Some Improvements/Updates

The first and most important improvement in terms of recent events is that Mom is starting to feel better. She's definitely not feeling well yet, but after the week we had, any degree of "better" is good. Phew!

I was back at the dentist this morning for the second half of the deep cleaning, which was very unpleasant with flashes of ow-ow-ow. Also, the hygienist applied some sort of fluoride treatment before I left that was sticky on my teeth, and that was just the icing on the cake of "I can't even feel my face, am I drooling" that lasted until mid-afternoon. Should you find yourself in a similar predicament, may I say that bendy straws are a lifesaver. Unless you enjoy dribbling drinks down your face.

Shoutout to my good friend Mary Ellen for this item, which I used like a stress ball through both appointments:

She made both these adorable things, and usually they are decorative, but the heart was also useful during my recent dental unpleasantness.

(Aren't they adorable, though, seriously?)

Also, just in general terms of dentistry, I always think of this Far Side cartoon when I'm at the dentist:

(You can buy a print of that one and others, btw.)

Next, it turns out that I missed my opportunity to update you on the banana situation on Wednesday, which the Sandra Boynton calendar tells me was the right day to do it:

Oh well, better late than never! I was able to get bananas on Sunday, so it looks like my Saturday visit was an aberration, not a new supply-chain problem. At least so far. My smoothie habit rejoices.

Final note that the bruise on my arm, from when I had bloodwork done on April 8, is not completely gone yet. This is why I say I have melodrama skin. It shows everything and hangs onto everything. Every papercut gets infected, and having a bruise for 10 days and counting is just a thing that happens. Silly skin.