “James” she mumbles so I think its keith. My apprehension and irritation is building.
8:30 – I’m called back 30 minutes late.
8:40 – I’m shown the chair and told that there’s a massage. Like all dentist chairs I feel like shamu being transported on a truck from sea world san diego to sea world Orlando. I get x-rays.
8:45 – they take me to the wrap around x-ray room. I wonder – why do I have to get wrap around x-rays and sit down x-rays. Shouldn’t just one set be enough? What’s the point? I hit my head on the machine. I’m not happy.
8:57 – the dental hygentist starts to clean my teeth. I think that now that Barack Obama has commited to not torturing any more there should be lots of dental hygentists looking for work.
9:00 – I hate dentists
9:05 – I now hate the numbers “2,3,4,2,3,4” as she pokes me over and over again.
9:25 – She has cleaned my eight front teeth. I ask her what’s she’s doing and why. She explains that she hates me, hates all people, and hates my gums most of all.
9:30 – I let her know that I’ve now been at the dentist for 90 minutes and our appointment is over – or I’ll have to start charging her for my time.
9:40 – the dentist swings by and lets me know that he has a boat payment and would like to replace two of my old fillings (that have been there for a few years but feel fine to me).
9:50 – The schedule me to replace the two fillings in two weeks. I hate dentists.
10:00 – Back to work. This is why I chose this dentist – next to the office.
10:20 – dentist calls. Offers me valium prior to my fillings. I hate dentists.
03.22.09
Dog food switch
Hmm – so mingus has been having more “hot spots” on his feet lately and has still had loose stools. So I switched to “sensitive skin/sensitive stomache” dog food.
The main ingredient is now salmon instead of chicken. So – if there is a big earthquake maybe I’ll eat the dog food instead of the dogs….
Mingus
