The tooth was successfully smoothed but I can't get my crown until June!! So far it has not interfered with my ability to eat too many calories.
Not much interesting has been going on with travels. Two week ago I had some unscheduled time so Hillary and I took both children (ages 1 and 2) on a six hour road trip to visit some friends in Illinois. The children did very well on the road. The two year old couldn't keep from kicking the DVD player and before the return trip was over, it was removed and placed on the floor. The one year old and his grandmother (ME) had some extreme respiratory thing going on. He slept so soundly on the way home I became worried that he had lapsed into a coma! We were both at the doctor within 24 hours and on antibiotics.
This week I am wandering around in Indiana. These places are those that there is no easy way to get to. I fly into Chicago Midway and drive, and drive, and drive. The positive part is that I end up in Valparaiso, Indiana, which is only a hour from Midway and my flight home. The driving is much better during Daylight Savings time, but the most frustrating part of Indiana is that I never know what time zone I am in.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Broken Tooth
This week I am in Michigan. It's cold and they have been so kind as to let me experience one more snow before the winter is over. I'm not due back here until May. Surely it won't still be snowing!
For the Michigan trip, I fly into Detroit, rent a car and drive to Kalamazoo, which is about a 2 - 2 1/2 hour drive. Then drive back to Detroit (actually Waterford, MI) which is about 50 minutes from the airport. The advantage is the flight is non-stop and the cost of the ticket can be spread over two facilities. By finishing the second day in Waterford, I am close to the airport to head home. I really don't mind driving. I'm listening to a Patricia Cornwell book and remembering why I quit reading her a few years back.
Last night on the way from Kalamazoo to Waterford I was chewing away on an apple, when I realized I had a sharp tooth. My lower back molar had broken! I never did crunch anything hard that I recall, so it must have come loose and I swallowed it. I had to present a 1 1/2 hour lecture last night and it is to be repeated twice today. The back of my tongue is becoming tender, as is the tip, because I can't keep myself from messing with the hole back there. I'll be home tonight and hopefully the dentist will at least be able to smooth the sharp places until I can get an appointment for a crown.
For the Michigan trip, I fly into Detroit, rent a car and drive to Kalamazoo, which is about a 2 - 2 1/2 hour drive. Then drive back to Detroit (actually Waterford, MI) which is about 50 minutes from the airport. The advantage is the flight is non-stop and the cost of the ticket can be spread over two facilities. By finishing the second day in Waterford, I am close to the airport to head home. I really don't mind driving. I'm listening to a Patricia Cornwell book and remembering why I quit reading her a few years back.
Last night on the way from Kalamazoo to Waterford I was chewing away on an apple, when I realized I had a sharp tooth. My lower back molar had broken! I never did crunch anything hard that I recall, so it must have come loose and I swallowed it. I had to present a 1 1/2 hour lecture last night and it is to be repeated twice today. The back of my tongue is becoming tender, as is the tip, because I can't keep myself from messing with the hole back there. I'll be home tonight and hopefully the dentist will at least be able to smooth the sharp places until I can get an appointment for a crown.
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