jazzi’s place

I made a trip to the Farmer’s Market last Saturday morning, and got my annual purchase of garden herbs.  One of the ‘must-haves’ for me is rosemary, pictured above.  We all have to have Rosemary Potatoes now and then, thanks to my sister!

I also got basil, some thyme, oregano and a peppermint plant.  They are all going in pots, so I don’t have to worry about the peppermint getting out of hand.  I was also able to pick up six tomato plants; now I have to figure out where I have enough sun for six tomato plants.  I usually only get a couple of plants and put them in pots, but I was able to get six plants for a buck and a half, which is less than I usually pay for one!

Tomorrow I should be home long enough to plant everything and it’s supposed to be dry enough that I can actually go outside and do something.  We’ve had so much rain I wouldn’t be surprised to see grass growing on the concrete.  I wish we could share with the places that are so dry and having fires. 

I haven’t been to the dentist yet.  I had to work an overnight conference, so I’ve been out of town and away from my computer.

Did you know some hotels offer gourmet cookies when you check in?  This one did.  And I swear they were piping in a fresh apple pie smell into the lobby.

I enjoy working the overnight conferences.  I like my family, but it sure is nice to get to sleep in a cushy bed, with no one getting up at 1:30 am, which wakes up the dogs, which of course is going to wake me up a little.  I slept so well, I couldn’t believe it was morning already when I woke up!

As for the dentist…

I got a call this morning.  Could I come in earlier, say at noon?  Instead of my 3:00 appointment?  Well, that didn’t work so well for me.  I had someone coming to sign paperwork at 12:45, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to come back to work afterwards, because my mouth would be all numb. 

I knew what had happened; they had had some cancellations, and I was the last appointment of the day, and wanted to go home early today.  Well, I thought about it, and called them back, and asked them to book me another appointment for next week.  No, I’m not being nice to them; I’m thinking only of myself.  I don’t want them hating on me for being that one that made them stay late!

Besides, if I can put off the dentist, I will.

I’m going to have to have this view again soon. 

I THOUGHT I would be calling up my regular dentist to say “Okay, the root canal is all done.  Get me fixed up with the permanent bridge.”  Because, I figured by now the permanent bridge would be back and everything would be hunky-dory.

Yeah, well.  My life continues to suck.

The permanent bridge came back, but the dentist didn’t like it.  So now, I have to go back and be refitted for a WHOLE NEW bridge.  Which means they’ll be taking out this temporary one (this is the second one I’ve had this go around) and having to numb me up (which means SHOTS) ((whimper)) and I have to have the gooey thing stuck up on my front teeth so they can make the new bridge.  I don’t care about the gooey thing, it’s the SHOTS and the taking off the temporary that give me the heebie-jeebies.

So, they’ll probably have to make me a new temporary.  That will make three.  If my teeth look anything like what they looked like to start with, it will be a miracle. 

I don’t have much confidence in this dentist, that’s for sure.

Today is grad day at my college.  Three of the student workers on my floor are graduating, and are moving on.  It’s going to be different around here without them. 

One is spending the summer home with her son and will be heading back to school eventually to get her doctorate. 

One has a new job in P.R. with a company in St. Louis.  She’s going to knock their socks off, I know it!

One has an internship in New York City!  And we’re waiting to hear where he’ll be going.  But he’ll have a grand time wherever it is, that’s for sure.

All three have a fresh vision of the life ahead of them.  There’s been an air of excitement just watching them get ready for what’s out there waiting, because they are at a jumping point; ready to take on the world. 

I hope all three achieve their goals and go beyond expectations.  And live the dream.

Today I had to go to an endodontist.  You see, the last time I went to the dentist, to hopefully get my temporary bridge put in, I didn’t.  They decided, after doing an x-ray, that they might have seen something. 

I don’t like something.  In fact, I don’t like anything to do with the dentist.

But, I was convinced that it would be MUCH better if something had to be done to do it while I had a temporary than to have to go through all this business with taking off a permanent bridge.  I agreed with that, and made the appointment.

In the back of my mind, I kept thinking, they’ll just take a look and say, “It’s fine, no problem, you made the trip for nothing.”

But just in case, I asked the endodontist’s office if they used nitreous oxide, which my regular dentist DOES NOT.  And bless them, THEY DO. 

So, naturally, today, it was discovered that my tooth had indeed gone to that great tooth fairy in the sky, and I needed a root canal.  And they got right on it. 

The world can become a more beautiful place with nitreous.  Even when you are a huge dental chicken like me.  I had forgotten how much better dental procedures are with the stuff. 

And I’ll be hunting for a new regular dentist that provides it, too!