Musings on a Small Life

We've had freezing rain all weekend. There were/are lots of power outages around the city, but we have been lucky in the immediate neighbourhood and kept power. I went out for a walk a bit earlier, as I could see that the road was clear. I meant to just walk around the complex, but ended up doing an hour and a half around the larger neighbourhood. It didn't feel like it was that long, though! There are lots of small tree limbs down, but nothing major.  It's pretty to look at, but....  We're supposed to have a warm up tomorrow, with lots of rain, so hopefully that takes care of the ice. It's hard to believe that parts of southwestern Ontario had 20C weather, while we got this! 

  If you're in the swath of freezing rain tonight and through the weekend, please stay home and stay safe. If you're somewhere warm and sunny, for the love of heaven, send us real Spring, not the false, terrible tease of Spring we had a week or two ago! 

I had another dental appointment this morning. It took three needles to freeze me, but the permanent crown is on, and it had darn well better be permanent .   George after some treats last week. My bite feels a teensy bit off, but at this stage I really don't care. (He did fiddle/adjust the crown, but didn't want to shave too much off.) As long as the thing stays on and I can chew, I'm good.   I laughed, though, when he asked me (before he cemented it on) if I wanted to look at it first. What's to see? It's a gold crown on a far back molar, who cares what it looks like. LOL. Function over fashion! (Note: I would have cared if it had been a visible tooth, though! I'm not completely without vanity, not by a long shot. If the tooth were visible I would have had porcelain.)   Below, two cuties from last week (I think), when it was actually sunny and warm. We currently seem to be back to winter.    I dropped an obscene amount of money this weekend on two pairs of 7D...

Snowdrops from my morning walk today. It seemed fitting to see my first real signs of Spring (other than the birds!) on the second anniversary of Mom's passing. Renewal and hope. 💖

 

I just got home from the appointment for my permanent crown.   Well, he fiddled and fiddled, trimmed it and fiddled and fiddled some more, but was not happy with the fit.    I've had three needles, he had to cauterize my gum in a couple of spots to redo the lower impressions (two kinds), and then he put the temporary crown back on.   Unbelievable.   I mean, I'm glad he's being so precise, but this is my fourth crown and the first time I've such problems. I don't know why.    I'm going to pour myself a glass of wine right now, and I don't care if I have to drink it through a straw. 😖🍷