Crowns! in Everyday Ramblings

Sad but hopeful, this tall daffodil casting a shadow yesterday morning… today we are back to rain and it is supposed to rain all week.

At the dental school this morning there was much joking around about how low the bar is because even though it was mostly cloudy yesterday it did not rain and we were all giddy with relief.

They really went all out to make sure I had a decent experience on this fitting me in appointment. There wasn’t an assistant scheduled to work with the doctor so they rotated three different ones in during the hour and a half it all took. It took longer and was more expensive than originally planned but…ta da! I have crowns.

The work on the left side of my mouth is done done done!!!

It feels weird to be able to chew on my left side for the first time in 14 months but I am not complaining. No.

They even gave me a Starbucks card. I can gift someone a treat or a coffee one of these days.

I am very excited to wear my snazzy new yoga tights to teach in tonight.

Looking at my budget, wow, I still have over $7,000 to go on my mouth so it is not going to be a big new clothes year for me unless I shop at a salvage house. Creativity will be in play. :)

At least I am not racking up debt because if I lose my job in the next 2 years I will not be able to afford health insurance of any kind.

This new proposal in Congress specifically penalizes people between 55 and 65, a most vulnerable group. My employer would love to have me go because my retirement benefits (though not as generous as those for someone 5 to 10 years older than me) are more generous than what they are giving now.

I remember when Sarah Palin was talking about “Death Panels” when the Affordable Care act was being drafted.

Now people are just going to die. Quietly. It seems to me that Paul Ryan actually wants this, that it is part of his plan. We’ll just let those expensive unproductive old folks die.

Who is going to care for all the grandkids? There are a huge number of grandparents taking care of their children’s kids right now because we don’t have decent family care leave or affordable childcare.

I am all riled up and suspect I will stay that way (in a calm meditative fashion) for the rest of my life.

My back is making progress, which is a relief. I am working hard at this all, finding the right amount of effort to strengthen it in the appropriate places and not overdo. Now it is just sore.

Sore I can totally deal with.

Like the daffodil above I am starting to get a glimmer of hope that in spite of the rain and the political situation and being broke I might just have a good year after all.

I sure am enjoying teaching.

Last updated March 13, 2017