This is getting ridiculous...
What have we done? Well, tooth was aching over last weekend, then by Mon I was back in pain again. I was able to get a dentist appt on Tues: she tells me the pain is the root dying and drilled the outer rim of the tooth down a little so it doesn't hurt when I bite or chew, which is a great help. (Although I lost half a stone in weight last week when all I could eat was soup. Not the best way to lose weight but silver linings and all that...) It's a back molar, four roots, a big job, but hopefully it'll have settled down by the actual appt for the root canal at the end of the month.
Have spent more time watching DVDs: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, which is a delight: Renaissance, which is a bit of a disappointment, beautifully made, but lacking substance: The Man Who Fell To Earth, which I found better and more nuanced the second time around: all four Pirates of the Caribbean films in preparation for the new one, release date end of May: and tonight, in relation to the new YOPA adverts we keep seeing, Can't Stop The Music - funny and campy and shiny and frivolous, a cute end to the busy week. (Edit: apparently it's the real Village People in the advert!)
We've done a fair bit in the garden...
Pear tree in bloom.
and put up the new sliding door across the pantry (finally! Only taken us 25 years to tidy that corner up. The difference in temperature is quite significant).
And then there was this morning...
I slept very badly last night, kept waking up (last dregs of this blasted bug, I think. The cough is proving very resistant). Had just dropped off again at 8 when a quietish commotion from downstairs woke me up again. Could hear two voices, Ken and a stranger - turned out to be a young man (couple of years younger than Kai) asking to use the phone to ring for an ambulance and his father. He said he'd been at a nightclub and some people had ganged up on him and injected him with something. Given he was in tears, staggering and clutching his stomach we took him seriously and rang for the ambulance ourselves...
It took them half an hour to arrive, and two police cars arrived first, which didn't do much for his paranoia and trust issues. However, the ambulance took him off to the BRI. In the meantime his dad had rung Ken's phone, and they swapped details - the lad wasn't on any medication, was usually no trouble, and didn't take recreational drugs, though when I passed that on to the police officer I got a raised eyebrow and a wry smile.
Not the most salubrious of ways to start the weekend, but we did what we could and his dad thanked us. We're just wondering, why us? Does the house exude homeliness and comfort or something? I know I sometimes feel like mum to the world but I wasn't even the first person he saw.
Eh well. Guess my life is a soap opera.
This has appeared over the house opposite...
What is it? Ken suggested chimney extension: I pondered missile silo, or stage for an audience of giants. Though it's probably just to hold a waterproof cover while they do things to the roof. No doubt we'll find out soon. Just hope they aren't too noisy.
K&K were supposed to be heading out for the day but Kai is feeling pretty rough (he's reached the worst part of the bug now) so stayed home, pottered in the garden, and helped me get the wash hung out: Ken went off Bath-wards with Dawn to get a break from Bristol for a few hours. I had planned to devote the day to Poppy, but as usual when I try to make plans for me something happens to scupper them.
Maybe tomorrow...
Labels: busyness, films, garden, medical matters, strangeness and charm
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
pontificated this at 10:33 pm
3 Comments:
Hope the tooth continues to improve - I know how that feels.
The garden is looking splendid (as ever!)
I'd be astonished if the lad wasn't high on a drug - so many think they're the only way to have a good night out. His tale of woe sounds like an excuse for his parents, although at least he seems to have had the sense to seek help.
GoodTwin
Don't you have some adventures! The garden is looking lovely.
Tooth isn't too bad at all! Fingers crossed everything else goes smoothly, at the moment it's not hurting at all and only twinges slightly when I get something there to bit on (trying not to atm).
And thanks. The garden is ongoing, of course, but it is looking quite good right now. Will be better when Kai finishes his new wildlife bit (photos when there's something to see.)
Adventures. That's one way of describing them! Makes life interesting I suppose. (We haven't heard anything more so assume all's OK, and I agree, it may very well have been something narcotic.)